Centers & Programs

Community, Opportunity, Respect, Employment CORE Foundations provides person-centered services that foster personal growth, promote meaningful relationships, and empower people with disabilities to achieve independence at their home, workplace and community. We develop a customized program in...

The Center for Autism Services, Science and Innovation (CASSI™, formerly known as the Center for Autism and Related Disorders, or CARD) combines research, developmental assessment, diagnosis, interventions, community outreach and training to improve the lives of individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), their families and the communities that care for them.

When a child or young adult experiences a traumatic brain injury, the Center for Brain Injury Recovery at Kennedy Krieger Institute, one of the nation’s leading centers focused on pediatric brain injury rehabilitation, provides unparalleled treatment, resources and support.

The Center for Child and Family Traumatic Stress at Kennedy Krieger Institute provides mental health evaluation and treatment services to children, adolescents and families who have experienced or may be at risk for trauma through physical or sexual abuse, neglect, domestic violence and community violence.

This center is an outpatient medical program for the comprehensive evaluation and treatment of children and young adults who have problems in language development, attention, learning, behavior or school adjustment.

The Center for Developmental Behavioral Health at Kennedy Krieger Institute aims to improve the lives of young people with mental health concerns, including disorders of development, emotion, thinking. and behavior.

The Center for Excellence in Public Health Leadership at Kennedy Krieger Institute offers four programs that provide educational opportunities for undergraduate and graduate-level students in public health, maternal and child health, infectious diseases, and developmental disabilities.

This center provides individualized interdisciplinary care for children and adults with muscular dystrophy and congenital myopathy. Comprehensive care involves diagnosis and management of the disease from neurologists and rehabilitative therapists with muscle expertise. Patients receive access to novel therapies and research, and can remain in the program from childhood through adulthood.

The Center for Innovation and Leadership in Special Education fellowship will mentor and train future leaders in special education who have an advanced understanding of learning in children with neurodevelopmental disabilities, as well as expertise in applying this knowledge to school and classroom settings. Fellows of the Center for Innovation and Leadership in Special Education will go on to develop effective teaching practices, learning methods, curricula, and informed educational policies so that children with neurodevelopmental disabilities can receive the best possible education.