Dedicated to Advancing Cerebral Palsy Care
Gillette Children’s Cerebral Palsy Institute is the world's foremost innovator in clinical care, forward-thinking research, and patient advocacy. The singular condition focus aligns with specialty care, resulting in personalized, innovative care that thoughtfully guides each patient/family.
Clinical Expertise
Comprehensive Care
- 140+ cerebral palsy experts in Pediatrics Complex Care, Orthopedics, Neurology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Therapies, Sleep Management, Pain Management, Prosthetics, Seating, and Child Life Services
- Accredited Care
Experience Since 1897
- Infant and Toddler Development Evaluation: The experience and tools to detect cerebral palsy in children from birth to 3 years old.
- Cerebral Palsy Road Map: The knowledge of what to expect by age to what having cerebral palsy means for your child. (Link to PDF)
- Gait & Motion Lab: 25+ years of sophisticated movement data to inform treatment decisions. Learn more.
Research
- Our sizeable cerebral palsy patient population over decades of care provides exceptional research studies to understand the long-term impact.
- Novel team approach: clinical experts, research scientists, and patient families collaborate to innovate care.
- Unified mission to improve the lives of children with cerebral palsy worldwide, from pain management to new treatment options.
- Learn about current and ongoing Cerebral Palsy Research
Advocacy
- Since its inception, Gillette Children's has been focused on providing long-term wholistic care for children with complex conditions.
- A significant part of the philosophy, everyone at Gillette Children’s makes it their mission to help each child realize their dreams and live their own story.
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What Is Cerebral Palsy?
Gillette Children's is a recognized center for cerebral palsy. Our specialists will help you learn more about cerebral palsy, understand its symptoms and effects as well as treatments for cerebral palsy.
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Gait and Motion Analysis
Gillette operates one of the world’s busiest clinical motion analysis facilities. The James R. Gage Center for Gait and Motion Analysis uses advanced technology to measure movement difficulties in children. Data captured helps inform physicians’ treatment recommendations.
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Cerebral Palsy Research
Gillette treats more than 4,000 children each year who have cerebral palsy. We have a depth of experience treating all types of cerebral palsy, from mild to severe. This knowledge drives our research efforts, which in turn helps us to improve treatment for children around the world who have cerebral palsy.
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Accreditations
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Learn MoreGillette has earned and maintained The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® since 2008. To be eligible, organizations must undergo an on-site survey at least once every three years. Accreditation by The Joint Commission is recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality. The Joint Commission
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Learn MoreGillette’s inpatient rehabilitation program has maintained accreditation by CARF since 1992. Our pediatric brain injury specialty program is also accredited by CARF.
Gillette is one of just three pediatric specialty programs in Minnesota accredited by CARF to meet the needs of young children and adolescents seeking acute inpatient rehabilitation. We are also one of eight health care providers in the country with designations in pediatric inpatient rehabilitation and brain injury.
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Learn MoreGillette has voluntarily gone through the American College of Radiology (ACR)’s rigorous accreditation process to ensure we meet nationally-accepted standards of care in radiology and imaging. This means our staff and equipment meet or exceed quality and safety guidelines for services such as MRI, CT and ultrasound.
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Learn MoreGillette is a member of the Children’s Hospital Association (formerly the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions, or NACHRI). Our work with the Children’s Hospital Association helps to promote health for all children through clinical care, research, training and advocacy.
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Learn MoreGillette prosthetists and orthotists are certified through ABC or are board eligible for certification. Certified practitioners must pass comprehensive written, clinical and simulation exams.
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Learn MoreGillette laboratories are accredited by COLA, an organization that accredits nearly 8,000 medical laboratories and provides the clinical laboratories with education, consultation, and accreditation.
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Learn MoreGillette achieved Patient Centered Specialty Practice Recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for our orthopedic practice at our St. Paul campus. Gillette is the first pediatric health care organization in Minnesota and the surrounding states with this distinction.
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Learn MoreOur electroencephalogram (EEG) services are fully accredited by ABRET—an organization that seeks to encourage, establish and maintain the highest standards of clinical EEG, evoked potential technology, and neurophysiologic intraoperative and long-term monitoring.