Easter Seals North Texas Inc.

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Signed

May 15, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.0

Gross Receipts

$7,094,980

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

ESNT's Outpatient Rehabilitation Services is a CORF-accredited program that offers center-based occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech-language therapy evaluations and treatment, as well as audiology evaluations, in our two Dallas-area clinics. In 2012, 387 children with disabilities were served through this program. Individuals participating in the program have a wide range of disabilities, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Delay, Cerebral Palsy, genetic disorders and various acquired disabilities. All participants are treated using a comprehensive, integrated team methodology. Program participants have access to skilled evaluation and treatment from occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech-language therapists, an audiologist and a social worker, all under the supervisory care of a developmental pediatrician and geneticist who serves as medical director. While individual therapists develop treatment plans and goals for children in their specific disciplines, the entire team works together to ensure that each child's needs are met and that any identified barriers to successful treatment are eliminated. In addition, the families are trained to be an integral part of the rehabilitation team, learning how to transfer skills to the home environment and also gaining a better understanding of the resources available in our community that can assist them in meeting their goals.

Activity 3

The Texas Star Academy (TSA) is a licensed preschool program designed to meet the needs of, both, typically developing children and children who have autism. The TSA serves children ages 18-months to 5 years of age and is the only program in Texas to offer an inclusive, licensed toddler and preschool program in which Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) treatment is fully embedded, as well as supervised by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. In 2012, 81 children received services at the Texas Star Academy. Each classroom at the TSA provides a full day of activities that are designed to meet the wide range of needs that growing children have. All children have plenty of time to work out their muscles during outside and sports time, and are encouraged to use their imaginations during dramatic play and art activities. There are group activities and engaging individual challenges as their children get older and progress through our classrooms. They are exposed to age-appropriate academic skills that aid them as they move into Kindergarten. The TSA is a certified replication of the Walden Early Childhood Center at Emory University in Atlanta, which includes all recommended aspects of an early intensive intervention program. The ABA inclusion aspect enables treatment providers to emphasize language usage, socialization and appropriate engagement all throughout the child's day. With careful planning and implementation, typically developing peers become the cues that trigger more communicative and social behavior, which helps the children with autism form natural relationships.

Filer

EIN

75-0827419