Special Kids Foundation

Our goal is to build a centrally located facility within Eastern Contra Costa County to include a building and grounds which will encompass the following:

•  Office spaces for the satellite use of child and family therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, nutritionists, behaviorists and play therapists, speech and language therapists, and children’s legal advocates.
•  Parent Resource Center complete with lending library containing educational literature, research materials, legal resource materials, children’s educational toys, literature, and support materials, occupational therapy materials, sensory integration materials, and access to pamphlets, other organizations, workshop and conference opportunities.
•  Computer Center with a full bank of internet ready computers with printing capability for parents to utilize for research and information gathering purposes.
•  Therapy and Social Play rooms equipped with structures and play equipment built with full accessibility for every special needs child’s specific requirements.
•  Universal Abilities Playground - Outdoor play area built with specific physical characteristics making it accessible to all special needs children, and secured for the complete safety of those children, and their unique requirements.
•  Nutrition Center/Kitchen offering samples of the dietary products/nutritional supplements available for the latest diets recommended for children with specific nutritional and dietary needs, complete with cookbooks, pamphlets, and resource materials to go along with the samples.
•  Meeting/Conference Rooms to accommodate both the regular support group meetings in a warm, comfortable and nurturing environment, and the occasional conference or seminar offered onsite to parents for furthering their education about their child’s specific disability.
•  Meeting Rooms to facilitate a more neutral ground for holding I.E.P. meetings, or other meetings with educational or medical professionals. Possible sites for sibling support group meetings as well.
•  Childcare or Respite care giving rooms to allow for parents to leave their special needs and their typical children for a few hours break from the demands of being a special needs child’s parent.
•  Office space for the organizational/planning and upkeep of the academy.
•  A.D.A. equipped restrooms, ramps, doorways, and rooms throughout the facility.
•  Aquatics Center/Indoor Pool to facilitate swimming and Aqua-Therapy for those children who would benefit from it.
•  Media center for the educational and recreational use of both the parents and children who use the facility.
•  Disability-friendly grounds to enjoy outside the walls of the actual academy (park-like walks, fountains, trees, grassy areas, benches, meditation areas).