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Soaring to New Heights: Growth Spurt in Dancers
In general, females undergo growth spurts earlier in life than males. This means that most girls experience significant growth at a younger age than boys. Julia Buckelew, P.T., D.P.T., says, “According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), peak height...
Helping Truth Achieve Her Goals
“Truth has pretty much grown up on the soccer field,” says her mother, Agatha. Truth watched her father coach soccer, and both of her older sisters play, so she developed an undeniable love of the game early. She also developed an amazing talent. Truth has played...
Buckle Fracture – Important Things Parents Should Know
In our Fracture Clinic at the Frisco campus, our team cares for various types of fractures – from simple to complex. It is important to be seen by a pediatric specialist when your child gets injured because treating growing bones is different than treating adult...
Toddler’s Fracture: Important Things Parents Should Know
Our team of pediatric orthopedic specialists in the Fracture Clinic understand that accidents happen. When your child gets injured, it can be scary, especially if the child is very young. It is important to understand common fractures, what to do and where to go if...
Sports Medicine and Psychology Experts Work Together – Caring for the Whole Child
Our Sports Medicine team noticed that a commonly used outpatient depression screening questionnaire was identifying more patients than were actually at risk for concerns for suicide. This created an excessive number of alerts to the clinical team to assess patients...
Get to Know our Staff: Karina Zapata, Therapy Services
What is your role at Scottish Rite for Children? I am a physical therapist/research therapist in the Therapy Services department. I spend half of my time seeing patients as a physical therapist and the other half working on research or quality improvement projects....
Debra Buchanan, Ed.D., Joins the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders at Scottish Rite for Children
Debra Buchanan, Ed.D., has been named the Administrative Director of the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders at Scottish Rite for Children. Buchanan joins medical director, Sheryl Frierson, M.D., in leading the internationally recognized Center...
Juvenile Bunion Deformities
This article was recently published in the Pediatric Society of Greater Dallas newsletter. Committed to improving orthopedics care of pediatric patients in all settings, Scottish Rite for Children specialists are regular contributors to this publication for local...
Information About Therapist Training
At Scottish Rite for Children, the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders offers the Dyslexia Therapist Training Program for certified Texas public school teachers. This two-year comprehensive training is designed for teachers of students with...
Recovery Snack Checklist for Young Athletes
It is important for young athletes, like high-level gymnast Shayley, to understand how to properly fuel their bodies – before and after a practice, competition or game. Our certified sports dietitian Taylor Morrison, M.S., R.D., CSSD, L.D., stresses the importance...
Dyslexia – The Evaluation Process
At our Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders, our team is committed to helping parents and children understand the entire evaluation process. From arriving at our Dallas campus to your child going through testing and what happens once that is...
Understanding the Basics of Dyslexia
In 1965, the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders was established to help identify and treat children with various learning disorders. As pioneers in the field, the center has developed curriculum that is used across the country – helping children...
SAFE Program
As experts in caring for young athletes, our Sports Medicine team at Scottish Rite for Children is focused on providing tips and tools for kids to stay healthy – before they might need us. Sometimes the best way to learn how injuries occur is to evaluate children...
Pre-Exercise Fuel for Morning Training Sessions
Many athletes avoid eating anything before early morning practices. This may leave them feeling slow and tired during practice and not eating anything until lunch, causing them to miss out on two key meals for the day: the pre-training meal and the recovery...
Get to Know our Staff: Environmental Services Department
Our Director of Environmental Services, Stan Whittenberg, answered a few questions to give an inside look at the impact his team has at Scottish Rite for Children. Who they are: The Environmental Services (EVS) department responsibilities are broad and constantly...