GRAND OPENING!
Pediatric Sensory and Rehab Gym
It is our goal to provide a nurturing and welcoming community environment where children and their families feel at home. We feel that by fostering this community & family relationship, it will enable the children to grow and flourish. We currently provide services to children from 0-21 years of age. Our mission is to educate families in the importance of motor development and how to achieve developmental milestones and to assist children in gaining their highest level of independence.
We offer a community environment with a large open gym space as well as individual treatment rooms. Our vision is to work with other healthcare providers and offer families another type of therapeutic setting designed to optimize the growth and development of their children, especially when parents feel a home setting is restricting their child’s development. Our gym space includes multiple pieces of equipment specialized to fit children, child’s size climbing walls, various swings, and room to explore.
We Are Growing!
Come check us out at our new location!
620 Dr. Calvin Jones Hwy, Ste 200 Wake Forest, NC 27587
The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department offers a variety of enriching programs tailored specifically for citizens with special needs.
Family Game Night
Friday, Jan. 27; 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Wake Forest Community House, 133 Owen Ave.
Enjoy a fun-filled evening playing board games with the whole family. We provide a library of games for you to enjoy or you can bring your own if you’d like. Bring your favorite snack and concessions will also be available for purchase. Come enjoy plenty of fun and laughter with all of us! Pre-registration is required.
Special Needs Valentine Party
Saturday, Feb. 11; 2-4 pm
Wake Forest Community House, 133 Owen Ave.
The Town of Wake Forest invites our youth with special needs and their siblings to celebrate Valentine’s Day. The party will feature music, crafts, games, and refreshments. Drop in for a game of BINGO and try your luck at winning a prize! Pre-registration is required.
Dream League Baseball
April- June (Registration Feb. 1-28)
Heritage High Park, 1140 Forestville Road
Dream League Baseball is designed for school-age participants with special needs. League games are played on Saturdays from late April through early June at Heritage High Park. Registration is held throughout the month of February each year, and all registration will be held online.
Merry Christmas!
Nathan’s Dream Bedroom by Special Spaces of the Triangle
Nathan has been selected as the newest recipient of a bedroom makeover from Special Spaces of the Triangle!
Special Spaces of the Triangle is a local chapter of a nonprofit that creates dream bedrooms for children with life threatening illnesses. They will be redoing Nathan’s room on March 28th and need your help.
Nathan is a two year old little boy from Louisburg, NC who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy or SMA, Type 1. SMA is a degenerative muscular disease that prohibits Nathan from being able to roll, sit, stand, move his limbs or speak. Eventually, Nathan will lose the ability to swallow and breathe as this disease affects all of his muscles.
Nathan’s journey began eight years ago, long before he was born, with the birth of his sister Jocelyn. It was then that Nathan’s parents learned they were both carriers of the gene for SMA and that Jocelyn was affected. 1 in 37 people are carriers of the SMA gene and it takes two carriers to have an affected child. Nathan’s parents were told that their daughter would not live to her second birthday. They saw a genetic counselor and were advised that every child they had would have the potential to be impacted by SMA. Jocelyn passed away at age 4 ½.
Since Jocelyn’s passing, the family has grown to include Trey who is now 4, Nathan who is now 2, and Asher who is 3 months old. Though Trey and Asher are unaffected by SMA, Nathan’s parents received the news that he had SMA when he was 6 weeks old.
Despite being non-verbal, Nathan is able to communicate his likes and dislikes to his parents in other ways. His eyes light up as he holds his baby brother, or as his big brother holds his hand. Nathan is completely aware of people and his surroundings, and has the likes and wants of the average 2 year old. He just has to do things very differently and with a lot of help.
Special Spaces of the Triangle will be building a custom bed and space for Nathan in his parent’s master bedroom, close to their watchful eyes. In addition, we will be creating a colorful play/therapy space with special accommodations for Nathan that is also appropriate for his two brothers to play and learn together.
Special Spaces of the Triangle creates dream bedrooms for children with life threatening illnesses: a place that only the child can imagine and a place to go when battling a serious illness offering both peace and comfort. We complete the entire makeover in just one day and we are 100% volunteer and donation based. For more information please go to www.facebook.com/specialspacesofthetriangle.
We need your help to turn Nathan’s room into a place of comfort and security. Our goal is to complete the makeover on March 28th, so please donate today to help make Nathan’s life a little brighter. Thank you for taking the time to hear Nathan’s story.
Special Needs Valentine Party
The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department will host a Special Needs Valentine Party on Saturday, Feb. 7, from 6-8 p.m. at the Wake Forest Community House, 133 W. Owen Ave.
Featuring music, crafts, games, refreshments and prizes, this event will offer exceptional children and their families the opportunity to celebrate Valentine’s Day in a safe and accepting environment.
The cost is $10 per child but parents and caretakers are admitted free. Pre-registration is required. To register, visit http://
Things are looking a little different around here!
We want to make sure our clients get the best service possible. To make your experience with us even easier, we’ve partnered with Redwood Productions to bring you a new and improved, easy-to-use website. Let us know what you think!
