Professional Development

The Chicago Children’s Clinic offers customized training, consultation, and presentations for professionals and the public on a variety of topics, including:

  • Autistic spectrum disorders
  • ADHD
  • Behavior management strategies
  • Learning disabilities
  • Child and Adolescent Developmental Red Flags
  • Special Education
  • Feeding and Speech-Language Disorders
  • School and district-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) for preschools, elementary, middle, and high schools
  • Functional Behavior Analysis and Behavior Intervention Plans
  • Development of Individualized Education Plans (IEPs)
  • Response To Intervention (RTI)
  • Early identification and intervention for learning disabilities
  • Pivotal Response Treatment for Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Please request a service if you would like information about our professional development opportunities.

NATIONAL REPLICATION & TRAINING SITE FOR PIVOTAL RESPONSE TREATMENT (PRT) FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS
The Chicago Children’s Clinic is the only practice in Illinois certified to train parents and clinicians in PRT. We offer 2 and 3-day intensive workshops where clinicians and parents work side-by-side with our clinicians to learn how to use PRT to teach:

  • First words
  • Motivation to interact
  • Self-management
  • Social conversation
  • Play skills
Click here to Register for our next PRT Training Session