Baystate’s Pediatric Outpatient Rehab Services Has A New Home

SPRINGFIELD – Area youngsters, who may someday be in need of physical therapy, can now benefit from a nurturing environment designed to provide the level of one-on-one care they need.

Baystate Rehabilitation Care’s Pediatric Outpatient Services has moved its programs and services into a private suite located at 140 High St. in Springfield’s South End. That facility is also home to High Street Health Center-Pediatrics, a community-based, academic Baystate Medical Practice providing primary and urgent care to children and adolescents.

“Our new home is warm, cozy, and fun, all geared toward the children and their families,” said Carol Berry, clinical coordinator, Baystate Rehabilitation Care.

Our goal was to create an environment dedicated to supporting each child and family as they work to reach their maximum potential.”

Their new home features six treatment rooms, including space for orthopedic treatment, sensory motor therapy, splinting and feeding therapy, and three rooms dedicated to speech and language therapy. The program offers physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy, all to address a wide range of both acute and chronic conditions.

“We have the space and equipment to address the needs of patients and their families,” said Berry. “The rooms are bright and cheerful, designed to promote a fun and relaxed environment.”

We treat children with a variety of clinical conditions including, sensory processing disorders, cerebral palsy, brain injury, spinal cord injuries, muscular diseases such as muscular dystrophy, and joint diseases such as juvenile arthritis,” said Berry. “We also treat children with hearing disabilities, cleft palate, speech and language delays including stuttering and voice disorders, attention deficit disorder, autism spectrum disorders, and more.”

Baystate Medical Center’s Pediatric Outpatient Rehabilitation Services are part of Baystate Medical Center’s Children’s Hospital, a 110-bed inpatient facility that includes the region’s only pediatric intensive care, intermediate care, and neonatal intensive care units, as well as newborn, pediatric, and adolescent inpatient services.