The CARE Clinic (Clinical services, Assessment, Research, & Professional Education) at the University of Washington College of Education opened in September 2009 under the direction of Dr. Julie Osterling. The CARE Clinic serves individuals from infancy through adulthood who have neurodevelopmental differences (including autism spectrum, ADHD, learning disability, and developmental delays) and their families. This clinic is part of the UW College of Education Haring Center.

In addition to services provided by licensed psychologists, the new clinic will provide intensive training to psychology, education, and other specialists so that they can provide effective individual and family centered services. We provide services to individuals with a neurodevelopmental disorder at any age or level of functioning and/or to their family member. These services include:

• Individual Therapy with a focus on increasing the person’s emotional adjustment, self-concept, and empowerment at any level of functioning and increase positive functioning in social, adaptive, and emotional domains
• Couples Therapy for parents or for couples where one individual in the relationship has a neurodevelopmental difference
• Parent Coaching to help parents decrease family stress and increase their child’s ability to reach their potential in social, emotional, and adaptive areas.
• Family Therapy to promote well being for all family members and to increase positive functioning for the affected member
• Skills Groups targeting skills such as social, emotional & executive functioning skills
• Group Therapy to increase clients’ empowerment by understanding their strengths and challenges, create and expand relationships & connections, cultivate positive self image
• In-Home Support to help families create predictability and stability in their homes for all family members
• Diagnostic and/or Educational Assessment
• Development of Educational or Treatment Plan