About Penfield
Penfield Children’s Center is a non-profit organization whose sole purpose is to help infants and young children with and without disabilities to reach their full potential through education, therapy services and family programs.
Latest News and Events
The Greater Milwaukee Foundation and the Faye McBeath Foundation have awarded two exciting grants to our Behavior Clinic!
Meet Olivia
Born a month premature, Olivia had overwhelming challenges to face in her new life. She weighed less than 4 pounds and desperately needed to gain weight, but struggled with feeding. Penfield’s Birth-to-Three Program has given her the strength to look forward to a life destined for greatness.
Meet Caleb
By the age of 2, Caleb's behavior had become a huge concern. When he was over-tired or didn't get his way, he threw a tantrum, pounded his fists on the floor, cried excessively and threw toys across the room. Already taking Caleb to Penfield for speech and occupational therapy, his mother Kayla turned to the Behavior Clinic for help.
“Never underestimate the
capacity of the very young, and never, never let them down”
Birth to 3 Services
Early Education Program
Behavior Clinic
Special Care Nursery
Family Services
Outpatient Therapy Clinic
Kohl’s Building Blocks
How to Enroll a Child
Penfield Children’s Center was founded on the philosophy that we need to reach children with special needs as early as possible to give them the best start in life
This means providing a system of coordinated early intervention services to promote positive development and support families during these critical early developmental years.
Penfield’s Birth to Three program is available to children with a developmental delay or a diagnosed condition that puts them at risk for a delay. It provides...Read More
The Early Education program at Penfield Children's Center provides a nurturing environment where teachers and families work together to prepare children for school by promoting positive growth and development. The program uses a child-centered, exploratory approach to early learning, and a curriculum that focuses on social, emotional, cognitive, physical, behavioral, and language development.
Penfield’s Early Education program is inclusive; meaning typically development children and children...Read More
The Behavior Clinic at Penfield Children’s Center provides treatment services to children 5 years of age and younger who have significant behavior and emotional issues. It is the only program of its kind inMilwaukeeoffering family-centered, in-home treatment sessions that address issues very early in a child’s development to help prevent serious mental health issues from developing in the future.
For many young children under the age of six, behavior issues are overlooked or parents are told...Read More
Penfield’s Special Care Nursery provides medical care, therapy, and education for children who have serious health issues and medical conditions in addition to developmental delays. In the Nursery, children play, learn and thrive in the company of other kids in a caring, stimulating environment; and their parents are given the support they need to best meet their child’s medical and developmental needs. The Nursery also provides respite from the stress parents or caregivers may experience while...Read More
Penfield Children's Center recognizes the vital role that families play in helping their children with developmental delays reach their full potential.
Generously funded by Kohl's Department Stores, Penfield's Family Services program helps families develop the skills necessary to foster their children's development and to stabilize the environment in which the children are raised.
Family Services include:
- Parent education workshops on a wide range of topics from...Read More
Some children, after the age of three, continue to receive occupational, physical and speech therapy at Penfield Children's Center to supplement services that occur in the school system. This may include children through their teen years who require outpatient therapy to recover from surgery, accidents and injuries. Penfield offers therapy sessions before and after school and even during the lunch hour to accommodate family and school schedules.
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Created through a major partnership with Kohl’s Department Stores, the Kohl’s Building Blocks Program supports children throughout Milwaukee. This comprehensive program gives children in need access to early educational and developmental programs, services and equipment. Programs and services available through the Kohl’s Building Blocks Program include:
Child Development Services
Specialized and professional child development services from qualified professional...Read More
If you are interested in enrolling your child at Penfield Children’s Center, please fill out the form below. A Program Director from your program of interest will contact you soon with further questions or next steps for enrollment.
For immediate questions, please contact our front desk at 414-344-7676.Read More
