PSA Healthcare talked about ALL things related to home health. If your child may qualify for home health, the different types of home health available, plus much more. We heard about intake appointments, how to get a doctors order for home health, who qualifies, how and if insurance or Medicaid covers the costs, etc. If …
Palliative Care
July 18, 2017 We hear the question a lot = “What is Palliative care?”. For our July meeting Rachel, the social worker with the Dell Children’s Palliative Care Team explained what Palliative care is, what they do, who benefits from the services, and much more. If you have a child with complex medical needs, or …
Summer Fun
June 20, 2017 During our June meeting we talked about all kinds of stuff to keep the kids busy this summer. We talked about places to go, camps, things to do at home, and much more. Some of the things we discussed we specific to special needs and some were not. All of the items …
Epilepsy
May 16, 2017 Our May Tuesday Talks were all about Epilepsy. We learned about different types of seizures (there are many). We talked about getting an epilepsy diagnosis. Treatment and procedure options were also discussed. Dr. Keough with Child Neurology Consultants of Austin led the very informative discussion. Child care was provided by our wonderful …
ABA 101
April 18, 2017 Children’s Autism Center discussed all things ABA. What is ABA therapy? How is covered? Who benefits from ABA? How to go about getting ABA started? CAC offered a lot of great information as well as resources related to ABA therapy. Child care was provided by our wonderful volunteers from PSA Healthcare. Mas …
YMCA’s Adapted Programs and More
March 21, 2017 Vali Martin for YMCA Southwest discussed some of the adapted programs currently available at the YMCA. She also discussed one of their very popular camps (Camp in Motion) designed for children with CP with the help of Dell Children’s therapy program. PSA Healthcare provided dinner and child care. We would like to …
Therapy Tips & Wound Care
February 21, 2017 Dell Children’s Therapists discussed therapy tips as well as wound care prevention and treatment. Margaret – PT, discussed home stretches and exercises that you can do when/if your cihld is taking a break from therapy. Nicky – OT, talked about sensory tools and techniques to bring your child’s senses up or down …
First Aid & CPR Review
January 17, 2017 Emily discussed the basics of First Aid and CPR for parents. The discussion covered areas specific to children with special needs, such as getting them out of the wheelchair (or what to if that is not an option), what CPR looks like with a trach, bed boards for children that can not …