Thankful, a Musical Masterpiece
The mission of St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children is to improve the health and quality of life for children with special needs and their families. Our g…
Celebrating Our Past and the Future at St. Mary’s
It's amazing to think about all of the ways that St. Mary's Hospital for Children has been able to provide a continuum of care to children and young adul…
Celebrating Feeding Tube Awareness Week
Feeding Tube Awareness Week was formed in 2011, by the Feeding Tube Awareness Foundation, to promote the positive use of feeding tubes as a life-saving medical…
St. Mary’s Leadership Training Program
Making an Investment in Our Employees At St. Mary's Healthcare System for Children, we invest in our patients. We work with some of New York's most vulnerable …
Importance of Handwashing
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently launched a new national campaign, Life is Better With Clean Hands, to encourage adults and childr…
What is Pediatric Palliative Care?
Support for the Whole Family When Your Child Is Living with a Serious Illness.
Your Gift is Their Future
At St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children, each day we help New York’s sickest children beat the odds and aim to give our kids and their families more than …
St. Mary’s Home Care Speech Therapy Feeding Success Story
St. Mary’s Home Care provides a unique, one-of-a-kind Speech Therapy program that allows children and young adults to remain at home while addressing their fee…
Sensory Garden for Kids with Special Needs
The sensory garden at St. Mary’s Hospital for Children was designed and developed with the special needs of our patients, and their families, in mind. He…
Autism: Early Diagnosis Changes Lives
Autism or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) refers to a complex developmental disability. In most cases, symptoms of autism develop in early childhood. ASD is a s…
School is Back in Session!
Preschool is an important time for children's development, social skills, and educational growth. The same is true for children with medically complex conditio…
Big Hearts, Big Heroes
Big Hearts, Big Heroes: Employee Recognition at St. Mary's Healthcare System for Children.
Pediatric Feeding Disorders
Pediatric Feeding Disorders: When It’s More Than Just Being “a Picky Eater” Most children are “picky eaters” sometimes. A picky eater might refuse everyth…
Aquatic Therapy
Aquatic therapy has long been used to improve the lives of special needs children and those with disabilities. Specially trained aquatic therapists work to hel…
Through the Eyes of St Mary’s Kids
The piece Austina created for St. Mary's, entitled "Through the Eyes of St Mary's Kids" came after a visit to the hospital. Her first impression of the buildin…
How Pet Therapy Helps Kids with Special Needs
How Pet Therapy Helps Kids with Special NeedsPet therapy helps children with special needs to reach rehabilitative goals, experience greater well-being, and im…
St.Mary’s Care In The Home
Home CareFor children with special needs or complex medical conditions, there is often no place better than home to heal. Living at home allows kids to be surr…
Music Therapy
Music TherapyFor children with special needs and medically complex conditions and their families, Music Therapy can be a powerful form of support. It is an evi…
Arts & Crafts Idea: Bird Nest
Arts and crafts provide children with a unique, fun opportunity to develop their fine motor skills and promote cognitive development. Since creativity involves…
Speech Therapy & Therapies for Kids With Feeding Disorders
Speech TherapySpeech therapy can be a life-changing experience for St. Mary's Kids. For both verbal and non-verbal children with special needs and complex medi…
The Big Hearts Journal
St. Mary's Kids Blog