Health Care Resources
When a child is born with special needs, becomes ill, or is injured in an accident, families must suddenly deal with hospitals, medical specialists, and insurance technicalities. It is very important for the family to locate medical professionals with whom they can feel comfortable with and communicate effectively.
Below is a list of resources to help you locate medical professionals who have experience working with children with special needs. Past experience can be very useful as the medical professional gets to know your child and your family.
The Arc of Northern Virginia has a database of health care providers that service children with disabilities, including physicians, specialists, therapists, dentists, psychologists, and psychiatrists.
The Arc also can provide you a copy of the booklet Taking Charge: A Parents’ Guide to Health Care for Children with Special Needs for a nominal fee.
(703) 532-3214
Caring Nurses provides Medicaid Waiver Personal Care services and Respite Care services in Northern Virginia.
(703) 241-0057
Caritas provides developmental evaluations and treatment for children with developmental delays and disabilities. This practice accepts Medicaid.
(703) 866-0662
Children’s Specialty Services is a program of the Virginia Health Department for children with disabilities ages 0 – 21 from low-income families. The program offers pediatric cardiology, therapy for children with an amputation, orthopedics, neurology, neurosurgery, physical and occupational therapy, behavioral health services, diabetes treatment, pediatric endocrinology, eye surgery, treatments for facial deformities, services for hearing impairments, plastic surgery, scoliosis treatment, and urology.
(703) 205-2632
Project MED (Medical Education for Consumers) provides patients with information, in a manner that they can understand, about the medications that they are taking. Informational booklets are designed for a broad group of people taking medications: people with mental retardation, autism, or reading difficulties, patients with severe mental illness, child and adolescent patients, and people whose first language is not English.
To learn more about the booklets, order them, or find out more information on the Internet for patients with these conditions, contact Project MED at info@project-med.org.
Health Departments
Alexandria City Health Department offers a wide variety of services for eligible families. Some of the programs are listed below. Call for information on other services.
(703) 838-4400
| Child Health Clinic |
(703) 838-4414 |
| Adolescent Health Center |
(703) 820-8003 |
Arlington County Health Services offers a wide variety of services for eligible families. Some of the services are listed below. Call for information on other services and locations of the centers.
(703) 228-4992
| Diagnostic and Evaluation Clinic |
(703) 228-1620 |
| School Health Services |
(703) 228-1650 |
| Home Health Program |
(703) 228-1700 |
Fairfax County Health Department offers a wide variety of services at locations around the county. Some of the services are listed below. Call for information on other services and locations of the centers.
(703) 246-2411
| Children’s Specialty Services |
(703) 205-2632 |
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