Clinical Services

Dan L. Duncan Children's Neurodevelopmental Clinic
The Dan L. Duncan Children's Neurodevelopmental Clinic's mission is to enhance children's opportunities for successful living by providing them with individualized research-based clinical services. A highly unique aspect is our focus on continuing to find the most effective approaches for correcting child developmental and learning problems through a Clinic structure that allows our research to inform the our practices.

Play and Learning Strategies (PALS)
The PALS curriculum, developed by faculty at CLI, teaches parents specific skills for interacting with their infants and toddlers that lead to better child outcomes, particularly in children from high-risk families. The program is designed to be facilitated by a trained parent educator who presents each session to the parent(s) and coaches the parent(s) in utilizing the specific techniques.

Reach Out and Read Texas (ROR-TX)
ROR is a national pediatric literacy program dedicated to making early literacy a standard part of pediatric primary healthcare. ROR's mission is to make early literacy a standard part of pediatric primary healthcare in Texas. Pediatricians encourage parents to read aloud to their young children and distribute books to their patients at all wellness check-ups from six months to five years of age. There are 1,200 pediatricians participating across Texas.