Gillette cerebral palsy treatment center offers comprehensive services for children, teens and adults who have cerebral palsy. As patients age, Gillette supports families in making the transition to adult-focused health care—older teens and adults can benefit from Gillette Children's adult clinic.
Working as a collaborative team, Gillette specialists offer a wide range of evaluations and testing to support cerebral palsy treatment plans, which might include:
- Gait and Motion Analysis
- Radiology and Imaging, Including EOS
- Gillette Motor Delay Diagnosis and Treatment Clinic
- Spasticity Clinic/Spasticity Evaluations
- Nutrition and Feeding Evaluations
- Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Seating Evaluations
Cerebral palsy specialists at Gillette collaborate on a wide-range of treatment plans, unique to each patient’s goals and potential. These plans may include:
Orthopedic Care
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) Surgery
- Ventral/Dorsal Rhizotomy Surgery
- Single-Event Multilevel Surgery (SEMLS)
- Spine Fusion
Physical Rehabilitation Medical Care
Complex Care Pediatrics
- Whole-person care coordination
- Presurgical Patient Evaluation and Risk Evaluation (PrePARE)
- Aerodigestive Clinic
Orthotics, Prosthetics and Seating
- Augmentative and alternative communication devices.
- Computer-access equipment and electronic aids to daily living.
- Customized seating and wheelchair accessories.
- Orthoses, including ankle-foot orthoses and custom spine orthoses.
- Seating and mobility equipment.
As a leader in medical treatment, technology, education and research for people who have disabilities and complex conditions, Gillette maintains accreditation and certification through a number of organizations.
Hospital Acquired Conditions
As part of our commitment to quality improvement, Gillette participates in a collaboration of children’s hospitals across the U.S. called the Children’s Hospitals Solutions for Patient Safety (CHSPS). Our teams develop and implement best practices for preventing 11 patient safety issues, called hospital-acquired conditions. We collect quarterly data on how we’re doing and share our results here.