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Embracing the Power of Family Engagement

Hello everyone! At Totally Kids, we believe in the incredible strength of family engagement in our individual and group activities, particularly in our multi-purpose rooms. These sessions are not just about fun and games; they are about creating meaningful experiences that benefit our residents, families, and staff alike. Let’s delve into why family participation is…

Annual Harvest Festival

This year’s Annual Harvest Celebration was a truly special and magical event. Totally Kids Rehabilitation Hospital held an animated outdoor parade filled with ghouls, princesses, pirates, superheroes, and more! The patients here enjoyed a fun and interactive day full of smiles and surprise characters. Our patients and staff had the opportunity to participate in a…

Annual Easter Party!

On Friday, April 15th, Totally Kids Rehabilitation Hospital held our Annual Easter Party! This year, we had the opportunity to invite 2 family members for each patient and resident to join in on the fun. During the party, participants enjoyed an egg hunt, a petting zoo with several animals, and picture taking with the Easter Bunny. Easter crafts…

Healing NAS Infants at the Totally Infants Program

In July of 2019, Totally Kids Rehabilitation Hospital opened their Totally Infants Program for infants with medically complex conditions upon discharge from a hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. This includes premature infants with various delayed conditions including slow feeding, and infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) who were born dependent on opioids. According to the…

Importance of Developmental Play

At Totally Kids, we have designed a group specifically for infants and children to achieve their Early Childhood Developmental Milestones in the following areas; Play, Cognition, Social, Emotional & Gross Motor Skill. Play can be adapted for any age so that activities/ toys and goals are always age appropriate. It allows the child to…

When Great Things Happen

Totally Kids Receives Donation of HighQ Learning Tablets What a wonderful thing it is to receive great news when you least expect it! This week Totally Kids received a donation of 30 HighQ Learning computer tablets to be utilized by our kids. The tablets were donated by STS Education, a company located in Simi Valley,…

Take a Virtual Field Trip!

Links to Online Resources to Remain Safe at Home Want to do something cool with your kids while staying safe at home? How about accessing live animal cams from one of the best aquariums and zoos in the world, or virtual tours of some of the most popular museums today? Here are some links that…

Coronavirus Update & Continued Preventative Measures

Here we are now in the first week of April, thankful to God that we still have no evidence of the virus on our campus, or among our employees and contractors. Our prayers go out for those in our neighborhoods who are ill. May they recover quickly! Our prayers continue for the children in our…

Coronavirus & Preventative Measures

A brief note to our public about infection prevention at Totally Kids. From: Doug Padgett, President & CEO Every member of our community has a responsibility to protect ourselves and our loved ones from illness that can be prevented. Good information is available and we must educate ourselves to this latest concern about the Corona…

Acute Graduation Parties

Graduation parties thrown at our Acute department, are our way to honor and celebrate patients for all of their hard work and accomplishments throughout their rehabilitation stay before they are discharged. Patients chose the kind of goodies and flavors that are their favorites- cake, cupcakes, ice cream, pizza and drinks. Families and staff members are…