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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...
Coaching Kids: Top Tips for Coaches
Here are simple tips to integrate into coaching messages for kids. Building a solid foundation of good habits will help them well-beyond this youth sports season. Teach athletes to eat a healthy snack with carbs before games and practices. Encourage athletes to...
Share Your Story: Connor’s Comeback
Meet Connor, a strong and determined athlete whose journey with Scottish Rite for Children began when he was just 10 years old. His scoliosis was first noticed by his mom when she noticed his clothes hung differently. She asked his pediatrician, who referred them...
Share Your Story: Bria’s Big Break
Bria is a 12-year-old girl who stays busy with a variety of activities. From cheerleading, playing on her trampoline, hanging out with her friends and swimming, she is always on the move. After being diagnosed with Osgood-Schlatter disease, a condition that causes...
Healio Orthopedics Today: Accelerated severity of illness score may enhance predictions for pediatric osteomyelitis
Accelerated severity of illness score may provide an enhanced predictive model for cases of complicated osteomyelitis in children, according to data presented at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting. “The accelerated severity of illness score has...