PROGRAMS

We have changed the current model of pediatric therapy services by  creating local-community-based, full service, inclusive, physical and  recreational therapy networks for all children with disabilities, that  start--stay and Raise-Them-Up from diagnosis to college age and  beyond, regardless of families insurance status or ability to pay.

 Provide year-round continuity of care for all medically  prescribed therapies including physical, occupational, sensory, vision, hearing and  speech therapies  as well as medically prescribed therapies not covered by insurance including hippo, aquatic and recreational therapies.   

We  provide access all medically prescribed pediatric therapy services  as prescribed without limitations of insurance companies, families ability to pay and, over and above but  in complement to Early Intervention, IEP and 504 plans  for children with permanent and temporary disabilities.

Understanding the importance and differences of therapies for children, from newborns and  toddlers to tweens and teens is key to understanding how therapies carry over into real life daily living skills that will enable children with disabilities to become independent adults who have been empowered to become whatever they want to be.

 The Arts serve as an integral part of physical and recreational  therapies, however, they’re not medically classified as therapy and not covered by insurance.. For many children with disabilities, their access to the arts is limited or non existent due to cost and or accessibility.   

Providing children with disabilities the same opportunities in the arts, early and with continuity, allows them, like their non-disabled peers, to utilize their skills  towards high school  and college admissions applications, more scholarship opportunities and  career choices, to eventual career opportunities in fields  were people with disabilities remain under-represented.  

Existing  community programs, even in schools, are often exclusionary of children with  disabilities due to accessibility issues, lack of experience in teaching kids with disabilities or simply just don’t exist in schools or in local  communities, especially in low-income neighborhoods.   

We provide children with disabilities and other at risk children access to and experience and learning opportunities in  modeling, music, singing, instrumental music, drama, theater arts,  dance, drawing, painting, graphic arts, creative writing, song writing,  acting, film, media, directing and production, by holding workshops and  classes by experienced teachers and instructor volunteers as well as volunteers  from each industry, all fully accessible and  inclusive.

In general, playing sports is found to increase self-confidence and focus  and provide sportsmanship and leadership skills, teach teamwork and, for many kids, used for college scholarships. 

 Children with disabilities  should have those same opportunities, locally and in their own schools  and communities but too often do not, for a variety of reasons.   We provide those opportunities, from bicycle riding to tennis,  football and basketball to volleyball, soccer and gymnastics to track  and swimming.  

Our mission is introduce children with disabilities  to sports and to teach them how to play, their way, by using a variety  of adaptive sports programs, equipment, technologies and techniques  especially designed to accommodate children with various disabilities, while being inclusive of all abilities.  

Our sports programs  serve two purposes;  • provide kids with disabilities local community-based access to sports  and be a source of recreational & all physical therapies

Our goal is to create our own fully inclusive sports team models to teach and  promote unified sports teams and events that are inclusive of all  abilities, in an environment that supports each athlete as an  individual, teaches tolerance, equal opportunity, education and  disability awareness for all children – bridging differences and making  friends. 

 Our academic /educational support Program provides early academic support in all subjects,  including S.T.E.M because statistically, children with disabilities are 5x likely to fall behind and drop bout of high school than their non disabled peers.  

By completing an individualized learning assessment  to  discover the best way each  child learns and tailoring teaching to their specific learning needs helps them learn the best way for them, and carries over in the  class room and at home.   

We provide financial assistance for one-on-one and group tutoring in all subjects and encourage  and support participation in their school S.T.E.M programs, in all  grades through college.  

We include career workshops very early to explore and introduce kids to  the possibility of career options, and teach them the connection between  their own likes, interests and hobbies and actual careers and help them  know the necessary academic goals they need to make their dream  POSSIBLE!   

We host career workshops with guest speakers from various industries and  work to create an inclusive mentoring program with individuals with and  without disabilities, from those industries 

  Test prep for the college process, including free Regents,  ACT and SAT test prep classes,  grants and scholarships for tuition, books, college room and board, transportation, durable medical  equipment and adaptive assistive technology to help make the possibility  of a college degree POSSIBLE! 

 Providing continued academic support to children with disabilities in  and after high school and through completion of undergraduate studies. 

Our program encourages each child to identify their own needs, and what tools they need to accomplish tasks, their way.  We help them create their own adaptive equipment, tools, apps, ideas for their best way of getting things accomplished and then have them share and teach their methods to other children with disabilities and their families and to the community. 

Our   Imaginative Innovation Program Teaches parents and caregivers creative, fun and innovative ways to include therapy at home, incorporated into their child’s daily life.

More importantly, it teaches children to independently incorporate therapies on their own into daily living skills.  We provide them with necessary adaptive equipment, devices and technology to accomplish and achieve their goals.  

Our program encourages each child to identify their own needs, and what tools they need to accomplish tasks, thier way.  We help them create their own adaptive equipment, tools, apps, ideas for their best way of getting things accomplished and then have them share and teach their methods to other children with disabilities and their families and to the community. 

The world is constantly changing and those with disabilities  need to have a voice.  We empower children with disabilities of all ages to use their voices, their minds to make this world the best it can be for all people, including those with disabilities.

Our employment program provides in-house employment internships, training, summer, full and part time employment opportunities, truly embodying our "from diagnosis to college age and beyond" mantra.  

The Julianna Rose Children’s Foundation will   always have representation, advocacy and voices  representing all disabilities by actual people with disabilities, without discrimination  of any kind and at salaries equally competitive to current industry standards, 

We also aid in securing other outside summer, part time or  full-time employment and community volunteerism geared, when known and  when possible; to the fields of career choice; provide  interview skills, resume writing, letters of recommendation, and  interview presentation assistance and workshops 

Our mission is to help as many children with disabilities become the best they can be by teaching and showing them the  possibility of opportunities they otherwise didn't know existed for them, and giving them  support and tools to achieve their possible!