Developmental Evaluation Center. The Developmental Evaluation Center in the College of Education and Allied Professions is a service agency for the seven counties of Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, and Swain, including the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians. Projects are variously funded by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health; the Smoky Mountain Center for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services; community agencies; and Western Carolina University. The center provides developmental evaluation, recommendations for services, treatment, and guidance for newborns, infants, toddlers. Special services are provided or located, if necessary. The center affords opportunities for training and research relevant to the university’s academic programs in birth through kindergarten teacher licensure, child and family studies, communication disorders, counseling, elementary education, health information management, health services management, nursing; nutrition and dietetics, physical therapy, psychology, recreational therapy, social work, and special education.

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