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Prenatal Care for Clubfoot – What Expecting Moms Need to Know
Discovering that your unborn child appears to have a physical difference during an ultrasound can be scary. The news is often unexpected and can lead to thousands of questions about how it will affect your baby. One thing that is commonly identified during the...
Get to Know our Staff: Dachia Kearby, Center for Dyslexia
What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite for Children?My job title is dyslexia therapist. What do you do on a daily basis or what sort of duties do you have at work?As a part of the Education Team at the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning...
Getting Back to Action: The 6 Stages of Concussion Recovery
If your child sustained a concussion in a recent game or practice, recovery won’t happen overnight. There are six stages of concussion recovery necessary before returning to action. A young athlete might think of a concussion as simply a sports injury, but because...
Three Areas Of Focus To Stay Fueled Through Busy Sports Seasons
Parents of student-athletes are familiar with the long days of practices before school, hours of schoolwork and games in the evening. Our sports dietitian, Taylor Morrison, M.S., R.D.N., CSSD, L.D., shares everything parents of busy young athletes need to know...
Get to Know our Staff: Sheila Burton Adams, Center for Dyslexia
What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite for Children? I am an assessment specialist on the Diagnostic Team in the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders. What do you do on a daily basis or what sort of duties do you have at work? My...
Students with Dyslexia Can Benefit from Classroom Accommodations
Why Students with Dyslexia Could Use School Accommodations For students diagnosed with dyslexia, various accommodations can help them succeed in the classroom setting by improving their confidence and giving them the support they need to meet their educational...
Strength and Conditioning Training: It Is Not Just About Getting Strong
What is strength and conditioning? Strength and conditioning may better be referred to as “physical preparation.” An athlete needs to be physically capable of accomplishing the goals set by the coach to compete in the game. Benefits of strength training go beyond...
How to Spot Signs of a Concussion in Kids
Head injuries in children, especially children who play sports, can have long-lasting impacts. Knowing the signs of a concussion in kids will help you get the treatment your child needs to avoid serious complications. Concussion Basics A concussion is a mild...
Hidden Signs of Dyslexia: Beyond Reading Challenges
Many people associate dyslexia with reading and writing problems. Although it is true that this learning disorder primarily affects reading and writing skills, children who have dyslexia may have other challenges parents and caregivers may miss. Knowing these less...
Donor Spotlight: We Are More – Empowering Patients Through Their Talents
On the stage shining bright with lights, Divya, of Frisco, bent over into a backbend. Viewing the world from upside down and backward, she reached over to her vintage Little Tikes xylophone piano and plinked “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” The crowd went wild! A...
Take Flight: A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia
What is Take Flight? Take Flight: A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia is a curriculum written by the staff of the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders at Scottish Rite for Children. Take Flight builds on the success of the...
Bryce’s Treatment is a Home Run
Header image courtesy of Eddie Kelly/ProLook. When an injury threatened to keep Bryce off the baseball field for nine months, he and his family turned to Scottish Rite for Children to get him back in the game. Bryce has always loved baseball. “I’ve been playing...
Individualized Care for ACL injuries
The experts at our Center for Excellence in Sports Medicine see hundreds of young athletes for the treatment of knee and anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, injuries every year. Our multidisciplinary team knows working together to tackle every angle of an ACL...
Botulinum Toxin: How Botox Injections Help Treat Children with Cerebral Palsy and other Neuromuscular conditions
At Scottish Rite for Children, our experts in Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine care for patients with cerebral palsy using a variety of treatment methods. Treating the symptoms of CP can take many forms, and one common treatment for spasticity, or abnormal...
Get to Know our Staff: Sandra Hatchel, Inpatient Nursing Unit
What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite for Children? I am a registered nurse on the Inpatient Unit. What do you do on a daily basis or what sort of duties do you have at work? As a R.N., I am kind of a jack-of-all-trades. I do all the tasks needed to...