High Risk Infant Follow-up Clinic

2011

The High Risk Infant Follow-up (HRIF) clinic was established in 1977 to provide developmental follow-up of children from birth to age eight who are designated as high risk due to prematurity and/or low birth weight or prenatal exposure to drugs. The goal of the clinic is to provide early identification and referral for early intervention for the neurodevelopmental and neurobehavioral problems associated with prematurity, drug exposure and other biomedical and environmental risk factors.Each year about 400 clients visit the HRIF clinic to receive diagnostic and treatment services. The average age of these HRIF clients is 2.4 years and the majority are referred to CHDD by University of Washington Medical Center. The clinic also conducts long-term follow-up clinical research concerning neonatal outcomes, complications, and treatment results. The HRIF clinic provides an ideal setting for interdisciplinary training. Approximately 25 trainees representing the disciplines of developmental pediatrics, psychology, audiology, nutrition, occupational therapy, and physical therapy participate in training each year. Continuing education presentations regarding the outcomes of low birth weight infants are delivered to local, state, and national audiences variously comprised of health care professionals, early interventionists, special educators, parents, and interdisciplinary trainees.

Health-Related Activities

Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Limited English, Other

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