Annual Tickfaw Sate Park Canoe Trip
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Join us on our annual canoe trip to Tickfaw State Park, Saturday May 1, 2010 from 11 am to 2 pm. The trip is open to clients and their families. Registration forms will be available in April. If you would like to stay overnight, you can make reservations with Tickfaw State Park by calling 1-877-226-7652 or by clicking Tickfaw State Park.
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Maison Lacour
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Enjoy a fine dining experience at Maison Lacour on April 25, 2010. The Center will receive 100% of the proceeds from this fundraiser. For $75 a person, you will enjoy a six course meal with wine pairings at this wonderful French restaurant. Checks should be made payable to McMains Children's Developmental Center. Once payment is made you may make your reservations with Maison Lacour at 225-275-3755.
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Capable Arts Camp
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Capable Arts Camp will be held June 21-25, 2010 at the First United Methodist Church in Downtown Baton Rouge. Camp is from 1-4pm Monday through Friday with the final art show and performance on Friday at 4:30. The theme this year is "My Backyard." Registration will be open to our clients through May 4. After May 4, registration will be open to other children in the community.
If you have any questions, please contact Elissa McKenzie at 225-923-3420.
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Friends of McMains
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Spring 2010
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Greetings!
 In an effort to conserve in the cost of our quarterly newsletter, McMains Children's Developmental Center is excited to offer your newsletter by email! Please feel free to forward this newsletter to family and friends to learn more about the Center. With your help, we will have the resources to continue the quarterly newsletter keeping you up-to-date on current information that affects our clients and their families, events and opportunities to support the Center.
Thank you for helping us in these efforts!
To view the complete newsletter with full color pictures and memorials and honorariums please click:Newsletter.
Eunice McCarney
To find out more about McMains CDC or anything you see here, please feel free to email me.
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 Red Nose Day is Coming!
Mark your calendars!
Red Nose Day will be May 7, 2010. RND is an annual fundraising event to raise vital funds to support the services the Center provides and a day of fun and awareness of the McMains Children's Developmental Center and the children and families we serve. We are now looking for Sponsors, Coordinators, and other volunteers. Sponsorships are available for levels of $1,000, $2,500, and $5,000. Sponsor logos will be printed on t-shirts, flyers, and banners advertising the event. PARENTS: We need you to ask your child's school or daycare to participate!
If you or your company would like to join in the fun, please contact Eunice McCarney at 225-923-3420 or via email at emccarney@mcmainscdc.org.
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New Research Supports Physical Activity for Children with Cerebral Palsy
Center Finds Ways to Increase Healthy Opportunities
One of the biggest shifts in the treatment of children with cerebral palsy over the last 20 years is the thought that children (and adults) benefit from exercise and increased physical activity. Children and adults with C.P. are generally less fit than their able-bodied peers. They have deficits in strength, flexibility, aerobic capacity, bone density and levels of activity. While many children with cerebral palsy have low percentage of body fat, it appears that ambulatory children are prone to the same obesity epidemic affecting children and adults in general. In 2006, Diane Damiano and colleagues led some classic work on strengthening, and on defining activity as a form of therapy. New research in the Nov. 2009 Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology Journal by Dr. Verschuren et.al., supports the positive effects of physical fitness on gross motor capacity.
The question is, given all the barriers that exist for people with disabilities, how to provide opportunities for children to participate in physical activities which they enjoy and can improve their overall quality of life? The Center has addressed this by incorporating bike riding into physical therapy sessions. We have seen measurable positive differences in children's strength, stamina, and body fat composition through bike riding. In order to help families incorporate this fun and healthy lifestyle at home, Wheels to Succeed was created which purchases adapted 3 wheel bikes for children with physical disabilities. We also
sponsor kids bike races for all children to further help our kids become part of their community. We believe we are helping to improve the physical, social, and emotional health of our children in this way.
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Center Receives National Garden Grant
McMains CDC was one of 100 organizations nationwide to receive a Youth Garden Grant from the National Gardening Association and Home Depot. The Center was chosen over thousands of other garden programs across the United States! Grant recipients had to demonstrate a child-centered plan that emphasized youth learning and working in an outdoor garden. The staff and volunteers are very excited about this honor.
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 Center Spotlight: Stanton Jackson
Stanton Jackson successfully graduated after a year of educational therapy. Because of the work he was doing with educational therapist Marie Williams, Stanton's grades dramatically improved, he has become more focused, and his self-esteem has increased. Ms. Williams credits his success to his mother, Mary Jackson who rarely missed bringing her son to his twice a week therapy appointments, and to Stanton's hard work. Ms. Jackson said "Ms. Marie is a great teacher. Everything improved for Stanton after coming to the McMains Children's Developmental Center!"
Congratulations Stanton on a job well done!
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| Wish List 2010 |
Physical/Occupational, Speech/Educational Therapy Needs:
Gift cards to Wal-mart, Toys-R-Us, Home Depot, Lowe's, iTunes, Target or Radio Shack; small craft kits for kids; clorox and baby wipes; copy paper; ink pens; microwave popcorn; microwavable soup bowls; ziploc bags; napkins and paper plates; batteries of all sizes; wooden puzzles and puzzles that make noise; plastic forks; small containers of glitter; folders with pockets and prongs in assorted colors; shaving cream - scented & unscented; dum dum lollipops; small toys; chart tablet 24x32 inches; small packs of balloons; different sized painting canvases no larger than 8x11 inches; liquid glue; glitter glue; small lego kits (75- 100 pieces) that make an object; plastic tower of drawers (6-10 style); hand sanitizer; bubbles To donate these items, please contact: Cherie Livingston,923-3420 or email Cherie |
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About Us
The mission of the McMains Children's Developmental Center is to identify and treat children with cerebral palsy, developmental delays, and learning disabilities to enable them to reach their potential and to function as independently as possible. The Center additionally aims to enhance the quality of life for the families of these children.
Services provided:
Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Speech and Language Therapy
Educational Therapy
Additional Programs & Services:
Wee Can Do (adaptive play program)
Therasuit Intensive Therapy Program
Oral Motor and Feeding Interventions
Wheelchair and Adaptive Equipment Assessment
Social Skills Group
Pediatric & Orthopedic Consults
Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) Assessments
Custom Splinting and Orthotics
Family Support:
Social Work Services
Psychological Services
Counseling & Behavior Management
Parent & Sibling Support Groups
Community Programs:
Capable Arts Camp
Wheels to Succeed Adapted Bikes
Tickfaw State Park Canoe Trip
Summer Therapeutic Gymnastics
McMains Children's Developmental Center is a United Cerebral Palsy affiliate and a United Way Agency. The Center has earned the Standards of Excellence Certification from LANO.
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