The Hero Clinic

The HERO Clinic is a developmental-behavioral pediatric clinic. We bring together an experienced pediatric team and a seasoned group of therapists to help children and teens in crisis navigate the difficult and confusing worlds of autism, school difficulties, depression, and anxiety. These and similar issues are often made all the more challenging by a healthcare system that seems to have little incentive to prioritize early intervention or rapid assessment. Find diagnostics and guidance with The HERO Clinic.

Childhood development diagnostic process at The HERO Clinic in Columbia, MO
Step 1: Data collection includes written and in-person standardized evaluations, physical examination, and potential diagnostic tests performed by a multidisciplinary team including occupational therapy, speech therapy, pediatrics, and a provider trained in Advanced Behavioral Analysis (ABA).

Step 2: A team meeting to synthesize the data. We then attempt to match the data to the available diagnostic categories.

Step 3: Create a multi-disciplinary management plan that may include physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medications, educational recommendations, counseling, and autism-specific training such as ABA and/or parenting modifications.

We also offer ongoing physical, occupational, and speech therapy as well as medication management. We often manage or help manage conditions such as autism, speech apraxia, school failure, attention deficit disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, phobias, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.