All Children Are Special

Welcome to All Children Are Special, the website for the medical practice of Patricia McGuire MD FAAP. This is a Developmental and Behavioral Pediatric Practice.  The focus of this practice is to provide service and support  to children with developmental and behavioral challenges and their families.

Our Mission

The mission of All Children Are Special is to provide services and support to those who live and work with youth experiencing developmental and behavioral challenges. It is based on the belief that all children are born wanting to be loved, accepted and respected. In order for that to happen, those who work and live with these children need to understand who these children are, why they are struggling developmentally and/or behaviorally, and how to work with the children to achieve their goals and to help them learn how to reciprocate these basic needs to those around them.

Dr. McGuire is a board certified developmental and behavioral pediatrician. She has been in private practice since 1985, serving children first in Wisconsin and for the last 20 years in Cedar Rapids, IA. She has worked with hundreds of families with their children, providing diagnostic services, as well as counseling and support services. She is a speaker for PESI, LLC.  She also speaks for Kirkwood Community College and for Springtides, Inc., the nonprofit side of the medical practice. Dr. McGuire is also the author of Never Assume: Getting To Know Children Before Labeling Them.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Medical Association

Council for Exceptional Children

International Dyslexia Association

Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

STAFF:

Tammi Moser - Office manager

Maureen Litten Thorpe - Springtides Assistant to the President

Amber Cook, MT-BC - Music therapist

Poncho - Unofficial therapy cat

Ingrid - Unofficial therapy cat

BLOG: 

Get a dose of developmental and behavioral common sense with Dr. McGuire, The Pediatric Profiler.

FACEBOOK FAN PAGE: Like Dr. McGuire and get frequent updates on developmental and behavioral advances.