Consultation, Training and Research

Professional Development

Our staff present information to professionals and the public on a variety of topics including:

Speaking Engagements

Our staff presents information to pediatric practices, school districts, and the public on a variety of topics including:

In-Service Training

The Chicago Children’s Clinic offers intensive workshops and consultation engagements to School-Districts, Private Schools, Clinical Practices, Independent Clinicians, and Parents on the following topics:

Advanced Practicum

The Chicago Children’s Clinic advanced practicum experience is intended for students who have already completed their basic assessment and therapy practica and are looking for more specialized experience in the assessment of neurobehavioral disorders, and the treatment of autism.  At our office, we offer comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations, and also offer Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) for children with autism. Growing from the body of literature from applied behavior analysis (ABA), PRT is an evidence-based treatment for children with autism that has resulted in outcome data reflecting that 90% of children who were nonverbal at age 3 learned to speak by age 5.  These, among other results published widely over the past 20 years have led the researchers and clinicians at the University of California, Santa Barbara, directed by Bob and Lynn Koegel, to begin a dissemination project in which clinicians are trained to fidelity in the techniques, and then advanced clinicians, such as Dr. Daniels, are trained not only in how to implement the techniques, but also how to train others.  This training of trainers model has been introduced only within the past 2 years, though the Koegel's have been developing the treatment for over 20. The Chicago Children's Clinic was chosen to be the first Chicago-area treatment setting to work closely and collaboratively with the UCSB to disseminate this evidence-based treatment.  UCSB researchers and clinicians come to our Chicago office to train the practicum student in the technique with a 2-day workshop, and then Dr. Daniels provides video-taped and live supervision of their work with children with autism.  Dr. Daniels’ supervision, in turn, is supervised by the UCSB team to ensure that we are all meeting treatment fidelity benchmarks necessary to result in meaningful improvement for the child with autism.

Interested students should apply by sending their CV and a list of references to:

Practicum Coordinator
Chicago Children's Clinic
1333 N. Kingsbury St., Ste. 100
Chicago, IL 60622

Research & Publications

Dr. Daniels received financial awards and grants for his research studies on autism, cooperative learning, and bipolar disorder. Dr. Washburn is actively involved in large-scale, federally-funded research focusing on aggression and other conduct problems in children and adolescents. Their work has been published in scholarly journals and books in psychology and psychiatry.

The Chicago Children’s Clinic is actively involved in the accumulation of knowledge related to the treatment of children with neurobehavioral disorders.  Current research projects include the following: