Just Functional Pediatrics

About Just Functional Pediatrics

Just Functional Pediatrics is a small pediatric clinic located in the Downtown area of London, Ontario, on Pall Mall St. The clinic serves the community by focusing on the physical and mental well-being of children, offering expertise that encompasses pediatric internal medicine, mental health, developmental, and behavioral health. The clinic provides a variety of services, including general pediatrics for newborns, feeding concerns, and asthma, as well as school and academic concerns and self-regulation issues. Specific developmental assessments are offered for Autism Spectrum Disorder, speech and language, and global delay. The team includes Dr. Katibeh, Dr. D’Souza, and Breann Gillespie, a Speech and Language Pathologist who joins the clinic twice a month. The clinic describes itself as primarily a diagnostic service rather than a provider of ongoing primary care, aiming to help children function to achieve their full potential. The clinic follows a specific approach centered on using the best tools at the appropriate time, expressing concern regarding the inflation of diagnoses and labels. They do not provide diagnoses based solely on questionnaires from parents or teachers, preferring to meet the child and their caretakers directly. To ensure services are within their scope of practice, the clinic requires a videoconference interview before accepting a referral. They prefer to see children referred by a Primary Care Provider, as well as by Speech and Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Psychometrists, and Social Workers. Practical information provided by the clinic includes a rigid no-show policy where referrals are closed without a fee. They require a single charge for all forms, including the Federal Disability Tax Credit. The clinic also notes that they do not involve themselves in custodial disputes and will not act as a communication nexus for custodians.