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Find Us
Walnut Creek Campus
2401 Shadelands Drive
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Phone: (510) 428-3010
Fax: (925) 939-8619
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Why Families Choose Us
Support Before the Adoption Occurs
- It's estimated that almost 60 percent of internationally-adopted children have serious medical problems on initial screening, 80 percent of which are unsuspected before they arrive.
- The unique services provided by Children’s Hospital Oakland help adoptive parents determine if they're capable of parenting a particular child based on the child's medical and mental health needs as well as the parents' resources.
International Adoption Evaluations and Consultations
- Children's Hospital Oakland International Adoption Clinic is one of only three sites on the West Coast where prospective adoptive parents can have the medical records, growth data, photos, and even videos of a child evaluated within 48 hours.
- We help review the health records of children referred for adoption and consult with parents before and during their travels to meet the newest members of their family.
Additional Services
Service and Conditions Treated
- Growth Deficiency
- Immunization status
- Infectious disease screening
- Nutritional deficiencies
- Post-institutional behavioral issues
- Fetal alcohol syndrome screening
- Preadoptive review of health records
- Consultation before and during travel
- New-arrival child evaluation
- Issue-specific consultation regarding a child with a history of adoption
- Education of parents, adoption professionals, and medical providers
Referrals and Continued Care
- Although the International Adoption Clinic doesn’t serve as a primary healthcare clinic, we do diagnose and treat issues common among children making the transition to life in the United States, including developmental delays, immunizations, infectious diseases, nutritional deficiencies, and growth issues.
- Because we know that your child’s best chance of success rests with a continuation of care, we're happy to provide referrals to Bay Area health professionals for follow-up treatments outside our clinic’s offerings.
Easy Access for Parents and Other Care Providers
- Families are welcome to self-refer to the International Adoption Clinic during any part of the adoption process.
- Services include educational components for parents, adoption providers, and medical providers.
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