“ The mission of The Children’s Center at UCP is to provide comprehensive educational, therapeutic and rehabilitative services for youngsters ages birth through twenty-one years of age who are known or suspected of having a disability in cognitive, language and communication, adaptive, social-emotional or motor development which adversely affect the students' ability to learn.”

The Children’s Center staff believes:

• The environment should be aesthetically pleasing and stimulating. It should be planned in a manner to provide choices, quiet and active spaces and should respond to the developmental and individual needs of children.
• That parents need to be kept informed and have opportunities for involvement in classroom activities.
• That there should be an atmosphere of mutual support between parents and staff in order to create an effective learning environment.
• That children are active learners, and unique individuals. They learn according to a developmental sequence, progressing at their own pace.
• The teacher and clinician as facilitators of the learning process who are sensitive to developmental and individual needs. The teacher/clinician is respectful and flexible in dealing with children.
• That the appropriate curriculum will address the social, emotional, cognitive, and physical needs of each child.
• As a professional team, our purpose is to provide quality programs, community support and an opportunity for parents to share experience and mutual support.