Testimonials

"I am a full-time mother and housewife. It works out perfectly for me to have them come to my home. They always give us examples of how to deal with her behavior, speech, and learning."

"They help us learn parenting skills that are individually suited to our child. This is valuable. All people should be so lucky."

"The most valuable part is service coordination, getting my son what he needs and to the doctor he needs to see."

"We have learned and grown as parents because of the Klaras Children's Center ECI."

"They are interested in our whole family, making sure we get what we need."

"...My son has many problems. My husband had a hard time accepting that Benjamin is not like other children his age. I felt so responsible and that if I just took him to enough therapy sessions, he'd get better. But every time we even got near the clinic door, Benny would scream to the top of his lungs. The physical therapist suggested that coming more often would help Benny get used to being in a strange situation faster. I started bringing him three times a week for PT and also twice a week for speech therapy. Benny spent all five times screaming. Then one of the therapists suggested we call the Klaras Center ECI. They see the kids at home, so maybe Benjamin could handle this better. From the first time my Klaras team came out, I felt I had found the answer. Not only did Benny not scream, but the people from Klaras showed me things I could do with my son that would help him walk and talk. Now I feel like I'm helping Benny all the time. He's getting better through everything we do everyday like kicking his legs in the bathtub and telling me with pictures what he wants for lunch. And the best part, my husband has talked to the counselor from Klaras and he feels like we're all going to be okay..."

"...Klaras made me feel I was the one who could help my child. I had always dreamed of being a mother and when Kayla was born with all her problems, I felt so defeated, like I would never be able to care for her like the doctors and therapists in the hospital. But the staff at Klaras Center showed me how what we did with Kayla at home helped her learn what she needed to learn. They pointed out the positives in what I did where all I saw were negatives. They gave me good ideas and showed me some things to try. I was finally able to reach my dream. I am Kayla's mom, and what I can do for her is most important..."

"...When the Klaras Center team first came out to meet with Paul, his dad, and me, I was so upset. I felt like such a failure. Paul did so many strange things and my family acted like it was something I did wrong--that he wouldn't eat anything but stage one baby food even though he was almost two because I didn't cook good enough or because I didn't make him try new foods. They said he wouldn't look at me because I wasn't strict enough on him and he wouldn't wear his shoes because I didn't force the issue early on. I was a nervous wreck and I figured the professionals would blame me, too. But that's not what happened at all. The Klaras people came into my house, sat down with us, asked about our concerns and how things went during our day. They were truly interested in our family and we all worked together to figure out ways we could help Paul get better. They also offered some explanations as to why Paul did some of the things he did which helped me talk to my family about it. I don't feel like everything is my fault now and Paul is so much better. Just the other day, I caught myself thinking I'm a good mom. I can just hear my early intervention specialist clapping for me..."

"...It may sound strange to you, but the thing I really wanted to be able to do was take my child to the grocery store with me. I'm a single parent and I'm young so I live with my parents. They really have supported me and Jacob and don't make me get a job to support myself or my son. But they do want me to help out with chores like getting groceries. Jacob was born with a metabolic problem that affects his speech and his behavior. He's kind of wild and doesn't like to have to sit still. My early intervention specialist says he has good gross motor and boy does he ever--all over the H-E-B. He won't ride in the cart and yells if I grab his hand. I feel like such a bad mom when all those old ladies in the store look at me. When I told Klaras Center that I wanted to be able to survive the grocery store with Jacob, they didn't even laugh. It's like they totally understood, and they even went with me. My mom told them they were some brave ladies to do that! They showed me how to get Jacob to cooperate better and now I feel like the grocery store is so fun. Of course, all my friends think I'm so weird, but that's okay. Jacob is doing great and he even says "Mama" now..."

"...My child had been kicked out of six child cares so far and he was only two. I was running out of options. I had missed so much work, I just knew I would be fired. The lady at the last child care was not the nicest lady in the world when she described what Tobey had done to a classmate, but she did tell me about Klaras Children's Center ECI. I'm grateful to her for that. Tobey was out of control and would hit for what seemed like no good reason, but the folks at the Klaras Center helped me look at his behavior in a different light. Tobey wasn't a mean or bad kid, he was just overly sensitive and over-reacted to what most kids paid no attention to. They taught me some rubbing exercises to do with him to calm him down, and also taught the teachers at child care number seven to use these exercises to get him to not hit the other children. They helped me come up with a picture system to use to prepare Tobey for what comes next in his day--at home and at child care. Tobey seems so much happier. He's using his words more now that he's calmer and his teacher at this new child care really likes him..."