It can be challenging for families with medically fragile children to feel comfortable seeking childcare. The thought of trusting the complex needs of your child to someone else can be difficult. However, everyone needs help at times, including families with children who require NG tube support. It can be difficult to find a daycare that [...]
If you have a child with special needs, don’t settle for less than a daycare that is equipped to deliver the educational, medical, and social opportunities they deserve. A PDHC daycare, or a daycare with medical capabilities for medically fragile children, can help your child thrive in a setting built for their success. Want to [...]
Ventilator dependent children face special challenges, and it is natural for parents to worry about them attending daycare. Parents may even wonder if there is a daycare that can offer the right care for ventilator-dependent children. However, families have started trusting in daycares more and more each year—especially families who rely on professional childcare [...]
When trying to find the right medical daycare near you for your special needs child, it can feel as though you have a million thoughts and concerns flying through your head. To help ease the stress, many parents work off a checklist of questions when researching medical daycare capable of providing the dedicated, delicate level [...]
Pediatric feeding disorders (PFD) can often develop as a result of special needs. Without taking in the proper nutrition, children can become severely malnourished or dehydrated. And without the right training and guidance, they won’t have the care they need to improve. At PediaTrust Daycare, feeding disorders are given the appropriate attention and care medically [...]
At PediaTrust, we understand how challenging and difficult it can be for parents to balance the care of a child with metabolic disorders along with everyday responsibilities. Children with these disorders may need surgeries and often experience a different way of life than other children their age. But parents still strive to give everything they [...]
For children with feeding disorders, neurological conditions, or genetic disorders, feeding tubes may be required for healthy nutrition. When it comes to finding the right daycare for your medically fragile child, the facility should have experience caring for children with gastric tubes and other special feeding needs. At PediaTrust, we employ skilled nurses and other [...]
The journey of finding the right daycare for your child’s needs typically is resolved within a few google searches. However, for parents with medically fragile children, finding a daycare for special needs children can be more complex. Not only do they need caretakers capable of caring for their needs, but they need an environment they [...]
Why is physical therapy essential for children with special needs? From challenges with movement to a lack of muscle tone, medically fragile children may require specialized exercise and activity plans to help them overcome physical hurdles. But aside from gaining physical strength, there are also many benefits that you may not have considered! At PediaTrust, [...]
As children start to explore the world outside the home, it is natural for their parents to feel anxiety. For parents and caregivers of medically fragile children, those anxieties have many additional layers when the topic of daycare comes into play. Many daycares are not equipped to help with the challenges of medically fragile children. [...]
