Wyatt has had many, many, many OTs since he started at Elite over 7 years ago. Emma has been an excellent OT. It is a wonderful, collaborative relationship and she has done a great job with Wyatt (and me). He loves Miss Emma and I’m grateful to her for all she has helped him with. I’m so glad he has such a great team of therapists that he loves so much.
I am so thankful for Elite Therapy-Waco. Especially thankful for Skylar and Jessica who have been so great to my daughter, Dakota. She has made so much progress because of them and I am so thankful for that!
Benjamin has suffered with hip dysplasia and severe pain for several years. His therapists at Elite have always been knowledgeable, comforting, and caring when it comes to his treatments and care plans. When his surgery was performed this past January, they were super supportive. When complications arose and he spent extra time in the hospital, his therapist were accommodating and compassionate. When Ben returned to his clinic sessions his therapists supported him physically as well as emotionally. His journey has been long and had its ups and downs but I am so proud to say that he accomplished his kind term goal of walking in his gait trainer, unassisted!! This would not have been possible without the amazing support of his therapists at Elite!
Our youngest son has been with Elite for a couple years now. He is there for speech therapy now.
His therapist was Mike Hasan. Mike has been awesome. From their first meeting Mike was able to build a great report with my son. He was able to identify with him in way that impressed me beyond measure. For the year and a half that we were with Mike the improvement in our sons ability to speak and articulate complete thoughts was nothing short of miraculous.
Our son’s extreme overbite is one of the main causes of his inability to form sounds and words. It became frustrating for him and he would effectively shut down. Mike was able to emphasize and work through those moments and teach us as parents effective way to help and continue his therapy at home. The long and short of it is that Mike was able to improve his speech in an amazingly short amount of time and teach both our sons and us techniques that were effective.
I was sad to see that his path took him north to Dallas. But I also know he will be able to help countless children find their voice.
We’ve never had a bad therapist at Elite. Every one of them have an uncanny ability to identify with the kids they get and build amazing rapport and trust with their patient.
Our sons looks forward to his therapy there. To him it’s play. He enjoys learning and developing there. Then enjoys telling us about his success. Not that he needs to because we see the improvement every week.
Mike Hasan most assuredly set the bar high. He’s goal oriented and strives to achieve those goals. He is able to set realistic goals and motivate our sons to achieve those goals then share and celebrate those victories in a way that our sons wants to set more goals and celebrate the next milestone.
I am impressed with the enthusiasm which all the therapist at Elite demonstrate and Mike is in the top tier. The progress made with our son is irreplaceable and I am grateful.
My husband and I noticed something was different about our son when he was still a baby. The pediatrician we had at the time dismissed my concerns, telling me I was worrying for nothing because he was my first child. I finally got fed up with her and found another pediatrician.
The first time I took Wyatt to see her she said, “The hand-flapping is not typical. Neither is the toe-walking.” I almost cried. It was nice to have my concerns validated, and not be made to feel like a crazy person. She told me to call Elite Therapy to set up an evaluation.
We went in for an evaluation and Wyatt started speech therapy with Laurie Maler on January 24, 2016. We added occupational and physical therapy in the months after. Laurie is the only therapist that has been with us the entire time. When Wyatt started speech therapy, he said a handful of words and pointed at what he wanted. We signed at first per Laurie’s suggestion, then he got tired of signing and started speaking. About a year after he started at Elite, he was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder with a secondary diagnosis of Mixed Receptive-Expressive Language Disorder.
Nearly three years later, he can speak in sentences. He says things like, “I want goldfish” or “I don’t want to wear that shirt.” I know we have a long way to go, but he has come so far. I am so proud of him, and so thankful for Laurie and Elite Therapy Center.
Everyone at Elite is so supportive. Since we’ve been there so long, they feel like family. I can’t say enough good things about this place. I love the people up there-from the therapists to the people working in the office. The owners are friendly and helpful, too.
I urge anyone who has concerns about their child to call Elite Therapy Center, and schedule an evaluation. It is a wonderful place. I’m glad I made that call three years ago. My son has benefited tremendously from being there.
