Our Services

There is no standard therapy that works for all patients. Therefore, our team of healthcare professionals work together to identify a child's unique needs and impairments and then to create an individual treatment plan that addresses them.

Medical

Children with cerebral palsy are followed by an orthopedist who also prescribes therapy. A pediatrician who performs a developmental neurological examination sees children with learning disabilities.

Social Services

Social workers provide individual and group counseling for children and their families, help families carry out treatment recommendations, and assist families in using community resources.

Physical Therapy

Physical therapists provide treatment to enable physically disabled and developmentally delayed children to become as independent as possible in all gross motor skills. This is done through intensive therapy sessions and through educating parents and teachers on appropriate activities and exercises to be conducted daily.

Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapists provide treatment for the physical and perpetual problems, which interfere with self-care skills and educational goals. Treatment is given in intensive one-on-one therapy sessions. Careful attention is given to see the skills gained in therapy are applied to classroom and home activities. Suggestions are given for physical adaptations, which increase functional abilities.

Speech and Language Therapy

Speech-language pathologists provide treatment to communicate effectively. This involves the understanding of needs and ideas through clear speech and/or an alternative communication system, with language appropriate to the developmental age of the child. Parents are guided in their role in promoting language skills.

Assistive Technology Assessment and Training

Assistive technology is used when modifications are necessary to help children communicate and participate in daily activities. Equipment such as speech-generating devices, switches, adapted toys and adapted books are incorporated into therapy, and in the child's home. Family members are trained in utilization of assistive technology to support the child's participation in all environments.

Educational Therapy

Educational therapists provide one-on-one educational assistance to children with learning disabilities. An analysis is made to determine specific problems and treatment is given to enable the child to function adequately within the school program. Classroom teachers are informed of therapy content and parents are shown how to assist the child.

McMains Children’s Developmental Center advances the quality of life for children with disabilities and their families by providing physical, developmental, academic and communication services.

Our Center helps children in the Greater Baton Rouge area, and surrounding 12 parishes with cerebral palsy and other disabilities such as sensory processing disorders, severe speech and learning disabilities, AD/HD, and autism.