Gross motor skills are the large, sweeping movements we make with arms, legs and torso and they help your child move around their environment.
The MACC Fund Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders is only center in Wisconsin to offer FDA-approved Casgevy therapy to children with severe sickle cell disease or transfusion-dependent thalassemia.
"In the past five years in Milwaukee, 594 people have been killed in homicides — leaving at least 6,000 close relatives behind to grieve. Those remaining — often described as 'homicide survivors' or 'co-victims' — must grapple with elevated health risks, the criminal justice system, social stigma and finding support."
Tanja Dixon knows firsthand how homicide can impact families. Ashley Luthern with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote about Tanja's experience with grief after her son, Anthony Daniels, was murdered. A month after Anthony's death, Tanja found comfort with Project Ujima, a growing team based at Children's Wisconsin that works with homicide survivors. The article details the challenges that families, like Tanja's, face after homicide and the support that helps them face those challenges.
Read the full story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Most children spend very little time interacting with doctors, nurses, or other health care professionals. To make a significant impact on children's overall health, we reach out to families beyond our hospital and clinic walls.
The MACC Fund Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders is only center in Wisconsin to offer FDA-approved Casgevy therapy to children with severe sickle cell disease or transfusion-dependent thalassemia.
It's been nearly five years since Children's Wisconsin launched a five-year plan to improve access to behavioral health care for children and adolescents.
Children’s Wisconsin is proud to announce the creation of the Craig Yabuki Mental Health Center.
The Children’s Wisconsin board of directors has named Gil Peri as the organization’s new president and CEO, effective August 12, 2024.
The two-day radiothon featured stories of how Children’s Wisconsin impacts the health of thousands of children statewide.
The Children’s Wisconsin Center for Child Development focuses on integrated health services for children with developmental diagnoses.
Children’s Wisconsin has awarded State Senator Mary Felzkowsi (R-Tomahawk) and State Representative Robert Wittke (R-Racine) with the tenth annual Children’s Champion Policy Awards.