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Kennedy Krieger Institute • 716 North Broadway • Baltimore, MD 21205

Director:

Dejan Budimirovic, MD

About Our Program:

The goal of the Fragile X Clinic is to provide a comprehensive array of testing and evaluation services for children and adults with Fragile X syndrome and Fragile X-Associated Disorders (FXD), as well as provide referral services as necessary. Kennedy Krieger's Fragile X Clinic is a member of the Fragile X Clinical and Research Consortium (FXCRC).

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Fragile X Clinic Brochure (PDF)

Kennedy Krieger Institute • 801 North Broadway • Baltimore, MD 21205

Directors:

Peter A. Girolami, PhD, BCBA
Clinical Director

Eric Levey, MD
Medical Director

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Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program Brochure

Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program Family Handbook

Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program Factsheet

Part of the Behavioral Psychology Outpatient Programs
Kennedy Krieger Institute • 720 Aliceanna Street, 2nd Floor • Baltimore, MD 21202

Director:

Susan Perkins-Parks, PhD

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Behavior Management Clinic Brochure

Under the directorship of Dr. Kathryn Wagner, the Center for Genetic Muscle Disorders serves an important need within the muscle disorders community. It provides current interdisciplinary clinical care for patients by experts in muscle disease, while leading research programs to develop better and novel therapeutics to treat these disorders in the future. To accomplish these objectives, the Center has three arms: clinical care, clinical research and laboratory research.

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Center for Genetic Muscle Disorders Factsheet

Director:

Paul H. Lipkin, MD

About the Center:

Read Dr. Hilary Gwynn's article on "Learning Disabilities: The Pediatrician's Role" in Pediatric News, April 2008.

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Center for Development and Learning Brochure (PDF)

Center for Development and Learning Factsheet (PDF)

To find patient care programs and faculty treating adrenoleukodystrophy at Kennedy Krieger Institute, as well as research investigating this disorder, please see the right-hand column below. Additional helpful information, including definitions, symptoms, Institute press releases, Potential magazine articles, and other resources outside the Institute, have also been provided for readers on this page.

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Adrenoleukodystrophy Fact Sheet (PDF)

Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is a birth defect that occurs during the first few weeks of intrauterine life. HPE is a disorder in which the fetal brain does not grow forward and divide as it is supposed to during early pregnancy (incomplete cleavage of the embryonic forebrain/failure of the prosencephalon to cleave into the cerebral and lateral hemispheres).

This brain malformation can range from mild to severe and is classified into three types:

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HPE Family Study

Early Intervention Service Coordination for Infants and Toddlers and Their Families in the Latino/Hispanic Community

The Kennedy Krieger Institute Department of Family Support Services and the Baltimore Infants and Toddlers Program have partnered to provide outreach, training and service in the Baltimore City Latino/Hispanic Community for infants and toddlers who are eligible for early intervention services and their families.

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Primeros Pasos Fact Sheet (English)

Primeros Pasos Fact Sheet (Spanish)