What is Pediatric Palliative Care?
Support for the Whole Family When Your Child Is Living with a Serious Illness.
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…
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…
Autism: Early Diagnosis Changes Lives
Autism or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) refers to a complex developmental disability. In most cases, symptoms of autism develop…
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…
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…
Aquatic Therapy
Aquatic therapy has long been used to improve the lives of special needs children and those with disabilities. Specially…
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…
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…
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…
Music Therapy
Music TherapyFor children with special needs and medically complex conditions and their families, Music Therapy can be a powerful…
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…
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…
Acute Flaccid Myelitis & Locomotor Training
Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) is a rare, serious condition that affects the spinal cord and the nervous system. Since…
What is Occupational Therapy?
April is National Occupational Therapy Month, and occupational therapy can be life-changing for many of St. Mary's Kids. OT…
‘For five years we dreaded every meal’: my infant son’s struggle with food
After her son was born prematurely, Tahmima Anam thought the worst was behind her. But when he was allowed…
How does Art Therapy Help with the Healing Process?
Art therapy uses art media, the creative process and the resulting art work as therapeutic and healing process with…