What is the ASK Program?
The ASK Program at Children's Hospital Boston works with children under the age of 14 who are having learning, emotional, developmental or behavioral problems in school or at home.
ASK stands for Advocating Success for Kids and serves the Children's Hospital Primary Care Center, Bowdoin Street Community Health Center, Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center and Martha Eliot Health Center. Children are eligible to receive ASK services if they receive their primary care from one of these health care locations.
Who makes up the ASK team
Our team members may include:
- your child's own primary care provider
- a developmental pediatrician
- a nurse practitioner
- developmental/behavioral fellows and general pediatric fellows
- a social worker
- an educational specialist
- a psychologist
- volunteer student advocates
How can my child participate in ASK?
Your child must receive primary care at CHPCC, Bowdoin Street Community Health Center, Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center or the Martha Eliot Health Center as the location of their primary care provider to participate in ASK.
Talk to your child's primary care provider about being referred to ASK. If your primary care provider thinks that ASK is appropriate for your child, they will refer him to the ASK team.
Once a referral is made, an appointment will be scheduled for you and your child to meet with the ASK team. Appointments will take place within your primary care center.
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