CHOP and Soar Autism Center announced a partnership to create the CHOP-Soar Autism Center network, expanding access to autism care in the Philadelphia region, starting with a center near CHOP Pediatric Primary Care in Newtown, PA and additional locations planned across CHOP’s footprint.

The collaboration will leverage CHOP’s research through the Center for Autism Research and Lurie Autism Institute to inform care and interventions.

Therapists will coordinate with each child’s medical team through CHOP Primary Care networks or the CHOP Autism Integrated Care Program to ensure coordinated, comprehensive care.

Therapists will collaborate with a child’s medical team across CHOP’s network and Soar’s services to provide integrated medical and therapeutic support during early development.

The program aims to extend coordinated care across CHOP’s network and with other care providers to support children’s early development.

For enrollment or more information, readers can visit chop-soar.com and soarautismcenter.com, with media contacts available for inquiries.

A CHOP-Soar site and listed contacts are provided for information and enrollment inquiries.

Leaders Ian Goldstein, MD, MPH, Soar Co-Founder and CEO, and Nathan J. Blum, MD, Chief of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at CHOP, highlight the mission and benefits of the partnership.

Leadership quotes emphasize expanding CHOP’s reach, integrating research and clinical care, and elevating Soar’s mission through the CHOP partnership.

The program will place outpatient autism therapy teams in centers offering speech, occupational, and behavioral therapy for children up to age six, under one roof with full- and half-day options and a play-focused, evidence-based approach.

Centers will provide integrated, outpatient therapy services through age six, including speech, occupational, and behavioral therapy, starting near CHOP in Newtown, PA.

Centers will use a research-based, play-focused approach to develop communication, social, and cognitive skills.