TulsaKids’ Inclusive Resources Guide
This is a collection of resources to help families with children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, school struggles, etc. in the Tulsa Area. Find more information at tulsakids.com/guides-directories/inclusive-resource-guide.
Brain Balance of Tulsa
6022 S. Yale Ave.
Kingspointe Village
Tulsa, OK 74135
918.488.8991
brainbalancecenters.com
When you or someone in your family is struggling with cognitive or behavioral issues, it doesn’t take long to feel frustrated and limited by the established medical approaches.
We know because we’ve been there. We’re parents who have gotten the diagnosis and realized it doesn’t come with an action plan. We’ve been given the medication and coping strategies and wondered if it can ever get better than this. We know what it’s like to be searching for better answers.
So with Brain Balance, we’re changing the game. We’ve made it our mission to help frustrated families by offering an alternative: addressing the underlying causes of the symptoms. Our holistic programming incorporates learnings from cognitive, behavioral, and nutrition fields—an integrated approach that is literally redefining what’s possible.
Town & Country School
Contact: Denise Jurbala, Director of Admissions8906 E. 34th St, Tulsa
918.296.3113 Ext. 111
Founded in 1961, Town & Country School is Northeastern Oklahoma’s only accredited, non-public, full-day program specifically designed to meet the needs of students who have been diagnosed with learning disabilities, ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Serving students in grades 2–12, Town & Country improves each student’s life by advancing critical academic, social and personal skills through individualized attention, family support and flexible curriculum enhancements. Children with learning disabilities, ADHD, and Autism Spectrum Disorders are bright — they just learn differently.
We look beyond their difficulties to find our student’s strengths. This builds self-esteem and inspires our students to learn. We believe that by providing the tools and skills needed our students can succeed in their life goals.
Clark Youth Theatre’s Penguin Project
4825 S. Quaker Ave.
Tulsa, OK
918.596.1412
clarkyouththeatre.com
Now in our seventh year, the Penguin Project at Clark Youth Theatre offers not only theatre, but also fun and friends! Artists with disabilities and their volunteer peer mentors gather each year to present a fully staged musical like Aladdin, Jr., The Music Man, Jr., Seussical, Jr., The Little Mermaid, Jr., or The Lion King, Jr.! No previous experience required, just a willingness to show up and participate in the fun. Weekly rehearsals culminate in a full performance in the spring or early summer.
Artists and Mentors should be ages 10 and up, with some exceptions if space is available in the program, and parents are very welcome to attend – we love our parent volunteers! During the 2020-2021 season, our Penguin Project work will be both online and socially distanced, in person in the Park surrounding Clark Youth Theatre. Full participation is allowed either way – we will have filmed and live portions of our showcase production this year!
Don’t forget Clark Youth Theatre for all of your youth theatre programming needs! In addition to the Penguin Project, we offer a full range of free-to-participate theatre productions, Saturday Classes, Homeschool Classes on Tuesday and Wednesday, and 11 weeks of Summer, Fall and Spring Break Camp! For more information, call 918-596-1412 or visit clarkyouththeatre.com.
Eastern Oklahoma Ear, Nose & Throat
2 Convenient Locations:
Yale Office: 5020 E. 68th St.
Mingo Office: 9343 S. Mingo Rd.
918.492.3636
eoent.com
Eastern Oklahoma Ear, Nose & Throat is the oldest and largest group of ENT physicians in the eastern side of Oklahoma, southern Kansas and southwestern Arkansas. Our physicians and have been caring for Tulsa Kids for almost 50 years!
ENTs Treat the Fundamental Functions of Life
Imagine a singer not being able to sing, or you not being able to hear beautiful music. Imagine not being able to smell the earth after a spring rain, or not being able to taste and enjoy your favorite holiday meal.
These are some of the fundamental functions in your child’s life that make living so rich and wonderful. Yet when one or more of these functions no longer work the way they should, living and learning may be diminished or normal development jeopardized.
Hearing, breathing, enlarged tonsils, sleep issues, allergies and sinus diseases are just some of the conditions that the physicians at Eastern Oklahoma Ear, Nose & Throat physicians treat in children. Professionally, ENT specialists are called “otolaryngologists” but it’s easier just to say “ENT.”*
Eastern Oklahoma Ear, Nose & Throat has the breadth of skills to handle your children’s ENT needs, and we look forward to meeting you should the need for an ENT arise among your family members.
*AAOA website source
Physicians
- Stephen M. Brownlee, MD
- Jeremy G. Foon, MD
- David W. Hall, MD
- Anthony E. Loehr, MD
- Landon Massoth, MD
- Evan R. Moore, MD
- William P. Sawyer II, MD
- Christopher R. Siemens, MD
- Atul M. Vaidya, MD
- David W. White, MD
J.D. McCarty Center
Contact: Sharla Bardin
2002 E. Robinson St.
Norman, OK
405.307.2800
jdmc.org
The J.D. McCarty Center for children with developmental disabilities serves children from birth to 21 years old. The center is a pediatric rehab hospital that provides medical care and physical, occupational, speech and language therapy and Applied Behavior Analysis therapy for children on an inpatient and outpatient basis.
Just Kids Pediatrics
3516 E. 31st St., Suite Suite B, Tulsa12512 E 21st St, Tulsa (COMING SOON!)
PO Box 891625, OK 73189
405.208.0209
info@justkidspeds.com
info@justkidspeds.com
Just Kids Pediatrics offers full-service primary care as well as same-day access to high-quality pediatric urgent care providers seven days a week.
Miller Swim School
Miller Swim School Tulsa
6415 S. Mingo Rd., Tulsa
Miller Swim School Jenks
525 W. 91st St. S., Tulsa
Miller Swim School Owasso
10001 N. 127th E. Ave., Owasso
918.254.1988
millerswimschool.com
Miller Swim School has been teaching Tulsa and surrounding communities about water safety for over 60 years. We offer private or group swim lessons with our highly trained instructors for students with disabilities or special needs.
Individuals with special needs can benefit from swimming to increase confidence and self-respect, as well as improve physical strength and coordination. Most importantly, ongoing swimming lessons reduce the risk of drowning by 88%, an incident students with special needs are at a higher risk for. Swim lessons offer social interaction, joy, friendship and a sense of accomplishment.
We offer year-round swim lessons for ages 6 months to adult, as well as a Special Olympics swim team, and a partnership with Autism Tulsa to scholarship swimmers on the Autism spectrum.
Miller Swim School is an authorized American Red Cross provider and a member of the United States Swim School Association.
Opportunity Scholarship Fund
1831 East 71st Street, Tulsa918.877.2710
Every child deserves access to a personalized learning environment, and the Opportunity Scholarship Fund (OSF) helps support students with unique educational needs.
When donors give to OSF, they provide scholarships for PreK-12 private education, which helps Oklahoma students access the best school for their learning style. Students with identified special educational needs, or an IEP, can receive up to $25,000 in scholarships per year for tuition, fees and transportation.
OSF is partnered with more than 70 accredited private schools across Oklahoma. For more information, visit osfkids.org.
Speech and Beyond Pediatric Therapy
Jenks, OK918.409.0157
Looking for individualized therapy in a more intimate setting for your child? Speech and Beyond Pediatric Therapy provides Speech, Occupational and Physical Therapy to children at our out-patient clinic, conveniently located in Jenks. Our new, state-of-the-art clinic will open by winter 2022 off Main Street and Highway 75.
In addition to OT, PT and Speech, we provide consultations with our Registered Dietician, Feeding Therapy and Dyslexia testing and treatment.
We serve children of all ages and abilities, up to the age of twenty-one. Our therapists provide a multi-disciplinary approach to meet every child’s individual need.
Sprouts Child Development
5840 S. Memorial, Suite 302, Tulsa918.699.4250
sproutsdevelopment.com
sproutsdevelopment.com
Research shows children who receive developmental help as early as possible have better results. Our goal at Sprouts Child Development is to assist each child, from birth through age 10, in obtaining the earliest diagnosis, developmental care and support possible. Our clinical team consists of a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Speech and Occupational Therapists, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and child development specialists, which allows us to provide a multidisciplinary approach to early intervention and treatment.
When a child has developmental, learning or behavioral issues, a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician has the expertise to evaluate and care for them. They are trained in assessing the medical and psychosocial aspects of developmental and behavioral problems, as reflected in their assessments, diagnoses, and treatments.
Our highly trained Speech and Occupational Therapists use play-based activities to build functional skills while engaging a child’s interests. They use their expertise and creativity to connect with a child, implementing various approaches to find the “just right” therapeutic fit. Consequently, confidence and skills are built through relationship-based interactions between the child and therapist.
In addition, we work with families to help them see their child’s behavior through a different lens, providing connections to help them flourish.
The Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges’ Youth Program
815 S. Utica Avenue, Tulsa918.794.4526
The Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges‘ (The Center) Youth Program offers opportunities for children and adolescents with physical challenges, ages 6- to 17- years-old, to actively engage in recreational activities, adaptive sports, outings and cooperative games all while building a social network with peers and meeting their individual needs and goals. Activities encourage relationship development, increased confidence and independence through a variety of experiences.
Individuals must have a primary diagnosis of a physical disability and have independent skills of daily living, including feeding and toileting, or have a caregiver to provide this assistance.
Scholarships are available.
The Mary K. Chapman Center for Communicative Disorders
2820 E. 5th St.
Tulsa, OK
healthsciences.utulsa.edu/communication-disorders/speech-hearing-clinic
The Mary K. Chapman Center for Communicative Disorders at The University of Tulsa provides professional audiology and speech-language pathology services to individuals of all ages. The center is a clinical learning facility of the speech-language pathology program. University students, under supervision of the program’s faculty, provide assessment and therapy services for a variety of speech, language and hearing disorders.
The center is located in a well-equipped building accessible to persons with disabilities. All audiology and speech-language pathology faculty are certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and are licensed by the State of Oklahoma Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.
The clinic provides a variety of services by appointment. Medical, educational and self-referrals are accepted. Services available include:
- Free speech-language and hearing screening tests for children
- Free hearing screenings for adults
- Speech-language assessment (evaluation)
- Hearing evaluation
- Speech-language therapy
- Audiologic rehabilitation (including cochlear implant)
- Augmentative communication
The clinic is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 918-631-2504 for appointments.
