Welcome to the USC UCEDD
A University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service.
Our services
We provide services that are sensitive to the needs, values, and beliefs of not only the individual, but also the entire family. We provide clinical services to more than 5,000 individuals each year and our interdisciplinary training programs reach more than 16,000 parents, students and professionals.
We also collaborate in research and policy projects to improve the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities, develop more responsive systems of care, and increase access for children with special health care needs.
Education
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Our core programs
Clinical and Community Services
Specialized clinical services delivered with the intention to enhance the well-being and status of recipients. This includes direct problem-solving services to assist individuals with developmental and other disabilities and their families. Services that field test promising or exemplary practices and may be integrated with training, research, and/or dissemination functions.
Community Education and Technical Assistance
Professional Training
Instructional program offered by the UCEDD that is designed to advance an individual’s academic or professional credentials and takes place in an academic setting or program.
Research
Implementation of basic and applied research, program evaluation, and analysis of public policy on issues impacting individuals with developmental disabilities.
Information Dissemination
Distribution of knowledge-based information through UCEDD developed products and activities.
Our projects
We also collaborate in research and policy projects to improve the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities, develop more responsive systems of care, and increase access for children with special health care needs. Originally funded in 1966, the USC UCEDD is among the largest of the 67 UCEDDs in the nation, authorized under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.
