Specialists to Whom Referrals May Be Made

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Provided is a list of specialists to whom referrals should be made based on the area of concern.

Physical Health

• Pediatrician, MD.—A medical doctor skilled in diagnosing and treating childhood diseases and in caring for children's health.
• General Practitioner, M.D.—A medical doctor who specializes in treating and caring for patients who have general health problems.
• Public Health Nurse—A registered nurse (RN) who surveys, screens, and manages family and community health care.
• Dentist, D.D.S.—A person licensed to practice dentistry (teeth and oral cavity).
• Orthopedist, M.D.—A medical doctor who diagnoses and treats bone and skeletal disorders.
• Cardiologist M.D.—A medical doctor who diagnoses, treats, and manages heart disorders.

Speech and Language

• Speech and Language Pathologist—A professional who screens, diagnoses, and treats communication disorders related to voice, language, articulation, oral-motor skills, and hearing.
• Audiologist—Professional who screens and diagnoses hearing problems, evaluates hearing aid fittings, and may provide therapy relating to language development and hearing aid use.
• Child Psychologist—A specialist who focuses on understanding and treating the behavioral and emotional problems of children.
• Special Education Teacher—A teacher with special training and experience in educating children with special needs.
• Public Health Nurse

Hearing

• Audiologist
• Speech and Language Pathologist
• Otologist, E.N.T., M.D.—A medical doctor who diagnoses, treats, and manages physical disorders relating to the ear, nose, and throat.
• Pediatrician, M.D.
• Public Health Nurse
• Teacher of the Deaf and Hearing Impaired—A teacher with special training and experience in educating children who are deaf or hearing impaired.

Vision

• Ophthalmologist, M.D.—A medical doctor who screens, diagnoses, and treats eye disorders.
• Optometrist—A therapist skilled in assessing visual acuity, adapting corrective lenses, and assessing and managing visual perception and related difficulties.
• Pediatrician, M.D.
• General Practitioner, M.D.
• Public Health Nurse

Motor

• Occupational Therapist—A therapist who tests and suggests programs for perceptual problems, gross and fine motor difficulties, and suggests methods to teach skills needed for activities of daily living.
• Physical Therapist—A therapist who tests and suggests programs for gross and fine motor difficulties, walking problems, and methods to teach activities of daily living.
• Pediatrician, M.D.
• Neurologist, M.D.—A medical doctor who screens, diagnoses, and treats nervous system disorders such as paralysis, reflex coordination, epilepsy, and perceptual problems.
• Child Psychologist
• Speech and Language Pathologist
• Special Education Teacher
• General Practitioner, M.D.
• Public Health Nurse

Social and Emotional

• Child Psychologist
• Psychiatrist, M.D.—A medical doctor who specializes in treating mental disorders.
• Social Worker—A professional with special training and experience in helping people interact with society, family, and co-workers, and with financial difficulties. This professional also refers people to other specialists.
• Special Education Teacher
• Speech and Language Pathologist
• Audiologist
• Public Health Nurse