COAST Clinic services include occupational therapy (OT) and speech-language pathology (SLP), and address alterations in fine and gross motor development impacting coordination, strength, endurance and body awareness.

• A functional sensory processing, occupational therapy and/or speech-language evaluation.
• Treatment programs designed to enhance functioning in home and community environments.
• Duration of treatment based on the functional goals of each individual child.

Additional COAST Clinic Information

The Communication, Occupational and Sensory Treatment (COAST) Clinic at Bradley Hospital offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment for children and adolescents who have difficulty participating in age-appropriate activities due to physical, neurological, cognitive, behavioral, communication or sensory processing challenges. Our occupational therapists and/or speech language pathologists will work with each child and family to create an individualized program to meet the child's specific needs.

Our major programs are the Children's and Adolescent Program, Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Outpatient Program and the Bradley School.

Children's and Adolescent outpatient services. A multidisciplinary staff of board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses and qualified trainees provides treatment using a variety of modalities including individual, group and family therapy, and psychopharmacologic management.

https://www.lifespan.org/centers-services/bradley-outpatient-services

Children's and Adolescent inpatient services for children ages 2 to 18 years who suffer from serious disorders and are in need of short-term stabilization assessment and treatment.

https://www.lifespan.org/centers-services/child-adolescent-inpatient-program-bradley-hospital 


The Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities CADD offers unique and highly specialized clinical services for children and adolescents between the ages of 2 and 18 who show signs of serious emotional and behavioral problems in addition to a developmental disability, such as autism, Asperger's or intellectual disability.  
https://www.lifespan.org/centers-services/center-autism-and-developmental-disabilities-cadd

The Intensive Program for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

https://www.lifespan.org/centers-services/intensive-program-obsessive-compulsive-disorder

Communication, Occupational and Sensory Treatment (COAST) Clinic offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment for children and adolescents who have difficulty participating in age-appropriate activities due to physical, neurological, cognitive, behavioral, communication or sensory processing challenges.

https://www.lifespan.org/centers-services/coast-clinic

Resources for Parents [https://www.bradleyhospital.org/resources-parents]

Parent's Guide to Mental Health https://www.bradleyhospital.org/sites/default/files/lifespan-files/documents/hospital-sites/bradley/bradl-servi-guide-55152-mentalhealthguide-web.pdf 

Bradley Hospital offers a wide range of programs, services and research for psychological, developmental and behavioral conditions in children and adolescents. Bradley Hospital is dedicated to patient- and family-centered mental health care. A Lifespan partner and a teaching hospital for The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Bradley Hospital has established itself as the national center for training and research in child and adolescent psychiatry.

Bradley School. Lifespan School Solutions, a subsidiary of Bradley Hospital, is the parent corporation of the Bradley Schools, a private, school-funded, educational program for children and adolescents whose psychiatric and behavioral needs cannot be met in a public school setting and are in a separate listing.

Pediatric Neurology

Tomo Tarui, MD, is a pediatric neurologist at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. He specializes in fetal-neonatal neurology and neurogenetics, and is a researcher of developmental neuroimaging and genomics.

Sandra Liliana Jimenez Giraldo, MD, is a pediatric neurologist at Hasbro Children’s Hospital.

Newport Hospital has several specialties and programs ranging from Primary Care to a Comprehensive Spine Center.

See link for additional information.

Newport Hospital is a not-for-profit community hospital that is a part of Lifespan health system and a teaching hospital associated with The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. 

The Miriam Hospital has 40 specialties.

Additional information on services see link 

The Miriam Hospital is a part of Lifespan health system, a not-for-profit health system affiliated with The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and partnered with Hasbro Children's Hospital, Bradley Hospital, Newport Hospital, Gateway Healthcare, and Coastal Medical. 

Otoacoustic Emissions ( OAE)
Sedated Auditory Brainstem Response ( ABR)
Unsedated Auditory Brainstem Response ( ABR)
Visual Reinforcement Audiometry ( VRA)

Services and Specialties link

Rhode Island Hospital is a private, 719-bed, not-for-profit acute care hospital that is a part of Lifespan health system. It is the largest hospital in the state of Rhode Island and has particular expertise in cardiology, oncology, neurosciences, orthopedics, organ transplantation, pediatrics, psychiatry and diabetes. Rhode Island Hospital is the only Level I trauma center for Southeastern New England. 

• Diagnosis and treatment of major and minor illnesses
• Long-term management of chronic conditions
• Annual exams
• Immunizations
• Preventive screenings
• Coordination of specialty care

Lifespan Physician Group’s primary care practices provide crucial services for your long-term health and well-being. Your primary care provider is the physician who knows your medical history and can determine the best course of care.

Frank J. Amalfitano, MD

Huiling Ji, MD, PhD

Insurance coverage regularly changes, please contact the doctor's office directly to verify that your specific insurance plan is accepted. 

Pediatrics

Provider: Cheryl Flynn, MD, PhD