Programs
Our doctors and therapists create a care plan to help your child build strength and increase function and learning. Whether your child needs help with movement, speech or learning. We use a team approach to ensure your child gets the tools and therapies they need to live an active and fulfilling life.
The UW Health Kids rehabilitation programs combine the expertise of many specialists.
We work with your child to improve their functional skills and help them learn to complete everyday tasks. Our encouraging team helps kids develop self-caring and other daily living skills. Children of all ages, diagnoses and levels of development use our programs. And the therapy plans we create will work for you at home, so you can help your child grow and develop.
We provide care after surgery or injury or for other specific conditions. Working with us, your child will improve their balance and gait and strengthen their muscles. We teach your child to use any adaptive equipment they might need.
Our therapists use exercise and play therapy to help your child develop speech and verbal skills. We provide therapy to improve feeding and swallowing.
We design and fit children with a variety of custom orthotics, devices that provide support or correct alignment issues of the spine or limbs. We also create and fit prostheses (artificial limbs) which we often make in our on-site lab. Follow-up care and education are among our services.
When your child has suffered a serious illness or injury, our inpatient pediatric rehabilitation program combines intensive therapy with compassionate care to help your child recover, gain independence, maximize quality of life and transition to home.
Conditions and treatments
UW Health Kids experts use various treatments and therapies to rehabilitate and manage many conditions. Not all therapies may be available in every location.
Aphasia
Apraxia of speech
Autism
Balance disorders
Cerebral palsy
Chest wall asymmetries and disordered breathing
Developmental delay
Developmental coordination disorder
Dysarthria
Feeding disorder
Fine motor delays
Genetic syndromes
Head injury
Hemophilia
Hypotonicity
Idiopathic toe walking
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Lower extremity amputation
Muscular dystrophy
Neurologic disorders
Phonological impairment
Plagiocephaly
Sensory integration disorder
Spina bifida
Spinal muscular atrophy
Stuttering
Swallowing disorders
Tongue thrust
Torticollis
Traumatic brain injury
Tremor
Upper extremity amputation
Upper limb hypertonicity
We provide a range of treatments and services for your child and your family.
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Psychological counseling
Speech therapy
Feeding and swallow therapy
Orthotics and prosthetics
Inpatient pediatric rehabilitation
The UW Health Kids rehabilitation care team communicates with other providers to improve the coordination of your child’s care. We work with doctors and therapists in your community and at your child’s school.
Locations
UW Health Kids rehabilitation specialists offer care at American Family Children’s Hospital and UW Health clinics in Madison, Wis. and Rockford, Ill.
Meet our team
The UW Health Kids rehabilitation team includes experts in pediatric rehabilitation medicine, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, orthotics and prosthetics.
Our Child Life specialists help kids, teens and families cope with the stress and anxiety of being in the hospital.
Find information about visiting American Family Children's Hospital.
