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Special Programs Available at MedCare
In addition to our clinical services, we also offer a wide variety of special programs, camps and other activities aimed at enhancing the lives of children everyday. For more information on any of our programs, contact Macanda Hinchey-Block, SLP at 713-773-5100 ext. 145 or email her here.
Becoming a Love & Logic Parent Class Classes Now Forming
 MedCare Pediatric Group is pleased to offer education programs to strengthen local families and better enrich the lives of children in our area. The Becoming a Love & Logic Parent® Program is a nationally recognized parenting course that teaches parents and teachers practical skills to better handle the day to day frustrations of parenting and teaching. Medcare offers this proven training course to the public in a seven week series of affordable two hour sessions. Classes are now forming for the Spring and Summer- contact Angela deLeon at 713-995-9292 ext 146.
(To learn more about Love and Logic, our prices and class schedule,
click HERE.)
(Download Becoming a Love and Logic Parent Flyer PDF)
Interactive Metranome:
Does your child have Autism/ PDD/ADHD?
Does your child have a learning disability or developmental delay?
Is your child involved in competitive youth sports?
Are you an athlete that wants to improve your focus & reaction time?
Do you wish you could get in “the zone” and improve the mental aspect of your game?
Interactive Metronome ® (IM) combines the concept of a metronome with specialized technology that accurately measures, assesses, and improves a person’s rhythm and timing. It is the only program that uses visual and auditory guide sounds with exercises to improve the basic timing and rhythm skills required for development. The IM program “trains the brain” to plan, sequence, and process information more efficiently through repetition of interactive tasks. Thirteen different hand and foot exercises are performed while precise auditory and visual feedback directs the individual to match the metronome beat.
The IM program has been shown to produce significant results in children with a variety of physical and cognitive difficulties including ADHD. The March/April 2001 issue of the American Journal of Occupational Therapy identified five core areas of improvement gained through IM training:
Attention and Focus
Motor Control and Coordination
Language Processing
Reading and Math Fluency
Ability to Regulate Aggression/Impulsivity
Ongoing studies continue to confirm positive academic outcomes when IM is used. Some testimonials include:
“We’d been through so much, we’d paid for tutors & we decided to give their program a try. Our daughter went from F’s to A-B honor roll. It’s been amazing.”
Parent, Yvonne Gillum
“I’ve seen significant improvement in my sons ability to focus, concentrate, with handwriting and coordination. He has a greater sense of self confidence because he’s able to see that he can do things better.”
Parent, Sherry McDaniel
The IM program also gives athletes and teams an edge by improving their timing, execution, and focus. IM results have been supported by numerous case studies at the high school, collegiate, and professional level and was named by Fox Sports as the “training program of the future”. Ongoing testimonials confirm the positive outcomes when IM is used as a part of training protocol.
“The hottest piece of equipment on the PGA tour”, Golf Digest
“Reported by Miami Dolphins to significantly improve concentration and mental speed”
To learn more about our Interactive Metronome program call Macanda Block, CCC-SLP: 713.995.9292 Ext. 145
Fast Forword
The Fast ForWord ® Family of Computer Programs develops the critical processing and memory skills that are necessary for success in the classroom and in everyday life.
Based on over twenty-five years of brain research, Scientific Learning’s interactive, adaptive products use patented technology to target the language and reading skills widely recognized as the keys to all learning. The Fast ForWord® Family of computer programs uses neuroscience principals to develop and strengthens memory, attention, processing rate, and sequencing—the cognitive skills necessary for reading and language success. The program creates an optimal learning environment that enables you to: Simultaneously develop multiple skill sets to maximize learning, Identify reading and language difficulties and Address the underlying causes of these difficulties.
The fast ForWord® Family of Computer Programs is a specialty program used with children ages 5 through 16, who need to improve language, reading and overall communication skills. For children who struggle with basic concepts, attention problems, reading comprehension, and organizational skills, Scientific Learning’s Products can help.
A Fast ForWord® trained therapist will assess your child and determine the appropriate placement of your child in the Fast ForWord® Family of computer programs. Following your child’s placement a home program will be loaded onto your personal laptop computer. The home program will be completed 4 times weekly, with the therapist and patient completing a center based monitoring session weekly. If the participants are not completing the necessary home program the participant and family may be required to complete more sessions at the center resulting in and increased fee.
To learn more about this innovative program call Macanda Block, CCC-SLP: 713.995.9292 Ext. 145
Pencil Pals
Does your child have trouble forming letters?
Does your child avoid writing?
Does your child printing or writing in cursive?
Pencil Pals is an exciting program that emphasizes fine motor development, correct grip, and letter formation skills utilizing the Handwriting Without Tears® (HWT) curriculum. The objective of Handwriting Without Tears®, an award-winning handwriting curriculum, is to make handwriting an automatic and a fluent skill for children of all ability levels. Children, instructors, and family enjoy HWT because it makes handwriting easy and fun to learn. The program is unique in that it is developmentally based, works for children on all levels, uses multi-sensory teaching aids and methods, and is easy to teach and fun to learn. Pencil Pals is appropriate for children who experience difficulties in relation to drawing, coloring, and writing. Participants should be able to follow directions and participate in a group setting.
Groups are limited to 8 students, and students must be willing to participate in a group environment. Participation requires basic conversational skills, ability to respond to questions, willingness to follow directions, and no aggressive behaviors towards children or adults. Here’s what an educator had to say about this program:
“Handwriting Without Tears® is intuitive and fun. It makes handwriting second nature so kids can focus on content and creativity. In the face of new academic standards kids must be able to communicate what they learn.”
Rhea Vogel, Board Member, New York State PTA
To learn more about this innovative program call Macanda Block, CCC-SLP: 713.995.9292 Ext. 145
radKIDS
 This unique program is designed to teach children to become empowered by replacing fear, confusion and panic of dangerous situations with confidence, personal safety skills and self esteem. Over the course of 3 days, children and their parents are taught about home, school and vehicle safety, avoiding predators, internet safety, uncomfortable touch and bullying prevention. Recommended for all children ages 5 – 12. For information on an upcoming class, contact Angela deLeon at 713-995-9292 ext. 146 or email here.
Download radKIDS Registration Form
Download radKIDS Flyer
Health and Fitness Camp
Appropriate for ages 5 – 10, this camp is designed to teach children how to incorporate physical activity into their everyday lives, make smarter decisions at mealtime and understand the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle. Aimed to teach children fun and playful ways to keep active and enjoy nutritious foods.
Mommy and Me Classes
Perfect for moms and their infants ages birth to 12 months, our Mommy and Me classes help new moms feel secure in how to deal with all the surprises of a new child, including how to handle colic, fevers and other new parent concerns. This class also addresses ways to help your child achieve developmental milestones and appropriate mommy/child games and activities.
Handwriting Without Tears
Handwriting Without Tears® is a proven success in making legible and fluent handwriting an easy and automatic skill for all students. HWT uses fun, entertaining, and educationally sound instructional methods to teach handwriting to all students: pre-k through cursive. Offered at our Rehab Center by certified instructors.
Social Skills Camps
Does your child struggle when conversing with peers?
Does your child have trouble making introductions or polite conversation?
Does your child have trouble accepting suggestions?
We are pleased to offer Social Language Skills Groups. Children with PDD, High Functioning Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, Nonverbal Learning Disorders, Semantic Pragmatic Language Disorders, ADHD, and social anxiety are invited to work on social language skills. Group goals include making introductions, asking questions, sharing information, expressing wants and needs, accepting suggestions, identifying emotions, monitoring body language, developing personal space recognition, repairing miscommunications, and listening to others. A variety of activities such as role play, games, crafts, and play will be used enhance social language skills.
Convenient session times are available. Please learn more about our Social Skills camps contact Macanda Block, CCC- SLP, 713.995.9292 Ext. 145
 Summer Reading Program
Emphasizes increased reading skills through phonological teaching with multi-sensory teaching through the LiPS program. The LiPS program successfully develops phoneme awareness–the ability to identify individual sounds and their order within words–for competence in reading, spelling, and speech.
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Reading Readiness Program
Ideal for 3-4 year olds, this program assists pre-readers with letter recognition, phonics and other tools to help jump-start their reading skills and better prepare them for school.
Reading Rangers Groups Forming for the Summer 2010
Does your child read slower than his peers?
Does your child avoid reading aloud?
Does your child guess words while reading?
Reading Rangers is a specialized reading program utilizing the Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing® (LiPS®) curriculum. The LiPS® curriculum uses the Socratic phonemic awareness. Children and adolescents become aware of the oral movement made to produce speech sounds. The Reading Rangers program builds relationships between spoken language and literacy while participating in engaging activities that address the core reading competencies of phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Each session starts with a group activity introducing the day’s phonemes and vocabulary. The session ends with an activity to summarize the day’s learning events and recognize your child’s achievements. Convenient session times are available. A proud parent of the program notes:
“Kyle was at the bottom of his class. His teachers were concerned
because he is so gifted verbally. After attending your program for four weeks,
he gained the skills he needed to read and spell. Kyle came home excited each day.”
Mother of Kyle, first grader
To learn more about this innovative program call Macanda Block, CCC-SLP: 713.995.9292 Ext. 145
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