Key features of
the expanded clinic
Private rooms and spaces dedicated to
specific tasks will lower distractions
and help children focus on their
therapy efforts. The clinic will also
include ample indoor space for physical
activities like playing soccer, bowling,
and riding scooters.
The clinic will include a sensory
room, a therapeutic space designed to
calm patients using each of the five
senses. Children with developmental
or cognitive disabilities such as autism
can explore their environment in a
controlled setting, and develop skills
essential to their interactions with the
outside world.
More private treatment areas for
occupational therapy will allow space
for infants, children, and adolescents
to master activities of daily living for
the first time, or again after disease or
injury. They will be able to practice
tasks such as eating, grooming, bathing,
and dressing in a dedicated space in the
expanded facility.
A larger indoor gym area will enable
McLane Children’s to expand services
to children and adolescents with a
wider variety of conditions, such as
cystic fibrosis. These added spaces
will also allow us to conduct therapy
sessions with plenty of space for more
active exercises like riding a scooter,
without the need to go outside or use
a hallway, maximizing the therapy
Every week, Logan Parker, 9, visits the physical and
occupational therapy team at McLane Children’s who have
become like family to him. With his joyful spirit, Logan
generates a buzz everywhere he goes, and even more so
since he was named the Children’s Miracle Network
Champion for Texas earlier this year.
Logan has a very rare central nervous system defect known as
Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) that affects his mobility
and speech. Physical and occupational therapy help Logan
navigate his world by improving his strength and muscle
function so he can enjoy normal childhood activities. “Logan
loves it,” Doris Parker says of her son’s therapy sessions.
“He trusts his therapists, and they make him work hard,
but he never wants to quit.”
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Grow with us
McLane Children’s is thriving, thanks to
the remarkable support of our friends in
the Central Texas community. As part
of the largest not-for-profit healthcare
system in Texas, McLane Children’s
relies on philanthropy to continue our
growth and fulfill our mission to provide
the highest quality care to the children
of Central Texas. The project to expand
our physical and occupational therapy
clinic and services will have a lasting
impact on the quality of life for our
young patients and their families. n
To find out how you can support the McLane Children’s
Physical and Occupational Therapy Clinic, call 254-724-2768
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space to benefit all children.