Community Service Organization

Has more than 30 years experience as clinical scholar,researcher,and consultant to young children with ASD and their families. In collaboration with colleagues developed the SCERTS model, a comprehensive educational approach for children with ASD.

Psychiatric services for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. Inpatient, day, residential, home-based, and outpatient services are provided by multidisciplinary staff members including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, special education teachers, physical therapists, and psychiatrric nurses.

The Developmental Disabilities Program is a unique and highly specialized clinical service for children and adolescents between the ages of 4 and 22 years who show signs of serious emotional and behavioral problems in addition to a developmental disability, such as autism or mental retardation. The program offers a variety of clinical services including: Inpatient, Day patient, Residential, Home-based, Outpatient care and Research. The program's staff is highly experienced and professionally trained in the area of developmental disabilities and psychiatric disorders. The Developmental Disabilities Program's model of care emphasizes family involvement as well as continuity of care across its various treatment settings. Regardless of where a patient is transferred within the program (inpatient, day, residential, home-based or outpatient), the treatment team remains unchanged. Patients and their families keep the same doctors, nurses, social workers, therapists and teachers. The continuum of care model results in a seamless transition of patients across treatment settings. We believe that continuity of care is critical to effective treatment and that it is among the key factors responsible for producing favorable treatment outcomes.

State Service; Apply for Waivers.

Ocean State Center for Independent Living (OSCIL) is a consumer controlled, community based, nonprofit organization established to provide a range of independent living services to enhance, through self direction, the quality of life of Rhode Islanders with significant disability and to promote integration into the community.

Rowland Barrett, PhD, is the chief psychologist at Bradley Hospital and chief-of-service for the developmental disabilities program. He is also an associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown Medical School.

Dr. Barrett received his doctorate degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1978. He completed his fellowship training at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Barrett has published extensively on psychiatric aspects of autism, Asperger's, epilepsy, mental retardation, and developmental disabilities.

He is associate editor of Research in Developmental Disabilities, a member of the International Consensus Panel on Psychopharmacology in Developmental Disabilities, and a member of the editorial board of the Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter.

Special Olympics Rhode Island, one of the most innovative and dynamic sports organizations in the state. Special Olympics Rhode Island provides year-round sports training and competition opportunities for more than 2,250 children and adults with mental retardation throughout the state.

TechACCESS of RI is the central information, resource, and demonstration site for the Assistive Technology Access Partnership (ATAP), the Rhode Island Tech Act grant.

Blackstone Valley ARC is a multi-service community based organization with individualized supports that include employment, recreation, advocacy, information and referral, and residential and day programs.

The Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities at Bradley Hospital offers unique and highly specialized clinical services for children and adolescents between the ages of 2 and 21 who show signs of serious emotional and behavioral problems in addition to a developmental disability, such as autism or mental retardation.

The center’s staff treats more than 600 new patients each year. The center offers a variety of services, including outpatient, inpatient and home-based treatment, as well as alternative schooling options and residential programs. The center also supports autism research.

Pediatric Occupational Therapy Center specializing in sensory integration therapy.