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Things Are Heating Up!

Summer is here, and with itcomes the end of a successfulspring for KidsCare Therapy!We have had a busy past fewmonths and, I couldn’t behappier with all of the excitingthings that have happenedand changes that have takenplace.We ofcially opened our FortWorth branch on February3rd, which has been a dreamcome true for me. The transi

tion has been smooth, and I’m so appreciative of the greatstaff from both sites that assisted in the process. Marchbrought the Texas Speech-Language Hearing AssociationConference, also in Fort Worth, and we had a phenomenalshowing at this huge event! Our recruiting team was ableto pull in a number of great candidates, and we’ve alreadybeen able to reap the rewards of all of the hard work thatwent into the conference. We unveiled our redesigned web

site, too – be sure to check it out! On it, you’ll nd careerlistings, additional success stories and even an all-new “Developmental Milestone” chart, created by our therapistsfor parents to see if their child is progressing at a typicalpace. We hope you’ll nd it as useful as we have!In April, we honored our hard-working Occupational Thera

pists for National OT month and gave them a huge thankyou for all that they do to help the families that we serve!KidsCare Therapy also hosted our rst-ever Spring Fling forpatients and their families, which, despite the weather, wasa blast! Kids, parents, therapists and employees braved therain and came out for an afternoon of games, crafts and foodat Flag Pole Hill. We also hosted two very successful CEUs,the rst of which drew in nearly 200 therapists from the

volume II, Issue 2: 2010

2010

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KidsCae Theapy ropes inthe recuits at the2010 TSHA Confeence

KidsCare Therapy had an amazing time at the 2010Texas Speech-Language Hearing Association Conference inFort Worth on March 25-27. The conference themewas “Communication, Culture and Cowboys,” and ouramazing booth, complete with a spin wheel full of prizesand a caricature artist, pulled in hundreds of studentsand therapists from all overTexas. We were able tointerview many qualifiedcandidates and talk witheven more potential futuretherapists. Thanks to all whostopped by to help out orvisit – it was great to seeyou there!

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Cortney Baker,

M.S., CCC/SLP

CFO/President of Clinical Services

KidsCae Theapy hosted its st ee Sping Fling, along with Gil Scout Toop #1665 in Apil. Despite the weathe, we hada geat time enjoying food, cafts and games with ou patients and thei families at Flag Pole Hill in Dallas!

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KidsCae Theapy’s Sping Fling

Continued Education a Pioity

at KidsCare Therapy

KidsCae Theapy ecently hosted two continuing educa

tion pogams (CEU) fo aea theapists. The st, entitled “Ethics: What does it mean to me?” dew nealy 200 Speech,Physical and Occupational theapists fom all oe the Dallas/Fot Woth aea to Maggiano’s Little Italy fo a delicious mealand infomatie pesentation gien by thee KCT theapists.Stephanie Hill, Shannon Smith and Heathe Andeson coeedthe Code of Ethics andhighlighted the mostimpotant pats of theTexas AdministatieCode fo each disci

pline. Ethical scenaioswee also discussed ingoups.The second, a CEUentitled “NICU and EIFeeding fo Medically Fagile Childen,” was designed fo thosewho wok with infants in, o just dischaged fom, a NICU.Theapists gained moe knowledge about factos that impactsuccessful oal feeding with a stong focus on bottle feeding.In addition, infomation on petem and ill-tem infants andstategies to facilitate infant abilities was emphasized.Check ou website fo futue CEUs.

Sophia P. was seen fo occupational theapy fom Noembeof 2009 to Apil of 2010 fo delayed deelopment of oeallmilestones. She also had expessie language delay. Sophiahas a twin siste, and they wee bon e weeks pematuely.Although he siste is deeloping on taget, Sophia hasbeen delayed along the way. Sophia has a diagnosis of hypothyoidism-- at 12 months of age she sustained asubdual hemohage due to a fall fom balance decits andundewent a caniotomy. She eceied physical theapy fomECI, befoe I joined to poide occupational theapy. Initialtesting eealed delayed ne moto skills and ADLs, balancedecits and tactile sensoy pocessing decits. Sophia didnot initiate play o utilize bilateal coodination, no did shespeak.Sophia’s tactile pocessing was diminished compaed to hepees, so I utilized as aiety of techniques, including deeppessue and joint compession input, duing theapeuticactiities. She was also a bit tactile defensie, so I used thebushing potocol and educated mom on how to pefomon Sophia in ode to decease he sensitiity, theebyimpoing he initiation of play o ADL’s though touch. Shehad balance decits, so I utilized a aiety of sensoimotoactiities including a scoote boad, theapy ball and balanceboad while pefoming some type of eye/hand coodinationtask: i.e. bubbles, balloons, etc. Last of all, fo he ne motodecits, she played with a aiety of ne moto manipulaties,including caft actiities, play dough, peg/boad, stingingbeads, etc. Sophia initially equied hand oe hand assist,befoe ultimately woking he way to independence of skillsfo he age.He mom was ey inoled in each teatment session, andoften went aboe and beyond when it came to followingthough on sensoy diet actiities and home pogam.Sophia, twin siste Oliia (both 1

-yea-olds) andJoey (3 yea-old cousin) wee all pesent duing teatmentsessions, as Sophia eceied OT seices fom “Miss Sue.” Oe the e months of “playing”, Sophia made steadygains. She was ecently eealuated and found to be ageappopiate in all aeas. She had blossomed into a happy gilwho could expess he own needs, play appopiately withhe pees, and had become functionally independent fo heage. Sophia was a joy to teat. Although it was often times tome like teating the whole “daycae” with sibling and cousinalso pesent, Sophia was always happy to see me. Sophiawas ecently dischaged. It was my pleasue to help thissweet little gil!!

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Sue Khammar,

Occupational Theapist

OT Success Stoy

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Dallas/Fot Woth aea, to hea company theapists gie aninteesting and enlightening pesentation on ethics, whichis an impotant pat of ou company. Then, just weeks late,KidsCae Theapy hosted a two-day CEU on feeding, whichis also an integal component of KidsCae Theapy’s seice.In addition, May bought Bette Speech and Heaing Month,a chance to thank all of the fabulous speech theapists thatae a pat of the KidsCae Theapy team! Thei had wokand dedication to impoing the lies of kids in the Dallas/Fot Woth aea does not go unnoticed– we feel so lucky tohae them and ae honoed that they epesent KidsCaeTheapy in the community! National Nuses Week, also inMay, let us ecognize and hono these integal pats of oucompany– I don’t know what we’d do without thei hadwok and knowledge!As the weathe is heating up so ae things at KidsCae Thea

py! A numbe of new theapists will be joining ou team in theupcoming months and ou schedule is full of exciting eents.We can’t wait to hae ou best and busiest summe yet!