Westchester Institute For Human Development

Wihd is licensed under article 28 of the new york public health law to operate a diagnostic and treatment center providing comprehensive health care and related services for individuals with developmental and other long-term disabilities. These services are primary and specialty health care (including adult neurology, psychiatry, behavioral psychology, dermatology, gastroenterology, physiatry, urology, nutrition, occupational therapy, cardiology, podiatry, gynecology, endocrinology & ophthalmology).

Wihd operates several innovative community service programs through contracts with the westchester county of social services. These include a children's advocacy center providing forensic pediatric counseling and victim support services for children who have been physically and / or sexually abused; a preventative program for families whose children are at risk of placement in foster care where one or both parents has a developmental disability; an educational care coordination program for children in foster care; comprehensive evaluations for children age three or older who are involved with preventative services or who are in family foster care; after care services for up to two years to families whose children are exiting foster care and medical management and comprehensive medical services to children in family foster care.