GILDA TRAUTMAN NEWMAN REHABILITATION CENTER

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Office Hours:	8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Co-Director:	Joseph Nadell, MD (Neurosurgery) Ann Tilton, MD (Neurology)

Children’s Hospital has been serving the medical and surgical needs of the children of our region for more than 52 years. Today’s strength resulted from the hospital’s solid foundation as a rehabilitation hospital, beginning in 1955. That strong commitment to pediatric rehabilitation continues and it is even stronger today.

The Gilda Trautman Newman Rehabilitation Center at Children’s Hospital provides comprehensive interdisciplinary, team-oriented, family-centered inpatient services for patients from birth through 21 years. Accredited by the Commission of Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), the 16-bed unit specializes in treating patients with brain injury, cerebral palsy, developmental disability, feeding disorder, limb deficiency, myelodysplasia, neuromuscular disease, rheumatic disease, seizure disorder, spinal cord injury, stroke, ventilator dependence, and other congenital or acquired disabling disorders.

The Center offers consulting medical services in more than 40 pediatric specialties. An individual, comprehensive treatment plan is developed for each patient and frequently reviewed by the interdisciplinary team. Discharge planning incorporates school planning, vocational referrals, community reintegration and access issues.

The comprehensive rehabilitative services and compassionate care provided by the centers dedicated staff has dramatically improved the quality of life for thousands of children. We are extremely proud of our past accomplishments, but we never lose sight of our goal — “healing one child at a time.”

When a child is injured or disabled it affects the entire family — especially when rehabilitative care is necessary. Team members provide a framework to help each family adjust to the child’s individual abilities and offer emotional support to preserve and strengthen the family during hospitalization. Recognizing and incorporating each family’s unique qualities and individual cultural and/or religious beliefs are important to the success of the program. Family members are encouraged to attend therapy sessions with the patient to foster success in rehabilitation and reintegration into the community, school and vocation as appropriate.

FUNCTIONAL PEDIATRIC TREATMENT
The rehabilitation goal for children and adolescents is to concentrate on restoring abilities by helping them adapt to their new skills or gaining abilities never achieved because of congenital disorders.

Each patient is followed using a criteria-based system to evaluate functional skill development with respect to medical status, motor skills, cognitive and communicative abilities, self-care capabilities, and the family’s needs. A comprehensive treatment plan tailored to the individual child is developed. This interdisciplinary program is reviewed and updated at regularly held staff meetings. The family is encouraged to interact with the rehabilitation team frequently, is kept informed of progress and is asked to provide input into the treatment plan. The team uses a nurse case-management approach to coordinate treatment plans with the child, family, physicians and team members.

CONSULTING SPECIALTIES
MEMBERS OF THE INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM
Adolescent Medicine
Allergy/Asthma
Ambulatory Care
Anesthesiology
Cardiology
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Craniofacial Disorders
Dermatology
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Genetics
Gynecology for the Adolescent
Hand Surgery
Hematology
Immunology
Infectious Diseases
Intensive Care
Maxillofacial Disorders
Metabolic Disorders
Neonatology
Nephrology
Neurology & Muscle Disorders
Neuropsychology
Neurosurgery
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
Otolaryngology
Pathology
Pediatric Dentistry
Pediatric Surgery
Physiatry
Plastic Surgery
Psychiatry
Psychology
Pulmonology
Radiology
Rheumatology
Scoliosis/Spinal
Sports Medicine
Transplant Surgery
Urology
Vascular Anomalies

Members of the Interdisciplinary Team
Audiology
Case Management
Chaplaincy
Child Life
Medicine/Surgery
Music Therapy
Neuropsychology
Nutrition
Occupational Therapy
Patient/Family
Physical Therapy
Psychiatry
Psychology
Rehabilitative Nursing
Respiratory Therapy
Schooling
Social Services
Speech Pathology
Therapeutic Recreation