Therapeutic Recreation

Answering the Call With Therapeutic Recreation Internship

Answering the Call With Therapeutic Recreation Internship

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...

Courage in Motion

Courage in Motion

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...

Cerebral Palsy Clinic: Your Child’s Care and What To Expect

Cerebral Palsy Clinic: Your Child’s Care and What To Expect

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...

Share Your Story: Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

Share Your Story: Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

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,...

Get to Know our Staff: Dana Dempsey, Therapeutic Recreation

Get to Know our Staff: Dana Dempsey, Therapeutic Recreation

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...

The Human Side of Health Care

The Human Side of Health Care

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...

Share Your Story: Hole in One

Share Your Story: Hole in One

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...

Golf Community Comes to Frisco to Talk About Inclusion

Golf Community Comes to Frisco to Talk About Inclusion

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...