there's a special place in Orlando
that's giving hope to dozens of families
some of them have even moved from other
cities and countries so that their child
has a better quality of life and we're
talking about the conductive education
center of Orlando a place for kids and
adults with cerebral palsy and other
motor skills helping them learn and
Excel new six at nine Karolina Cardona
saw firsthand how the nonprofit is
impacting their lives and she joins us
now and what's unique about this Center
Karolina so many things you guys it's
one of very few places that combines
teaching social motor and communication
skills with academics in essence these
students are learning some of the most
important daily skills like using a
toilet learning how to bring the spoon
to their mouth or how to say words and
numbers
sico was founded in 2001 and since then
it's been transforming the lives of
families in Central Florida we took a
tour and we're like wow we found our
home we're gonna move so we we packed up
moved from Miami to Orlando
six years ago Claudia cater and her
family found renewed hope at conductive
education center of Orlando her son
Tasha is part of the yellow class where
students with cerebral palsy or a
neurological disorder are placed in a
laying position one of two programs
within the class they are in Lane
position that's the easiest position to
practice movement and then once they
master in Lane position then they can
use it in other positions they practice
how to grab hold bring their arms up and
stand all while they sing a tune being
here is giving us hope it's not just
giving hope it's showing them it's
teaching them that they can do it it's
giving them the skills it's the positive
reinforcement
sico is getting results for kids and
adults with motor disabilities through a
method developed in Hungary with
intensive training they help students
strengthen their muscles and form new
connections in the brain you have a
child with disabilities most often
they're in a wheelchair well not at seco
they are motivated and stimulated to be
active and happy and when they come in
that door in the morning they know that
they're in a happy place
Vicki Raymond and her husband started
seco after their son was born three
months premature and
suffered brain damage sico combines
conductive education programs with
academics at the purple class high
school-age students learn about science
they also engage in life skills like
folding laundry and emptying the
dishwasher it is motivating them it's
fun and that makes them very successful
that's very important for them to feel
that I can do this this is what I did
all by myself
I see him doing this program called mine
play and he's saying I can and he can
find the word can I'm like wow my son
can do that we hear all of our lives
what our kids can't do that they're not
gonna be able to when you come to see Co
you know that they can do things we see
it we hear it and you can envision that
they have a bright future ahead of them
and I surely can attest to that because
yesterday we had that opportunity to see
firsthand what they do there and it's
absolutely amazing
now Seco also offers after-school
programs programs for infants and many
more later this year they expect to
start the adult program full-time for
adults up to 40 years old Seco is a
non-profit private school of choice
students enrolled qualify for the
Gardner and Mackay scholarship funding
which is provided through the state
throughout the year the central fund
raises to raise $6,000 per student
scholarship for every child attending
the school program now I do have some
stats here that says that 98% of their
students receive either the Mackay
student scholarship or other financial
aid support which is great because then
at the end of the day the families don't
really pay much that's incredible
and of course you have the link to their
website so if you want also donate and
help however you can there's also that
yeah they also receive donations not
just monetary donations but also
donations for the school like supplies
things that they will need for their
daily programs so it's definitely worth
looking into and you know lending a
helping hand wonderful Thank You
Karolina