The SHARK Clinic provides both primary care and consultative services for children and teens with complex medical, social, emotional and developmental needs. Particular attention is paid to the contribution of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to the manifestation of these concerns.
The SHARK Clinic provides both primary care and consultative services for children and teens with complex medical, social, emotional and developmental needs. Particular attention is paid to the contribution of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to the manifestation of these concerns.
SHARK Services
SHARK Services
Specialty Care
The SHARK Clinic provides specialty consult services for patients with concerns regarding behavior, development, mental health, adverse childhood experiences and trauma, functional disorders, and complex medical problems. Our team of trauma-informed providers can provide diagnoses and will develop a comprehensive treatment plan. Our SHARK support team assists in linkage to resources and referrals and provides one on one support to families as they navigate the healthcare system. The SHARK clinic also provides several supplementary programs to our patients to promote resilience and help in holistic healing (see SHARK Clinic Programs below).
- Complex social situation & chronic unexplained pain
- Developmental delays with difficulty accessing services
- Persistent sleeping or toileting problems with no identifiable medical cause
- Severe impulsive/hyperactive behavior in a child when this may be related to exposure to trauma
- History of trauma and poorly controlled chronic disease
- School failure and PTSD symptoms
- Families in need of legal resources due to experience with domestic abuse or unhealthy living conditions
- And many more
Primary Care
The SHARK Primary Care Medical Home (PCMH) provides trauma-informed primary care to DHS patients with a focus on those who have connection to Rancho Los Amigos or who would benefit high level care coordination in their primary care medical home.
- Well visits for patients ages 0 to 20
- Newborn check ups
- Routine vaccinations
- Sick Visits
- Autism-friendly services
- Fully accessible for those with any type of physical disability
- And many more
- To enroll call our patient relations department at (562) 385-7655, choose option 3.
Systems Change
The SHARK Team works to identify and address gaps in resources available to DHS patients throughout LA County.
By working with DHS providers, reaching out to community-based organizations, and helping to stream-line referral processes, we aim to help primary care doctors connect their patients to needed services more efficiently.
Mental Healthcare
In addition to proving support for our patients to connect with community therapists and mental health providers, the SHARK Clinic partners with the Department of Mental Health and the Charles R. Drew Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship program to provide co-located mental healthcare within our clinic. Through this partnership, our SHARK patients can receive expert, child psychiatry evaluation and bridging treatment until connected to a long-term provider.
Also, our SHARK Social Workers are trained in one on one counseling, PTSD treatment, eating disorders, and positive parenting and can provide our patients with bridging support while they help them connect with outside resources.
Supplementary Programming for Holistic Healing
More coming soon!
Provider Resources
Speech Therapy Workflow
Regional Center Guide For Providers