The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh

The day school - The Children's Institute has long been regarded as a leader in The education of children with disabilities and is licensed by The Pennsylvania department of education as an approved private school that serves students ages five to 21 who are challenged by complex medical disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders. In fiscal year 2022, 207 children from more than 60 school districts across western Pennsylvania were enrolled in The day school. Additionally, The Children's Institute has been growing its educational services through our licensed private academic school in The areas of autism support, transition skills, and life skills support. In march 2022, The day school became a its own business entity, an affiliate of The Children's Institute parent company.

Family support services - The Children's Institute is also licensed by The Pennsylvania department of public welfare as an adoption and private children and youth social service agency. With offices in Pittsburgh, greensburg, Washington, and monaca, The family support services team works to help children live in safe, nurturing "forever" families. In fiscal year 2022, 3,295 clients were served through intensive family support, family visitation and reunification, family recruitment, infant parent empowerment, and enrichment programming. As an affiliate member of The statewide adoption network (swan), The Children's Institute maintains contracts with local, statewide, and out-of-state counties in The areas of placement services and family preservation/reunification services. The Children's Institute also continues to offer a care coordination program, which operates in both allegheny and Washington counties. These county-referred programs provide support for infants, children with medical complexities, and individuals with substance use disorders.

Outpatient - The Children's Institute is committed to providing high quality, effective physical and behavioral health therapy services for children and young adults in our community. With three convenient locations squirrel hill, bridgeville, and irwin quality care is close to home for our patients and their families. Our professional team provides an array of outpatient services including nutrition support, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech/ language therapy, and behavioral health services. We continually advance our treatment methods by using new techniques, as well as new technology, to produce better therapeutic interventions for children. In 2021, The Children's Institute started a new applied behavior analysis (aba) program that provides comprehensive and holistic services for children and young adults with autism between The ages of 18 months and 21 years old. Our aba services are focused on improving lives by empowering both The child and family through strategic interventions aimed at increasing communication and social skills and decreasing problematic behaviors that interfere with learning, social interactions, and overall quality of life.