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School Gives Extra Hand to Special Needs Children, Physical Therapy In and Out of the Classroom
April 6th, 2011
Children with specific needs can attend this charter school and receive a smorgasbord of services. Among them are physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and hippo (horseback-riding) therapy.
Heike Reeves of Lake Wales has been a physical therapist for more than 20 years. She has spent three years at Our Children’s Academy.
“I was interested in helping to build this charter school in Lake Wales,” she said. “There was nothing in Lake Wales. Winter Haven has something, Lakeland, Bartow, but nothing in Lake Wales. Even Lake Alfred has a special-needs school, but there was nothing on the Ridge.”
Children with specific needs can attend this charter school and receive a smorgasbord of services. Among them are physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and hippo (horseback-riding) therapy.
Heike Reeves of Lake Wales has been a physical therapist for more than 20 years. She has spent three years at Our Children’s Academy.
“I was interested in helping to build this charter school in Lake Wales,” she said. “There was nothing in Lake Wales. Winter Haven has something, Lakeland, Bartow, but nothing in Lake Wales. Even Lake Alfred has a special-needs school, but there was nothing on the Ridge.”
Seat at the Table – Occupational Therapy with Peer-Based Programs
April 6th, 2011
Seven-year-old Colin and his family have more to be thankful for at Thanksgiving since the boy began therapy at Feeding Friends Inc. At age 5, the selective eater still was drinking from a bottle and eating pureed baby food. Extended family gatherings underscored his delays.
Seven-year-old Colin and his family have more to be thankful for at Thanksgiving since the boy began therapy at Feeding Friends Inc. At age 5, the selective eater still was drinking from a bottle and eating pureed baby food. Extended family gatherings underscored his delays.
Modern therapy for stuttering isn’t quite like “The King’s Speech”
April 6th, 2011
People have learned about stuttering treatments from “The King’s Speech,” the big winner at this year’s Academy Awards.
Though the movie was set in the 1940s, treatment for stuttering today still includes some methods that helped Prince Albert, father of today’s Queen Elizabeth II.
But other methods have changed. Among the movie moments that you won’t see in a speech pathologist’s office today:
• Having a stutterer try to talk through a mouth full of marbles
• Encouraging an angry stutter-free burst of swear words.
People have learned about stuttering treatments from “The King’s Speech,” the big winner at this year’s Academy Awards.
Though the movie was set in the 1940s, treatment for stuttering today still includes some methods that helped Prince Albert, father of today’s Queen Elizabeth II.
But other methods have changed. Among the movie moments that you won’t see in a speech pathologist’s office today:
• Having a stutterer try to talk through a mouth full of marbles
• Encouraging an angry stutter-free burst of swear words.
Medicaid Expansion Now Could Save Some States Money
April 1st, 2010
Starting today, states can choose to take the first steps toward the massive expansion of insurance coverage that is the health overhaul’s chief goal. And for some states, that move could have the benefit of reviving funding for state-run programs that insure low-income adults.
Starting today, states can choose to take the first steps toward the massive expansion of insurance coverage that is the health overhaul’s chief goal. And for some states, that move could have the benefit of reviving funding for state-run programs that insure low-income adults.