About Us

The University of Florida Multidisciplinary Diagnostic and Training Program (UF MDTP) was established in 1983 through a grant through the Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Exceptional Educational and Student Services (BEESS). It is part of a network of six state-funded, regional FDLRS Multidisciplinary Educational Services Centers in Florida that provide a range of services including diagnostic evaluation and consultation services for children and youth identified as having complex medical, educational, emotional, and/or behavioral problems, as well as consultation, technical assistance, and pre-service and in-service training for parents, teachers, other school and district personnel, and related providers and professionals.(Contact information for the regional centers in Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Tampa, and Miami is included below.)

The network of six regional Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resources System (FDLRS) Multidisciplinary Education Services Centers across the state are part of a Florida statewide program of comprehensive services for children. The Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System (FDLRS) also includes 19 Associate Centers that directly serve school districts in the areas of:

Child Find
Human Resource Development (HRD)
Parent Services, and
Technology

Additional statewide and regional services support the use of assistive technology, instructional technology, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and AIM/NIMAS Florida services, as well as statewide HRD and FDLRS Administration. For more information and links to resources, please visit the FDLRS website.