Scottish Rite Childrens Center

Last year for my youngest’s birthday we did almost nothing. She didn’t ask for anything besides a cake. And we could barely understand that request.
But THIS year we had the whole extended family over, Pokemon balloons, an oreo ice cream cake, BBQ chicken, pokeballs and pokemon plushes in wrapping paper, AND we went to Windward Mall earlier in the day so she could ride the «unicorn» and eat lunch at Panda’s.
Some of you Pinterest-​y mommies may find that unimpressive, but in Angela’s world that is a serious celebration.
Why the change?
Well, last year we couldn’t understand what she was saying. Also, she didn’t ask for anything. We’re not even sure she was all that aware of her birthday and she didn’t seem to harbor any sort of expectations for it, which compelled us to more ardently seek out medical advice.
She was labeled speech delayed, did not qualify for Special-​ed (just BARELY missed it, so super comforting) and we were left with the option of paying $ 100/​hour for speech therapists.
UNTIL, my gorgeous angel of a friend told me about Scottish Rite and our lives changed forever.
My daughter has been attending the preschool since March and she LOVES it. She wakes up everyday absolutely excited about attending and I think she actually dislikes the weekend, which is mind boggling.
Class is only from 9 – 11:30 am, but I think it is the perfect amount of time for her. She has one-​on-​one speech sessions every week and the preschool consists of only ten students all led by a host of highly qualified speech therapists.
She wouldn’t sit through a book before and now she loves them. She is always singing songs and chattering about things she learned in school. She draws pictures and writes her name and looks for her favorite books from class in the library and finally mastered using the toilet front-​wards. She can stand in line and cooperate and share and take turns and put things away and uses SENTENCES. Sentences, people.
She can also make a bunch of requests for her birthday :)
These are all things she didn’t really do. Before Scottish Rite I was the only one who could understand her. She couldn’t even consistently answer «how old are you» and «what is your name», despite our efforts to teach her. She still has a ways to go, but the change has been amazing and we are so very very thankful.
Thank you Scottish Rite! You ROCK! Hard. In an educational, speech-​y way.
Yes.

This organization provides speech and language therapy in a preschool setting for 3 – 5 year old children. It’s M-​F 9 — 11:30am but I believe in a few years they may be offering full time hours (yay! for future students). They are AMAZING, caring, nurturing, driven and excited in wanting to help your child develop and excel. They see the potential in all the children and know just how to how to work it. They create a personalized learning environment for each of the children based on their individual needs which is so unheard of in this day and age. I am so thankful that they are in our lives. We are a very appreciative family and will never forget what they have done.