Children's Programs near

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6.68 miles away, 625 Gillette, San Antonio, TX, 78221 , D3

Head Start provides quality preschool education services to children 3-4 years of age for working or school-enrolled parents in a licensed child development facility that meets Federal Income Poverty Guidelines and primarily resides in the Harlandale Independent School District.

Services are provided through a combination model of comprehensive education services to eligible children. Education services promote each child’s physical, social, emotional and cognitive development to achieve school readiness measures and successful Head Start child outcomes. Additional comprehensive family and community support services provided include health, mental health, parenting, nutrition, early intervention for at-risk or developmentally delayed children and case management system.

Services Provided:

  • Pre-K3 and Pre-K4 Classrooms
  • Bilingual and Dual Language
  • Inclusion Classroom
  • Developmental and Social-Emotional Screenings
  • Vision and Hearing Screenings
  • Health and Dental Screenings
  • Nutritional Meals
  • Family Goal Setting

Support Services:

  • Health Services
  • Child and Family Mental Health (ECI)
  • Nutrition Services and Education
  • Home Visits
  • Parent Education and Services to Fathers
  • Linkage to Community Resources
  • Transportation (if needed)

Adult Education:

  • Parental Engagement and Workforce Pathways

We offer high-quality early childhood education for children ages 3 to 5 years.

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Hours
Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

Register at AVANCE-San Antonio, Inc.
(210) 921-7000
Gillette Elementary Child Development
(210) 932-7928
Updated within the last 1 month.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of San Antonio provides high-quality after-school programming to help your child achieve their full potential.

This program is offered during the academic year only.
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Antonio
(210) 436-0686
Gillette Elementary
(210) 989-3100
Updated within the last 1 month.

Our prescribed pediatric extended care services let your kids be kids. Our state-of-the-art facility was designed with children in mind, allowing them to play, dream, and grow — all while meeting their physiological, developmental, nutrition, and social needs. Our goal, through PPEC, is to impact the lives of our medically complex children from the early stages of life all the way into early adulthood.

What is PPEC?
Prescribed pediatric extended care, or PPEC for short, is provided at a non-residential center that serves medically complex or technologically dependent children under the age of 21 who require short, long-term, or intermittent medical care due to medically complex conditions.

The ACP PPEC provides services to medically complex children who cannot attend a regular daycare. Our services meet the child’s physiological, developmental, nutrition, and social needs. We provide nursing and psychosocial services, developmental therapies, caregiver training, and personal care support to our children.

Click here for qualifications.

24/7
Updated within the last 2 months.

Art Therapy Is a form of psychotherapy based on the process of creating visual images through drawing, painting, sculpting, and the use of other art materials. In art therapy, emotions and thoughts are expressed symbolically through the creation of personal imagery. Art bypasses verbal defenses and limitations, allowing for insight to occur in a non-threatening way. The art produced can be reflected upon, and with guidance from the art therapist, one can explore the meaning of the images and work through areas of conflict and distress.

We currently only accept the following insurances:

  • TX Medicaid
  • Community First
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Aetna Better Health of TX
  • Optum

Please call for private-pay fees.

Updated within the last 3 months.

All behavior has meaning. It is a way of communicating feelings and needs. So-called problem behavior is one way a child expresses conflict, which is difficult to conceptualize and verbalize. A child can channel and give conceptual form to negative feelings and behaviors through working with art materials. The clarification and responses of an art therapist facilitates the child’s awareness of patterns, intentions, and the meaning of behavior.

A child-centered approach curriculum addresses social and developmental issues for children and teens in the foster care system. This curriculum incorporates culturally-rooted concepts and values of each individual through indigenous teachings, writings, and expressive modalities.

In addition, clients will have the opportunity to learn meditation, guided imagery, and the calming effects of quieting the mind through meditation techniques.

Licensed professional counselors provide confidential psychotherapy sessions to individuals, families, and in group settings to those who are experiencing behavioral, social, or challenging situations as it relates to being in the foster care system. Counseling session objectives are to strengthen personal awareness, nurture, heal, foster positive social changes, improve family communication, and expand and deepen their personal skills needed to help cope with the challenges that come from being the foster care system.

We currently only accept the following insurances:

  • TX Medicaid
  • Community First
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Aetna Better Health of TX
  • Optum

Please call for private-pay fees.

Monday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Tuesday: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM Thursday: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM Friday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: CLOSED
Updated within the last 3 months.

Led by a Registered Nurse, our compassionate care professionals provide in-home support for children with disabilities such as spina bifida or cerebral palsy, as well as children with intellectual or developmental delays. These services may include assistance with feeding, transferring and repositioning, bathing or other daily needs.

Our goal as care professionals is to ensure that children with disabilities and special needs are receiving the care they need and the support they deserve. Experienced care professionals are ready to assist with:

  • Bath visits
  • Feeding
  • Transferring/Repositioning
  • Dressing
  • Grooming
  • Oral and personal hygiene
  • Toileting
  • Reporting conditions and changes to supervisory RN and/or physician

BrightStar Care can also provide pediatric nursing care for more advanced medical needs, as well as administer a wide range of therapies such as speech, physical and autism therapy.

Hours
Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

Lorena Villarreal
(210) 377-3355
Joseph Guijarro, MHA
Updated within the last 3 months.

Our teaching staff is dedicated to making the Castle Hills Christian Church Mother’s Day Out Ministry a positive learning experience for all preschoolers. We want to meet your child’s spiritual, emotional, mental, physical, and social needs in a warm and loving environment. Our classrooms are bright and child oriented. They are arranged into play/learning centers where children can make choices for individual and small group activities. We use age appropriate learning methods in our classrooms. Children are encouraged to learn and make discoveries through organized activities and learning opportunities planned around each theme.

Ages: 2 years to Pre-K.

Click here for more information, registration, and tuition fees.

Updated within the last 4 months.

Founded by Muslim Turkish-Americans affiliated with Hizmet Movement Raindrop Foundation is serving the San Antonio community through events and programs that cultivate cross-cultural friendships, promote interfaith dialogue, build bridges between diverse groups, and encourage joint civic initiatives that meet the needs of our city. Raindrop Foundation San Antonio (RFSA) is building mutual understanding, respect, and cooperation at the grassroots level among people of diverse faiths and cultures, with the ultimate intention of contributing to global peace.

Click here for more information.

Event-based (free or with registration fee).

Hours
Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

*Also evenings when there is an event or class
Updated within the last 1 month.

Raindrop Youth Development Center is an educational center that serves the underprivileged youth in San Antonio. It promotes the younger generation’s integration, development, and contribution to the social life in the US. The mission of the Raindrop Youth Development Center is to contribute to social, academic, and cultural development of the community through educational programs so as to build strong individuals, strong families, and strong communities. The vision of Raindrop Youth Development Center is socially, culturally, academically advanced.

Hours
Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

Updated within the last 1 month.

Quality out-of-school (OST) time programs like Academic Achievers reduce the number of school-aged children who become involved with negative behaviors and promote academic success. SA Youth’s Academic Achievers program takes place after school and during the summer for youth between the ages of 5 and 13.

Our site locations operate four to five hours during the school year and up to ten hours over the summer and select school holidays. SA Youth provides a safe place, caring adults, and positive youth development programs during the out-of-school time hours when destructive and other risky behaviors can occur.

SA Youth's Out-of-School Time Program Academic Achievers provides a structured, safe, and supervised place for learning and social interaction. 

PREVENTION PROGRAM

SA Youth’s Academic Achievers Program provides year-round positive youth development programs during non-school hours. We offer an array of programming that focus on the academic achievement, character development, and healthy lifestyles of San Antonio’s youth. Our site locations exist to keep children out of trouble, and engaged in educational activities.

PROGRAMS SERVICES

Our youth development services include:

  • Academic and homework support
  • STEM activities
  • Art and music activities
  • Nutrition education
  • Physical fitness and education
  • Field trips (summer programming only)
  • Service Learning
  • Family engagement opportunities

Program requirements:

  • Between the ages of 5 and 13
  • Texas resident within school districts served by SA Youth
  • Low-income or receiving assistance

Click here for more information and a list of schools served.

Click here to apply.

Free.

School year hours: 2:30 PM - 6:30 PM Summer hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Academic Achievers Program Send email
(210) 223-3131 x: 255
Raymond Gonzales
Updated within the last year

Health Services South San Antonio ISD Head Start plays an important role in promoting the health and safety of children by helping them to establish lifelong healthy patterns. Healthy students are better learners, and academic achievement bears a lifetime of benefits for health.

Our Head Start program staff ensure that our children are up to date on immunizations, their state’s Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) schedule, and learn healthy eating habits. The program also promotes physical, social, and emotional well-being of children and their families. Staff members work diligently to assist families in finding and engaging quality medical and dental care, including in some cases access to affordable-to-no-cost community resources.

Education:
• Individualized Learning
• Quality Child/Staff Ratios
• Develop School Readiness Skills
• Culturally Diverse Activities
• Fostering of Each Child’s Independence
• Follows the district calendar and is a full-day program.
• It offers every child a quality, comprehensive preschool experience in a nurturing and safe environment.
• Effective early education programs improve the learning and development of all children.
• Provide developmentally appropriate teaching methods and instructional materials for its young learners.

Disability:
• Serve Children with Disabilities, Including Severe Disabilities
• Screenings and Ongoing Assessments
• Individualized Activities
• Individual Education Plans
• Coordination with contractual and district resources
• Parent Advocacy and Training

Health and Safety:
• Medical and Dental Case Management
• Clean and Safe Environments
• Family Style Eating
• Nutritious Meals

Family Support Services:
• Promotion of Cultural Diversity
• Promotion of Self Sufficiency through Partnership Agreements
• Assistance with Accessing Community Resources and Services
• Transportation may be Available for Children Meeting Eligibility Criteria
• Opportunities for Parent Engagement Activities

SSAISD knows that parents are a child’s most important teachers and is committed to building strong relationships with parents to enhance and enrich the development of children.

Eligibility requirements::
• The child must turn 3 or 4 before September 1 of the current year.
• The child's family must meet the Federal Poverty Guidelines and reside in Bexar County.

The child and/or child's family must also meet at least one of the following conditions:
• The child to be enrolled is in foster care.
• The family is receiving benefits or services through the TANF Program.
• A family member living with and supported by you are receiving Supplemental Security Income benefits (SSI).
• The family is homeless.

A Point Priority assistance is given to children from low-income families and children with a disability, including a severe disability. Income eligibility requirements for Head Start may be waived if your child has a current Individualized Education Plan (IEP).

Your Family Service Facilitator will ask for current copies of the child’s well exam, dental exam, and immunizations.

Hours
Monday: 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday: 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday: 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday: 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday: 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

SSAISD Head Start Department
(210) 977-7051
Benavidez Elementary School
(210) 977-7175
Updated within the last 2 months.

Crystal Sea Drama Company is a Pre-Professional Youth Theatre Company dedicated to training students from kindergarten through 12th grade in theatre arts education and performance. Students will then be able to utilize their gifts and talents to serve others in any aspect of theatre or business to which God calls them.

We offer classes in:

  • Theatre History
  • Acting
  • Improvisation
  • Costuming
  • Makeup
  • Light and Sound
  • Set Design
  • Set Construction
  • Community Theatre Style Productions
  • Summer Camps
  • Summer One-Day Workshops

Students K-12.

Registration fees:

  • Early Bird Registration Before August 1, 2023: $40 per student/year ($150 family maximum)
  • From August 1, 2023 - May 31, 2024: $60 per year/student ($175 family maximum)
  • Fees are not prorated if you register late; they cover August 1, 2023 - May 31, 2024 classes.
  • Tuition and fees are non-refundable unless a class is canceled.
Monday: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM Tuesday: CLOSED Wednesday: CLOSED Thursday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Friday: CLOSED Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: CLOSED All other hours are by appointment.
Irene Miller
Marla Ripps
Updated within the last 2 months.

Communities In Schools programs surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Our evidence-based approach, adapted to meet each community’s unique needs, is the basis for our success.

Basic Needs: A student cannot focus in the classroom if he or she is hungry, cold or tired, or cannot see the board. Site coordinators see to it that students' basic needs are met each day.

Enrichment: Our Site coordinators enroll students in a wide variety of after-school and summer programs, field trips and youth conferences to help them gain experience that is essential to meeting college and career goals.

Academic Assistance: Our site coordinators work hard to ensure that students have the resources to progress academically. From providing students with tutors to finding and creating quiet spaces where students can study, we do whatever it takes to create an optimal learning environment for our students.

Life Skills: Through one-on-one workshops, team building, and guest speakers, we work with students to develop social-emotional learning, character education, social skills building, and conflict resolution.

Behavioral Interventions: Many of our students face and overcome difficult obstacles in their lives. However, their survival skills aren’t always effective in the classroom or in the workplace. Our program teaches students positive ways to cope with anger, conflict resolution, and other strategies to keep them focused on school.

Family Engagement: Site coordinators connect families with counselors and social workers to make sure that home is a healthy, nurturing environment where a student can feel safe.

This program is for students at Esparza Elementary.

Hours
Monday: 7:45 AM - 3:00 PM
Tuesday: 7:45 AM - 3:00 PM
Wednesday: 7:45 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday: 7:45 AM - 3:00 PM
Friday: 7:45 AM - 3:00 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

Communities In Schools Send email
(210) 520-8440
Esparza Elementary
(210) 397-1850
Updated within the last 2 months.
This program is active from April 27, 2024 until Aug. 4, 2024

Our Summer Meals For Kids campaign aims to fill the summer meal gap by providing no-cost nutritious meals, groceries, and snacks for children over the summer. When kids eat great, they can play great!

For questions about our Summer Meals For Kids campaign, please contact Mary de Marigny Gary.

Kids 18 and under are eligible to access no-cost summer meals from any of the Summer Meal sites.

Children do not need to be enrolled in a specific San Antonio Food Bank program to receive a meal.

Mon - Friday Lunch Service: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Snack Service 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Closed: June 19, July 4
Updated within the last week

Head Start promotes school readiness by encouraging parent involvement and through children's cognitive, social, emotional, language, and physical development.

Head Start aims for every child to be:

  • Achieving developmental milestones
  • Safe, healthy, and well
  • School ready
  • Forming positive relationships

Family Service Head Start is much more than child care; it’s quality early childhood education that includes:

  • Research-Based Curricula Lesson plans are built around research on children’s development and learning and promote positive progress and outcomes.
  • Family Engagement Parents' and caregivers' involvement in their children’s education has a long-term impact on their child’s success. Our Centers make it easy for parents to be involved.
  • Lower Ratios Our classrooms have fewer students per teacher, allowing for more individualized care and attention.
  • Wraparound Services Resources and services are provided to help the child and family thrive.

The age requirement for our Head Start Prekindergarten Program is three years old on or before September 1.

Register at Family Service
(210) 299-2740
Gregorio Esparza Elementary School
(210) 397-1894
Updated within the last 5 months.

Communities In Schools programs surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Our evidence-based approach, adapted to meet each community’s unique needs, is the basis for our success.

Basic Needs: A student cannot focus in the classroom if he or she is hungry, cold or tired, or cannot see the board. Site coordinators see to it that students' basic needs are met each day.

Enrichment: Our Site coordinators enroll students in a wide variety of after-school and summer programs, field trips and youth conferences to help them gain experience that is essential to meeting college and career goals.

Academic Assistance: Our site coordinators work hard to ensure that students have the resources to progress academically. From providing students with tutors to finding and creating quiet spaces where students can study, we do whatever it takes to create an optimal learning environment for our students.

Life Skills: Through one-on-one workshops, team building, and guest speakers, we work with students to develop social-emotional learning, character education, social skills building, and conflict resolution.

Behavioral Interventions: Many of our students face and overcome difficult obstacles in their lives. However, their survival skills aren’t always effective in the classroom or in the workplace. Our program teaches students positive ways to cope with anger, conflict resolution, and other strategies to keep them focused on school.

Family Engagement: Site coordinators connect families with counselors and social workers to make sure that home is a healthy, nurturing environment where a student can feel safe.

This program is for students at Colonial Hills Elementary School.

Hours
Monday: 8:00 AM - 3:15 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 3:15 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 3:15 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 3:15 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 3:15 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

Communities In Schools Send email
(210) 520-8440
Colonial Hills Elementary School
(210) 407-2400
Updated within the last 2 months.

The Kids' Involvement Network (KIN) provides afterschool enrichment activities and supervision for elementary and middle school students in a way that will improve their attitudes, grades, and behavior so they will be positive members of the school and community. The KIN program is available at all NEISD elementary and middle schools. 

KIN Daily Schedule
KIN begins as soon as school dismisses. The schedule consists of a healthy snack, socialization, and recreational activities such as recess, group sports, and health and wellness programming. Homework time is a main focus of our programs and is structured to assist students in a way that will benefit all learning styles. Enrichment activities are conducted every day to enhance learning. KIN closes at 6:30 p.m. at every site.

2:30-2:45 Arrival/Attendance/Announcements
2:45-3:45 Snacks/Naps/Socialization
3:45-4:30 Homework/Reading
4:30-5:00 Academic Enrichment
5:00-5:45 Centers/Clubs/Recreation
5:45-6:30 Centers/Clean Up

Hours
Monday: 7:30 AM - 2:45 PM
Tuesday: 7:30 AM - 2:45 PM
Wednesday: 7:30 AM - 2:45 PM
Thursday: 7:30 AM - 2:45 PM
Friday: 7:30 AM - 2:45 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

Updated within the last 2 months.

Habilitative Homes (Hab Homes) is a licensed Residential Treatment Center providing 24-hour care to children with severe intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, often due to a pervasive developmental disorder such as autism.

Hab Homes provides an enriched, predictable, supportive environment in which the children can learn and grow in normal, healthy ways developing skills in self-care, self-direction, self-discipline, self-awareness, responsibility for decisions and choices, and building skills necessary for living as independently as possible as well-adjusted, productive adults in our society.

At Hab Homes, the environment, the programming, and the staffing are always child-centered.

Updated within the last year

Communities In Schools programs surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Our evidence-based approach, adapted to meet each community’s unique needs, is the basis for our success.

Basic Needs: A student cannot focus in the classroom if he or she is hungry, cold or tired, or cannot see the board. Site coordinators see to it that students' basic needs are met each day.

Enrichment: Our Site coordinators enroll students in a wide variety of after-school and summer programs, field trips and youth conferences to help them gain experience that is essential to meeting college and career goals.

Academic Assistance: Our site coordinators work hard to ensure that students have the resources to progress academically. From providing students with tutors to finding and creating quiet spaces where students can study, we do whatever it takes to create an optimal learning environment for our students.

Life Skills: Through one-on-one workshops, team building, and guest speakers, we work with students to develop social-emotional learning, character education, social skills building, and conflict resolution.

Behavioral Interventions: Many of our students face and overcome difficult obstacles in their lives. However, their survival skills aren’t always effective in the classroom or in the workplace. Our program teaches students positive ways to cope with anger, conflict resolution, and other strategies to keep them focused on school.

Family Engagement: Site coordinators connect families with counselors and social workers to make sure that home is a healthy, nurturing environment where a student can feel safe.

This program is for students at Salado Elementary.

Hours
Monday: 7:00 AM - 4:15 PM
Tuesday: 7:00 AM - 4:15 PM
Wednesday: 7:00 AM - 4:15 PM
Thursday: 7:00 AM - 4:15 PM
Friday: 7:00 AM - 4:15 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

Communities In Schools Send email
(210) 520-8440
Salado Elementary
(210) 648-3310
Updated within the last 2 months.

The YWCA After School Program provides youth with activities and experiences that promote optimal growth and development at various school sites.

Students receive a nutritious snack, homework assistance, tutoring, and other school-related assistance in a program designed to extend the educational school day.

Click here to register.

Pre –K through 5th grade.

This program operates on a first come first serve basis.

Tuition

  • Tuition is $95 a month and includes supply and registration fee
  • Families registering more than one student receive $5 off each additional child
  • As the school opens to full capacity, tuition is subject to lower.
  • Tuition payments are drafted every month, the 1st of the month, regardless of what day of the week the 1st of the month falls.
  • A $35 service charge is assessed for payments returned for insufficient funds.
  • Should a child(ren) carry a balance into the new month, the child(ren) will not be allowed into the program until tuition is paid in full.
  • Should the child(ren) carry a balance for more than three business days, the child(ren) will be dropped from the program and considered a new participant upon re-enrollment.

Late Pickup Policy

  • Parents will be charged a $30 per child late fee at 6:01 PM plus an additional $1 per child each minute after that.
  • All late fees must be paid in full before the child is permitted back into the program.
  • The cut-off time to make a late payment will be noon the following day.
  • All late fees must be paid in full before the child is permitted back into the programs.
  • Late fees will be drafted no later than noon the following day.
Monday - Friday: After school until 6:00 PM Closed on all school holidays.
Updated within the last 5 months.

At a Jam, young people can learn to code and be inspired to pursue jobs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math ("STEM") fields. They can meet college students and professionals working in computer science, education, and more. And their parents? They get to see that technology can be a bridge both to social interaction and lucrative careers. All of our Community Code Jams are inclusive and welcoming to people of all backgrounds. We also host smaller, low-sensory Jams for those on the autism spectrum or with sensory issues.

Click here for the latest updates on program dates and times.

Connectivity Resources
  • Assistive Technology
  • Computer Skills Classes
Updated within the last 2 months.

Spurs Give has partnered with Youth Code Jam to bring a unique coding opportunity to young learners in San Antonio and beyond!

Throughout the year, Spurs Give will sponsor special coding camps for students in grades K-12. Instructors from Youth Code Jam will lead the students in fun but challenging activities that will introduce them to coding concepts and programming languages. Students will finish their camps with interactive programs to show off to their families and friends. Check out the Rebounder Scratch Project for an example of one of the camps.

Grades K-12.

Camps Align with School Breaks!

The Coyote Coding camps align with the school holidays listed below. Sign up for our newsletter to keep up with all of our programming.

Connectivity Resources
  • Computer Skills Classes
Brooke Haley
Updated within the last 2 months.

Why choose ABA with TLC Kids?

At TLC we focus on engagement and increasing independence rather than focusing on compliance of behaviors like most ABA programs.  It's been clinically proven that  for new neuro synapsis to be created, activities need to be fun and enjoyable.  

We use a child led, play based model in our play spaces and believe happy learners make progress. We collaborate with occupational therapists and speech therapist to maximize sensory, feeding and communication progress.

What is ABA therapy?

ABA therapy is based on the science of how human behavior works.  In ABA the term “behavior” refers to all observable behavior, not just challenging behavior.  ABA therapy uses the science of how environment impacts behavior to teach behavioral skills related to social interaction, communication, school readiness, and self-care.

ABA therapy is also effective in decreasing behavior that can impede an individual’s quality of life – such as, physical aggression, self-injury, and elopement – by seeking to understand why the behavior is occurring and teaching replacement behaviors.  ABA focuses on teaching what to do instead of what not to do. 

ABA teaching techniques:

  • Discrete Trial Learning (Training) is based on the understanding that practice helps a child master a skill.  This is a structured teaching technique that involves intensive learning of specific behaviors.  Skills are taught in repetition during several trials.  This repetitive teaching can benefit children who may need multiple opportunities to practice a skill to master it. 
  • Incidental Teaching (or Natural Environment Training) is based on the understanding that it is important to give real-life meaning to the skills a child is learning.  It includes a focus on teaching skills in settings where your child will naturally use them.  Using a child’s natural everyday environment in therapy can help increase the transfer of skills to everyday situations and helps generalization.  In Incidental Teaching, the therapist utilizes naturally occurring opportunities in order to help the child learn skills.  The activity or situation is chosen by the child, and the caregiver or teacher follows the child’s lead or interest.  These teaching strategies were developed to facilitate generalization and maximize reinforcement.  Once naturally occurring situations in which a child expresses interest are identified, the therapist then uses prompts to encourage responses from the child. 
  • Verbal Behavior is similar to discrete trial training in that it is a structured, intensive, one-to-one therapy.  It differs from discrete trial training in that it is designed to motivate a child to learn language by developing a connection between a word and its meaning.  For some children, teaching a word or label needs to include a deliberate focus on teaching them how to use their words functionally For example: “What is this?” “A cup.” “What do you use a cup for?” “Drinking.” “What do you drink out of?” “A cup.” 
  • Pivotal Response Training is a naturalistic, loosely structured, intervention that relies on naturally occurring teaching opportunities.  The focus of PRT is to increase motivation by adding components such as turn-taking, reinforcing attempts, child-choice, and interspersing maintenance (pre-learned) tasks.  It takes the focus off of areas of deficits and redirects attention to certain pivotal areas that are viewed as key for a wide range of functioning in children.  Four pivotal areas have been identified: a) motivation, b) child self-initiations, c) self management, and d) responsiveness to multiple cues. It is believed that when these areas are promoted, they produce improvements in many of the non-targeted behaviors.

We accept all major commercial insurances for OT, PT, and Speech.

For ABA therapy we are only accepting private pay and Tricare at the moment. 

Monday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Thursday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Saturday: Closed Sunday: Closed *Closed one hour for lunch*
Kylie R
Tonya W
(210) 490-3900 x: 6
Updated within the last 5 months.

What is Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy (OT) is a diverse field of work where professionals help individuals become as independent as possible. This can be anything from Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) such as dressing, bathing, feeding, and toileting to social skills, play skills, attention, executive functioning skills, regulation, and motor coordination/control.

OTs work in a variety of settings, such as outpatient clinics, hospitals, and the home. Whether a person is affected by a major injury or is born with different abilities, we are here to help.

Intervention:

  • Floor Time/Play
  • Reflex Integration
  • Sensory Processing
  • Feeding
  • Craniosacral

Click here for more information

Accepted Insurance Providers for OT, PT, and Speech Therapy

We are in a network with several insurance companies. To verify if our clinic takes your insurance please call 210-490-3900

Monday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Thursday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Saturday: Closed Sunday: Closed
Kylie R
Tonya W
(210) 490-3900 x: 6
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What is Physical Therapy?

Physical Therapy (PT) is an intervention that focuses on helping individuals (in TLC’s case, children) with physical impairments that are impacting their mobility, balance, coordination, quality of movement, or age-appropriate gross motor skills.

Pediatric physical therapists examine and treat children from birth to age 18 for symptoms related to genetic, neurological, and orthopedic conditions. At TLC Kids Therapy, a typical session may include manual techniques to address the limitations of myofascial or soft tissue mobility, positional techniques to facilitate postural alignment, and development of gross motor skills such as rolling, crawling, walking, jumping, riding a bike, climbing stairs, climbing stairs, and transitions between positions.

Other common interventions include flexibility training to maximize range of motion, general strength training through everyday play,  and gait training to improve running and walking patterns. Family education is essential to success in physical therapy and a recommended individualized home exercise program will be given to each family to ensure the carry-over of skilled physical therapy intervention.

Physical therapy commonly collaborates with occupation and speech therapy (if needed) to optimize your child’s success in the home and school environment.

Accepted Insurance Providers for OT, PT, and Speech Therapy

We are in a network with several insurance companies. To verify if our clinic takes your insurance please call 210-490-3900

Monday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Thursday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Saturday: Closed Sunday: Closed *Closed for one hour for lunch*
Kylie R
Tonya W
(210) 490-3900 x: 6
Updated within the last 1 month.

Speech Therapy (ST) is an intervention that focuses on improving a child’s speech and abilities to understand and express language.

Therapy includes coordinating the mouth to produce sounds to form words, increasing a child’s ability to understand and express language via different communication modalities (e.g., written, pictorial, body, signs, and the use of language through alternative communication systems such as computers, and iPads), and overall help strengthen and coordinate the muscles in the mouth for speech and feeding purposes.

In the latter, ST also focuses on assessing a child’s chewing skills, and whether they are moving their tongue correctly to thoroughly break down the food and propel it back for the swallow. 

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Accepted Insurance Providers for OT, PT, and Speech Therapy.

Hours
Monday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

Closed for one hour for lunch.
Updated within the last month

Communities In Schools programs surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Our evidence-based approach, adapted to meet each community’s unique needs, is the basis for our success.

Basic Needs: A student cannot focus in the classroom if he or she is hungry, cold, or tired, or cannot see the board. Site coordinators see to it that students' basic needs are met each day.

Enrichment: Our Site coordinators enroll students in a wide variety of after-school and summer programs, field trips, and youth conferences to help them gain experience that is essential to meeting college and career goals.

Academic Assistance: Our site coordinators work hard to ensure that students have the resources to progress academically. From providing students with tutors to finding and creating quiet spaces where students can study, we do whatever it takes to create an optimal learning environment for our students.

Life Skills: Through one-on-one workshops, team building, and guest speakers, we work with students to develop social-emotional learning, character education, social skills building, and conflict resolution.

Behavioral Interventions: Many of our students face and overcome difficult obstacles in their lives. However, their survival skills aren’t always effective in the classroom or the workplace. Our program teaches students positive ways to cope with anger, conflict resolution, and other strategies to keep them focused on school.

Family Engagement: Site coordinators connect families with counselors and social workers to make sure that the home is a healthy, nurturing environment where a student can feel safe.

This program is for students at Frank Tejeda Junior Academy.

Communities In Schools Send email
(210) 520-8440
Frank Tejeda Junior Academy
(210) 989-4900
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AIM provides educational-based services to public schools, private schools, preschools, daycares, universities, city and state entities, and privately to individuals and families.

Some examples of these services range from individual evaluations, therapy, professional development, audits, instructional assistance, coaching, wellness programs, and community initiatives.

  • SPED360 - Ensure Federal and State compliance, while also ensuring ongoing training is provided to staff. Our admins will audit all new incoming records at the beginning of the year
  • SCHOOL - Whether you are a special education director, principal, or superintendent, we want to help your students. We partner with public schools, private schools, and universities to provide holistic services to learners. Our team consists of individuals who come from a background of working in education. Some examples of what we are capable of doing are doing just one evaluation, covering therapy for maternity leave, filling a vacancy for the year, managing a department, or providing multi-series professional development across the district.
  • REMOTE - Remote Education Services Are Your Best "Plan B" Welcome to the new normal. Learning has gotten pushed out of the classroom and it’s happening in new ways, new contexts, and new locations as we speak. We’re all rising to the challenge of continuing to educate our kids, despite the obstacles the pandemic has put in our paths.
  • FAMILY - In San Antonio, we run a private clinic out of our office. This allows parents, individuals, or organizations seeking to help a struggling learner access a team that normally would reside in a school. These services range from evaluations to therapy, and counseling. At the root of it, we seek to ensure that an individual can succeed at learning.
Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Zachary Salesman
Updated within the last 1 month.

Services for students with disabilities are available on every campus. Except for a small population, most students with disabilities attend their home campus. A wide variety of services and levels of support are provided on each campus. Supports may be provided within the general education classroom by a co-teacher, a paraprofessional, or a tutor.

Modified curriculum materials are provided when necessary, and students are given specialized instruction outside of the general education classroom when needed. Each student truly has an “individualized education plan” tailored just for them

The Special Education Information Center (SPEDTex) provides resources and interactive features for increasing family awareness of disabilities and special education processes, to improve partnerships between schools and families.

Phone: 1-855-773-3839
Email: [email protected]
Live Chat: spedtex.org

Connectivity Resources
  • Assistive Technology
Christine Guido, M.A. Send email
(210) 541-0051 x: x9904
Updated within the last 2 months.

Parent/Child, Incorporated, most often referred to as PCI, offers a quality early childhood program that includes education, physical and mental health, nutrition, disability support, family support, job training and professional development, substance abuse education, and more.

Early Head Start is for children 6 weeks to 35 months old.

Head Start is for children 3 and 4 years old.

Click here for eligibility requirements, or call PCI's Intake at (210) 275-5149.

Register at Parent Child Incorporated
(210) 475-5006
Adelina Fritz Child Development Center
(210) 475-4400
Updated within the last 5 months.