Ouachita Child Enrichment Center

"My son has gone to the center for about 4 months and my family and I absolutely love it. The staff has been extremely helpful when I have had questions and they are very big on parent involvement. They send us a calendar monthly with upcoming events and lunch menus to keep parents in the loop and allow them an opportunity to be involved. They use an app called brightwheel which also gives you a way to communicate with them as well as track your child’s day- (diaper change, naps, meal (how much they ate), etc. They have worked with my son to help him with some of the areas he is developmentally behind in and he has shown so much improvement in just the last 4 months. My son is 2 and has struggled with speech amongst other things. And within 4 months of going here, he can tell me he loves me. The first time he did, I cried because that was one of my personal goals I was hoping to gain from his experience at the enrichment center. He’s added many new words to his vocabulary and has even started using utensils more often. All of the things we tried to help him with and were unsuccessful with, they have been able to work with him one on one, and it’s helped him tremendously as well as us. He is less frustrated and able to communicate his needs better with us and in the end, that in and by itself is a huge benefit of the enrichment center for us as a family. I’ve been able to talk to his therapists, his teachers, and the administrators and they all work hand in hand and it just makes all the difference! I really also wish I could shine a bright light on his teachers- his teachers are so patient with him and have worked with him so well and he has built that trust with them that is needed. As a parent, first of all- it’s hard not to beat yourself up if your child is behind but it’s even harder when you realize it’s a bigger problem than you even thought, and you need some extra help and that’s where the enrichment center comes in! They work with your child, give you tools to help them at home, and get them in a routine very similar to a school setting which is so so important!"

"My child was put in ants, he started to come home telling me that the TEACHER & aide would make fun of him whenever he had in accident, he would come home haven't ate, man this is the worse school ever."