OUR SERVICES
We provide comprehensive well and sick care for newborns through our patients' teenage years. For patients of all ages, we offer:
Additional age-specific services include:
- A dedicated, board-certified primary care provider (PCP) for your child
- Appointments available 7 days a week. Yes... that means Saturday and Sunday appointments are available!
- Same-day sick appointments, including evening appointments on weekdays until 7pm
- Two convenient locations: downtown and west end
- Automated text message or phone appointment reminders
- Online MyChart access to your child's healthcare information
- A pediatrician on-call 24/7/365
Additional age-specific services include:
Expecting Parents
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Newborns, Infants, and Toddlers (ages 0-3 years)
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School Age Kids (ages 4-11)
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Teens (ages 12+)
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Questions about our services? Please contact our clinic at (406) 281-8700 and
we would be happy to talk more about how we can help provide the right care for your child.
we would be happy to talk more about how we can help provide the right care for your child.
OUR PROGRAMS
Montana Parent Partner Project |
The Children's Clinic partners with the Montana Parent Partner Project to provide additional support for our parents whose children have special health care needs. The Project places trained staff at our clinic who have kids of their own with special health care needs. They have knowledge and experience about support services in Montana and can help patients navigate and connect with community resources.
Specifically, Parent Partners help parents of clinic patients connect with services in the Billings area (from food, housing, and bills to transportation and therapy), help parents better understand their child's special need or chronic illness, help parents communicate more effectively with medical personnel and other health providers, connect parents to others who can teach them their parental rights with the school system, support parents in becoming an effective advocate for their child, and help them transition from pediatric care and services to adult care and services. Since inception of the program in May 2013, our parent partners have worked with hundreds of unique patients and families. While our providers and staff refer patients to our parent partners, patients are welcome to "self refer" by letting any Children's Clinic staff person know their interest. Interested in learning more? Visit the Montana Parent Partner Program's website or call the clinic! |
Breastfeeding Classes |
The Children's Clinic offers free prenatal breastfeeding classes taught by our IBCLC Registered Lactation Consultant. These classes are wonderful opportunities for families to learn about the benefits and techniques for successful breastfeeding. This class provides mothers and families with knowledge and confidence as they prepare to breastfeed their newborn. This class is for all expectant parents who hope to have a positive experience breastfeeding their baby.
More information about breastfeeding and our prenatal breastfeeding classes can be found here. |
Reach Out and Read |
Reach Out and Read is an evidence-based program that builds on the unique relationship between parents and medical providers to develop critical early reading skills in children, beginning in infancy. As recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Reach Out and Read incorporates early literacy into pediatric practice, equipping parents with tools and knowledge to ensure that their children are prepared to learn when they start school.
The Children's Clinic has partnered with United Way of Yellowstone County and generous corporate donors in the community since 2014 to provide every patient from 6 months to 5 years of age an age-appropriate book at each well child visit. Since the inception of the program, our pediatricians have provided over 36,000 books to kids in our community! |
Car Seat Inspections |
The Children's Clinic has two certified car seat inspectors on staff! Any family who would like a trained set of eyes to double check whether they installed their child's car seat correctly is welcome to call the clinic and set up an appointment to have their car seat installation checked. Our trained staff will inspect the seat to make sure it is installed properly and can also provide car seat safety education.
Our certified car seat inspectors work with Safe Kids Yellowstone County. For more information about car seats and other safety topics, please check out their website. |
Little Free Library |
To further promote early childhood literacy and to provide access to books to children who may
not otherwise have it, the Children's Clinic built and installed a Little Free Library with grant money from the Montana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The Little Free Library motto is "take a book, leave a book," explaining the simple premise of the libraries. Children's Clinic staff stock the library with books they bring in from home and patients and their families are encouraged to grab a book on their way out, returning it at their next visit or exchanging it for their next great read. Interested in learning more about Little Free Libraries or finding other libraries in our community? Check out their website here. |
Growing Up Female Workshops |
The Children's Clinic hosts quarterly patient education sessions taught by Jean Braden, our adolescent health nurse practitioner. These workshops are for girls ages 9 through 12 and their moms. The Growing Up Female workshop is a fun, relaxed, and interactive opportunity for mothers and daughters to learn about physical and emotional changes of puberty for both girls and boys, healthy communication and ways to facilitate this, menstruation and good hygiene practices, and a hands on discussion and demonstration of a variety of hygiene products.
Workshops cost $40 and participants will walk away with educational materials and a "goodie bag" full of personal hygiene products. Participants must register in advance for these sessions! To register for a workshop, please call the clinic at (406) 281-8700. |
