In partnership with Valley Cities Behavioral Health Care, we are proud to offer free Youth Mental Health First Aid courses to adults living in King County. This training is provided for residents or ...

More than 100 years ago, Seattle Children’s was founded by a group of philanthropic women to care for children regardless of race, religion, gender or a family’s ability to pay. Their generous spirit ...

Dr. Kelly Evans investigates sleep and breathing in children born with craniofacial conditions, with the goal of improving outcomes in patients with conditions affecting the airway's function. Evans's ...

Caring for children is our passion, our commitment and our privilege at Seattle Children’s. As the pediatric and adolescent medical center covering the Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho (WAMI) ...

Dr. Scott Yang was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He enrolled in the accelerated BS/MD Honors Program in Medical Education at Northwestern University where he completed both Bachelors of ...

When it just can’t wait, care closer to home. Urgent Care visits are not for medical emergencies. If your child’s illness or injury is life-threatening, call 911. For urgent mental and behavioral ...

We need your child's medical records from clinics, hospitals or other healthcare providers outside of Seattle Children's. Please mail or fax the records to us, or make sure your child's primary care ...

Pectus excavatum (PECK-tuss ex-kuh-VAW-tum) is a condition that causes a child’s chest to look sunken or "caved in." It happens because of a defect in the tough connective tissue (cartilage) that ...

Meconium ileus (pronounced meh-COE-nee-um ILL-ee-us) means that a baby’s first stool (feces), called meconium, is blocking the last part of the baby’s small intestine (ileum). This can happen when the ...

Medical observations, often referred to as observations or job shadowing, are opportunities to observe a professional in their work. For example, shadowing a provider, dietitian, lab scientist, etc., ...

Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic (OBCC) provides more than 44,000 clinical visits each year. Our core services include primary medical, dental and behavioral health for children, teens and young adults ...

You can download this article as a PDF (English, Spanish). Child directed play (CDP) is a special form of one-to-one play between you and your child in which your ...