Scottish Rite for Children’s Therapeutic Recreation team partnered with Jasmine’s Beat to host RITE Moves, an inclusive dance camp for patients ages 8 to 16. The camp encouraged children of all abilities to build confidence, express themselves through movement and...
At Scottish Rite for Children, our experts provide care to the whole child – body, mind and spirit. The Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine department sees children with orthopedic issues who also have related neurological disorders and neuromuscular diseases. One...
Scottish Rite for Children’s patient-centered care stems from its focus on helping patients navigate their conditions outside of the clinic. The Therapeutic Recreation department offers multiple specialized camps throughout the year, which are designed to teach...
Working in health care is a calling and service to others, and, at Scottish Rite for Children, it is a call to serve children and their families. Students interested in the field of pediatric orthopedics have the unique opportunity at Scottish Rite to learn firsthand...
Previously published in Rite Up, 2024 – Issue 3. Eight-year-old Déborah aspires to be an athlete like her role model Darlene Hunter, a 2016 Paralympic gold medalist for Team USA’s wheelchair basketball team. Déborah actively engages in dance, golf, tennis, softball...
Meet Beau, a patient who is seen by our team of multidisciplinary experts. Learn more about his journey below. Blogs written by Beau and his mom, Courtney. When Beau was 6 months old, he was placed in the Chinese orphanage system, and our family adopted him in 2017,...
What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite for Children? As director of the Therapeutic Recreation department, I make sure my team has the resources and support they need to provide therapeutic recreation services to our patients. Therapeutic recreation...
Over the past few months, members from our team have been invited as guests on The Human Side of Health Care – a weekly radio program hosted by the DFW Hospital Council that broadcasts on KRLD 1080 AM. Below are the topics discussed. The Human Side of Health...
Meet Phoebe, a patient seen by our spine experts. Learn more about her journey below. Blog written by Phoebe's mom, Victoria of Rockwall, TX. When Phoebe was in sixth grade, she had her annual pediatrician visit and that was when our doctor first recommended further...
Korban and Jordan are golfers thanks to programs designed to introduce and teach children with different abilities. Director of Therapeutic Recreation Dana Dempsey, M.S., CTRS, has organized Learn to Golf for our patients for more than twenty years. Through this...