Developmental Assessments

• Speech and Language Evaluations
• Pediatric Rehabilitation
• Physical Therapy
• Pediatric Occupational Therapy
• Speech Therapy
• Developmental Assessment

Located at the Orem Community Hospital.

Carin B Hadley- SLP

See website or contact for additional provider names and specialties. All providers may not provide all services.

• Children's Out of Home Respite Care
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Social Skills Training
• Child Abuse Counseling
• Play Therapy
• Crisis Nurseries/Child Care
• Sexual Assault Prevention
• General Counseling Services
• Developmental Assessment
• Stress Management

Janelle Christensen, MSW, Executive Director

Stuart Harper, LCSW

Larry A. Krause, BSW, MSW: Specializes in treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder and child centered play therapy.

See website or contact for additional provider names and specialties. All providers may not provide all services

• Audiological Evaluations
• Developmental Assessment
• Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
• Pediatric Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy
• Speech Therapy
• Disability Related Parenting Programs

Children who are evaluated and not eligible are referred to Help Me Grow to continue Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) and care coordination.

• Special Preschools
• Developmental Assessment
• School Districts
• Adult Education
• English as a Second Language
• GED/High School Equivalency Test Instruction
• Specialized Information and Referral

Kids Who Count serves children from birth to age 3 in the Nebo School District boundaries. Kids Who Count is part of the Utah Department of Health Baby Watch Early Intervention Program. Provides testing of children's current health and development for eligibility of early intervention services.

• Hearing Screening
• Autism Therapy
• Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
• Pediatric Occupational Therapy
• Developmental Assessment
• Disability Related Parenting Programs
• Eye Screening
• Speech Therapy
• Physical Therapy

Provides consult, resource, and direct education services to children with hearing and/or visual impairment and their families.

• Hearing Aids
• Braille and Tactile Aids
• Sign Language Instruction
• Audiological Evaluations
• Special Education
• Developmental Assessment

Offering an array of curriculum options, the educational environment encourages the development of a positive self-concept and challenges all students to achieve their potential. The secondary settings (7th – 12th grades) provide self-contained classrooms as well as mainstreaming opportunities as appropriate. Post high school learn adult transition skills.

Programs include child development screening, hearing and vision checks, and therapy and learning programs. Programs include: Early Intervention, Early Head Start, Caterpillar Clubhouse, Parents as teachers and a music program, Sound Beginnings.

Provides consultation, resources, and direct educational services to children with hearing and/or visual impairment and their families.

COVID-19 UPDATE: School dismissal is continued through the end of the school year.

• Hearing Aids
• Audiological Evaluations
• Special Education
• Developmental Assessment
• Braille and Tactile Aids

Provides consult, resource, and direct education services to children with hearing and/or visual impairment and their families.

• Hearing Aids
• Braille and Tactile Aids
• Sign Language Instruction
• Audiological Evaluations
• Special Education
• Developmental Assessment

Offers an intensive learning experience for the student with autism, based on years of experience, research, and monitoring by staff who have expertise in autism and related developmental delays.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Following CDC guidelines and Governor Herbert's recommendation, the center will be dismissed for the remainder of the year. Please contact the center for more information about at-home services.

• Speech and Language Pathology
• Developmental Assessment
• Special Preschools
• Elementary Schools
• Autism Therapy
• Health/Disabilities Related Volunteer Opportunities

Partners with Valley Behavioral Health

• Disability Related Parenting Programs
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Developmental Assessment
• Music Instruction
• Interpretation/Translation Volunteer Opportunities
• Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
• Home Based Parenting Education

• Developmental Assessment
• Home Based Parenting Education
• Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays

• Home Based Parenting Education
• Developmental Assessment
• Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
• Disability Related Parenting Programs
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Interpretation/Translation Volunteer Opportunities

Provides a range of counseling and education services to the community and provides a training environment for master's degree students.

Services Include:

• Mental Health Services
  • Marriage and Family Therapy
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Child/Pediatric Psychology
  • Sexual and Gender Support Services
  • Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling
• Speech and Hearing Services
  • Cochlear Implants
  • Hearing and Balance
  • Pediatric Audiology
  • Speech and Balance
• Developmental Assessment and Treatment
  • Behavior Support Services
  • Integrated Evaluations for Autism, ADHD, etc.
  • Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing
• Educational Program
  • ASSERT Autism Program
  • Up to 3/ABC Classroom
  • Aggies Elevated Classroom
  • Housing and Financial Counseling

• Developmental Assessment
• Family Counseling

Provides psychological assessments with children 0-7 years old, individual and family psychotherapy with parenting guidance and play therapy for children 0-10 years old.

Issues Treated:

• Fear, worry & anxiety; obsession/compulsions
• Sadness, hopelessness, & depression
• Inattention & hyperactivity
• Rule breaking, defiance, & "acting out"
• Severe mood swings & bursts of rage
• Autism & related disorders
• Mental health problems with co-existing chronic medical conditions
• Trauma / Adverse Life Events

Treatment Methods:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Family Therapy
Trauma-Informed Method / Model(s)
Parent guidance, play therapy

1991 Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with an emphasis on Counseling Psychology - Child & Family, The University of Utah

2006 to present Private Practice, 1989-2007 The Children's Center - Staff Psychologist

Licensed Psychologist in Utah 

• Developmental Assessment
• Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays

Ft. Duchesne location: Little Blossom Center, 1/4 mile south of Bottle Hollow, 84026 435 722-5654

• Special Preschools
• Developmental Assessment
• Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays

Director Debbie Ballard
One of fifteen Early Intervention Programs in Utah, contracted with the Utah Department of Health's Baby Watch Program

• Developmental Screening
• Specialized Information and Referral
• Parenting Helplines

Barbara Leavitt, Director

Additional locations: St. George, Ogden and Salt Lake City, 2-1-1 - United Way of Salt Lake: Dial 2-1-1 and ask for Help Me Grow.

Early Head Start offers an intensive, comprehensive, and flexible child development program that is designed to reinforce and respond to the unique strengths and needs of each individual child and family. Pregnant women, toddlers, and infants receive services through weekly home visits or in a collaborative partnership in a community child care setting.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Programs are operating virtually and physical locations are closed. Still actively enrolling for Early Intervention and Early Head Start. Staff are working from home; please call with any questions or new referrals.

• Prenatal Care
• Prenatal/Postnatal Home Visitation Programs
• Early Head Start
• Home Based Parenting Education

• Developmental Assessment
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Adam Schwebach, PhD

• Developmental Assessment
• Autism Therapy

Clinic Directors:
School Psychology Janiece Pompa, Ph.D.
Counseling/Counseling Psychology Uma Dorn, Ph.D.
Counseling Practicum Instructor Karen Tao, Ph.D.

Children/Adolescents
Psychological/psychoeducational evaluation: $250
Extended psychological evaluation (autism spectrum assessment): $350
Neuropsychological evaluation: $500
Psychotherapy/interventions: $20/hour

The clinic is operated by the Department of Educational Psychology in the College of Education.

• Developmental Assessment
• Child Care Centers
• Hearing Screening
• Early Head Start
• Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
• Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
• Home Based Parenting Education

The Dyslexia Center of Utah has several satellite locations, but services can only be obtained through the main office in American Fork. Services include tutoring, dyslexia assessments and evaluations for children, and monthly workshops for parents.

• Tutoring Services
• Disability Related Parenting Programs
• Developmental Screening

• Autism Therapy
• Behavioral Learning Therapy
• Developmental Assessment
• Special Education

Wait time: Evaluation 2 weeks, 2 months to start ABA
Other locations West Jordan and Sunset.
Home services in Davis, Tooele, Weber, Juab, Sevier, Wasatch, Utah, Salt Lake, Washington, Millard, and Grand counties.
A Carson Smith approved school.

A full service mental health practice, serving all ages, that provides individual, couples, and family therapy as well as mental health and psychological testing and assessments for a wide variety of purposes and needs.

• General Counseling Services
• Social Skills Training
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Sexual Orientation Counseling
• Developmental Assessment
• Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

Locations in Heber and Orem

Dr. Karen W. Malm, Ph.D., Executive Director - provides gender-affirming therapy
Approaches Used:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Family Therapy
Attachment Therapy

Kelli McStotts, CMHC - provides gender-affirming therapy.

Kim Solomon, LCSW - provides gender-affirming therapy

See website or contact for additional provider names and specialties. All providers may not provide all services and ability to accept new patients changes regularly.

Evaluates children with or at risk for developmental delays throughout Utah; provides developmental assessments and management recommendations for all ages of children. Clinics include Child Development Program (CDP), Heart Center Neurodevelopmental Program (HCNP), and Neonatal Follow-up Program (NFP).

Services Include:

• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Neonatal Care
• Developmental Assessment
• Speech and Language Evaluations
• Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
• Developmental Pediatrics
• Family Support Services.
• Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessment

Karen Buchi, MD Executive Director
Laurie Lesher, Operations Director
Sarah Winter, MD Medical Director, Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics
Paul Carbone,MD
Kendra Lystad, MD
Quan-Tuyen Nguyen, MD
Sean Cunningham, PhD, Psychologist
Ashley Stuart, Psychologist
Kelly Stout, Psychologist
Katherine Street, Occupational Therapist
Andrianna Comas, Occupational Therapist
Lauren Ayala, Physical Therapist
Katrina Wheeler, Speech Therapist
Jori Harris, Speech Therapist

Provides clinical assessments, diagnostic services, consulting and case management to any infant, child, or adolescent who may have a developmental need.

Issues Treated:

• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Speech and hearing concerns
• Behavioral and emotional challenges
• Developmental or physical delays
• Cognitive concerns

Services Include:

• Developmental Pediatrics
• Speech and Language Pathology
• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy
• Family Support through Family Voices
• Psychology

Provides pediatric orthopedic services to children in outreach clinics throughout the state. Treatment covers a range of clinical conditions, including but not limited to:

• Scoliosis
• Cerebal palsy
• Pediatric orthopedic concerns
• Hip dysplasia
• Leg length discrepancy

Outreach clinics are offered in Blanding, Moab, Vernal and St. George.

Provides home, clinic, and community-based ABA therapy for children with autism.

• Disability Related Parenting Programs
• Special Education Plan Development
• Developmental Assessment
• Autism Therapy
• Social Skills Training

Paul Day, BCBA, Program Director
ADOS testing and ADI-R $300

• Autism Therapy
• General Counseling Services
• Tutoring Services
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Parent Support Groups
• LGBTQ Support Groups
• Self Esteem Workshops
• Social Skills Training
• Developmental Assessment

Wait time 6 months. A fast track available for children suspected of having ASD with tentative diagnosis.

See website or contact for provider names and specialties. All providers may not provide all services.

• Developmental Assessment
• Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
• General Counseling Services
• Social Skills Training
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Sexual Orientation Counseling

Locations in Taylorsville and Heber
Dr. Karen Malm, PhD, Executive Director

Autism Spectrum Disorder assessment (ADOS)

• Developmental Assessment
• Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
• General Counseling Services
• Sexual Orientation Counseling
• Social Skills Training
• Independent Living Skills Instruction

Karen Malm, PhD, Executive Director
Locations in Taylorsville and Orem

• Developmental Assessment
• Autism Therapy
• Social Skills Training
• General Counseling Services
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Rob Dindinger, PhD
Bob Weinheimer, LMFT, MS

• Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
• Developmental Assessment

• Special Education
• Developmental Assessment
• Autism Therapy

• Autism Therapy
• Developmental Assessment
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Social Skills Training
• LGBTQ Support Groups
• Parent Support Groups
• General Counseling Services
• Tutoring Services

See website or contact for provider names and specialties. All providers may not provide all services.

• Autism Therapy
• Special Education
• Developmental Assessment

Provides children with behavioral deficits and on the autism spectrum disorder care and education using applied behavior analysis. Services provided in home, school and natural settings.

• Developmental Assessment
• Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
• Autism Therapy
• Social Skills Training

Tutoring those with Dyslexia in reading, spelling, and writing. In home and virtual training offered.

• Tutoring Services
• Developmental Assessment

Public school district for students in Wasatch County.

• School Districts
• Adult Education
• English as a Second Language
• Developmental Assessment
• GED/High School Equivalency Test Instruction
• Special Preschools