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About the Kenny Kids Clinic
The Kenny Kids clinic is an expansive space of indoor fun for children participating in physical, occupational and speech therapy. Outdoor Playground
The clinic has an onsite outdoor playground, with specialized spongy rubber coating for children of all abilities to access without difficulties, while remaining protected during their play. Children are found "working" on the playground, while they practice using their walkers, wheelchairs and adapted bikes during their rehabilitation. They enjoy outdoor fun on slides, climbing equipment, arm bike, paint easels, water play, speaking tubes, toddler movement equipment and an inlaid path for biking, walking, running and wheeling. Indoor Gym
The clinic also includes an indoor gym space, with room for a variety of swings and a suspended climbing ladder. However, the highlight for many children is to ride the "zip" line and fall into the "pit," a cloud of cushions. Children participate in all these activities, while working to improve strength, coordination, verbal language and cognitive skills and more. Physical therapists provide play opportunities for children in the gym working on mobility, strength and endurance, balance, coordination and flexibility. Therapy Kitchen
Down the hall from the virtual reality room, children have an opportunity to work on feeding, swallowing and simple home skills in the therapy kitchen. Parents have an opportunity to observe their children learning new skills through the viewing window, if they choose not to be present during the treatment session. The kitchen is a valuable tool when OTs and SLPs complete feeding evaluations on children that are experiencing difficulty with eating or swallowing. Virtual Reality Room
The fun doesn't stop here. Move into the virtual reality room, and you'll see children swimming, playing soccer, volleyball, snowboarding and more on the state of the art virtual reality system. Here children are participating in their own video game in front of a large green screen. Like a weatherman, they watch their bodies on screen participating in many different activities. To add challenges, therapists provide hand or ankle weights, a balance pad to stand on or a therapy ball to sit on. Evaluation and Treatment Rooms
The clinic also includes private evaluation rooms, as well as speech and occupational therapy treatment rooms. |
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Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute
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