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Physical Therapy Connecticut Children’s physical therapy team provides comprehensive evaluation, consultation and diagnostic services to children of all ages. We focus on improving functional mobility and gross motor skills while providing pain management services, so children can succeed within Article
Innovating with Purpose: A Tale of Two Healthcare Entities By: Jacquelyn M. Rose, MPH and Joann Petrini, PhD, MPH This is the third in a series of articles describing Connecticut Children’s Office for Community Child Health’s journey toward innovating with purpose by creating and nurturing a culture of innovation. In the previous blog
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Open Hearts Beyond Imagination: Ayla, Naomi & Daniel’s Story In September 2019, Ellen and Jon Lindblom traveled to China to bring home the newest member of their family — Ayla, then a shy 6-year-old. They carried a letter from Connecticut Children’s Felice Heller, MD, urging the agency to expedite the adoption so Ayla could get immediate
Suspected Sexual Abuse Clinical Pathway According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in 2017, there were 674,000 substantiated cases of child maltreatment in the U.S., 8.6% of which were sexual abuse. In Connecticut, there were 8,442 victims of child maltreatment, and 401 of those cases involved
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Gunshot Triggers New Outlook on Life: Jadiel’s Story Jadiel Vasquez spent two and a half months as an inpatient at Connecticut Children’s and much longer as an outpatient recovering from a gunshot wound. He was just 15 years old when he was unintentionally shot inside his Hartford home in March 2021. Now, at age 17, Vasquez is
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Such a Miracle: Jack's Story At 17 weeks pregnant, Ashley Donnelly’s water broke. She wasn’t even halfway through a full-term pregnancy. At her Ob/Gyn’s office, and then with her maternal fetal medicine team, the experts gently prepared her for the worst. “I could see it on everybody’s faces,” she says.
