Certified school psychologist providing mental health and educational testing. Trained in evidence-based cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and treats anxiety and trauma. Provides individual, couples, and family counseling.

Provides heart screenings for heart or cardiac patients of all ages living in northeastern South Dakota. Also funds heart screenings for youth in Northeastern South Dakota. They do not need to be athletes to be screened. The screening will include a limited echo (ultrasound of the heart), EKG and some blood work. A pediatric cardiologist will be reading the tests and will notify the family if any further workup is needed.

Program provides assessments 24-hours a day for mental health problems to determine an appropriate level of care.

Evaluations for dyslexia are provided for students up to age 21 whose parents and or educators are concerned regarding their child's ability to read, spell, and write. Dyslexia evaluations are not provided for those children whose learning difficulty is solely because of low cognition, attention problems, emotional/behavioral problems, autism, or hearing or vision impairment.

​Specialized therapy (including occupational, speech, behavior and physical therapies) and psychology services for individuals of all ages in Sioux Falls. Therapists provide specialized treatments in assistive technology, seating and positioning, feeding and swallowing, augmentative communication, sensory integration, pediatric bowel and bladder incontinence; visual motor/perception; torticollis treatment; serial casting; behavior management; and screenings and evaluations of Autism.

A joint effort of the Scottish Rite Foundation of South Dakota and the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at USD with support from the Sioux Empire United Way. The clinic's purpose is to provide evaluation, treatment, and outreach services for children birth to 21 years in the Sioux Falls area with speech, language, and literacy deficits. Also provides a training site for graduate students in Speech Language/Pathology. Examples of disorders seen include children who are late talking, who have articulation disorders, language disorders, stuttering difficulties, hearing losses, etc. The clinic also serves as a diagnostic center for written language / dyslexia. There is a minimal fee for services; no one is denied due to an inability to pay. Referrals are taken from parents, professionals, and family members.

The Child Advocacy Center provides expert forensic interviews and medical examinations of children who are alleged victims of sexual and/or physical abuse or witnesses to violence. This program is housed at Black Hills Pediatrics and Neonatology, and operates in partnership with Rapid City Regional Hospital and Children's Home Society. The primary goal of the Child Advocacy Center is to reduce a child's trauma by eliminating repeated interviews and medical examinations by multiple investigative parties. The Center provides one coordinated interview and a physical exam, and provides superior evidence in child abuse investigations. The interview process may be observed on closed-circuit television by the referring social worker and law enforcement officer. The Child Advocacy Center also provides comprehensive training in Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) , Enough Abuse Campaign, Trauma Informed Care/Response, Mandatory Reporting/handling child abuse disclosures, and Multidisciplinary Child Abuse Investigations. Trainings are open to the entire state and are detailed to the requesting audience. Trainings, based on topics, are appropriate for caregivers, system professionals, and community members. CHS partners with the Center of Prevention of Child Maltreatment and state agencies to host, support, and provide trainer support in the ACEs and EnoughAbuse curriculums.

The Center for Disabilities LEND Clinic works to improve the health of infants and children with neurodevelopmental and related disabilities. The Center for Disabilities helps families who are interested in learning how to support their child's strengths and address their weaknesses and health care needs. The South Dakota LEND Developmental Clinic provides a free interdisciplinary evaluation to children who are between six months and six years old who may have a developmental concern. The evaluation is offered once a month at the USD Sanford School of Medicine Health Science Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

A national program that promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and their families. Services include head start and early head start part and full day, school year, and full year options, breakfast, lunch and snack provided, transportation is available for those with need, cultural and language curriculum for the Lakota/Dakota Language, developmental screenings, and services for prenatal mothers.

Accelerate Center for Intensive Early Intervention serves: Kids ages 2-6 (with speech and occupational therapies; addressing areas such as communication, social interaction, regulation and coping, peer interactions, motor and daily living skills) Kids lagging behind developmentally with or without a diagnosis Kids with autism Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder Kids with other genetic or developmental disabilities Skills are addressed in small groups of 3-4 children in 2 hour sessions, 5 days per week. Many kids have preschool 1/2 day and Accelerate 1/2 day Daily contact and interaction with families following each session is encouraged. Early Start Denver Model for Young Children with Autism since 2009. Serving children that have behavioral difficulties in a daycare setting.

Provides early intervention services, at no cost, for families who have children from birth to age three, that have difficulty learning, growing, or behaving like other children in their age group or have a medical condition which doctors feel may need special attention. ​Available to any family in the 11-county area and offers a no-cost developmental screening/evaluation.

Offers over 30 specialties including: child abuse, pediatric genetics, cardiology, critical care, developmental, emergency medicine, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hospitalist, hematology and oncology, infectious disease, neonatology, nephrology, neurology, orthopedics, palliative care, psychiatry, psychology, pulmonology, radiology, rehabilitation, rheumatology, sleep medicine, surgery, and urology. Also provides CHILD services, genetic counseling, immunizations, diabetes education, nutrition, and travel medicine.

Shriners Children's has served their mission specializing in one thing: pediatric orthopedics. The board-certified surgeons and staff provide high-quality medical care to all children, regardless of a family's ability to pay. The clinic specializes in treating children with orthopedic conditions in an environment designed to put children at ease. They provide an intimate, family-centered environment where all clinic services including physician visits, radiology, rehabilitation, orthotics and prosthetics are provided under one roof. Not only will a child's medical needs be met by a team of specialists, they also offer camps and activities through our child life department, to meet their social and emotional needs. The staff at Shriners Children's proudly serves children in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, western Wisconsin and into the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan.

Provides appropriate diagnoses of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) with technical assistance to aid with the implementation of clinic recommendations. The diagnosis will allow professionals and families to develop strategies to improve the educational and health outcomes for the person with FASD.

Goes to child centers and screens children (age 2 - 7 primarily) for speech and language development. If children do not pass the screening, recommendations are made for appropriate action. Only those children whose guardians sign them up are screened.

Early Intervention Program that serves children from birth - 36 months with developmental delays or disabilities and their families. To schedule a developmental screen, contact the local service coordinator.

Individual, couples, or family therapy for the treatment of children, adolescents, adults, and seniors focusing on issues including, but are not limited to anxiety, mood, personality disorders, somatization disorders, psychosexual disorders, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress (PTSD), abuse issues, eating disorders, dementia, grief and loss, childhood emotional and behavioral disorders, spirituality, stress management, and executive health. Evaluations available include psychiatric, psychological, neuropsychological, forensic, and custody.

​Specialized therapy (including occupational, speech, behavior and physical therapies) and psychology services for individuals of all ages in Sioux Falls. Therapists provide specialized treatments in assistive technology, seating and positioning, feeding and swallowing, augmentative communication, sensory integration, pediatric bowel and bladder incontinence; visual motor/perception; torticollis treatment; serial casting; behavior management; and screenings and evaluations of Autism.

Early Intervention Program that serves children from birth - 36 months with developmental delays or disabilities and their families. To schedule a developmental screen, contact the local service coordinator.

Children's Advocacy Center services, providing a medical evaluation for children, including a child forensic interview and comprehensive head-to-toe physical examination. Avera St. Mary's Central South Dakota Child Assessment Center's mission is to provide a strong multidisciplinary, cooperative team approach in order to better serve children who are victims of child abuse. Services are provided regardless of ability to pay.

LifeScape's Fisher Coon Unit is an 18-bed specialty hospital that offers post-acute care to patients from birth through age 21. The unit has two programs: Medically Complex and Inpatient Rehabilitation. Medically Complex Program This program is for patients with significant medical needs who do not require continuous acute care. The high nurse-to-patient ratio allows every child to receive individualized attention. Medically Complex Services IV therapy Nutritional therapy via gastrostomy, jejunostomy, NG or NJ Palliative care Respiratory therapy Tracheostomy care Skilled nursing observation following casting or surgeries Suctioning, oxygen administration Ventilator use and weaning Inpatient Rehabilitation Program This program serves children needing rehabilitation after accidents, illness, or surgery. Stays are typically short-term for intense rehabilitation to assist the patient in returning to their previous level of function.

Child's Voice is a nationally accredited Child Advocacy Center that provides medical evaluations for children who may be victims of abuse and neglect. The primary goal of all children's advocacy centers is to ensure that children disclosing abuse are not further victimized by the intervention systems designed to protect them. Children are referred to Child's Voice by law enforcement, Child Protective Services and medical professionals. Child's Voice uses a multidisciplinary team approach to evaluate children with suspected child abuse and neglect. This means that law enforcement, child protection, medical professionals, counselors, state's attorneys and victim advocates all work together to coordinate an effective response for the child and their family. Child's Voice provides forensic interviews, medical exams, family consultations, and advocacy.

Provides support to families with children birth to 3 years with identifying needs and accessing community services. Services include: audiology, assistive technology, family training, counseling and home visits, health service, medical services for evaluation, nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychological services, social work services, service coordination, special instruction, speech and language, transportation for services, vision, and other services identified by the team.

Featured health services include children's health, nutrition, primary care, urgent care, wellness and prevention care, women's health.

Provides dyslexia, voice, stuttering, speech, language and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) services for those whose concerns are developmental or acquired throughout life. Telehealth options are available where appropriate.