Building All Children, Inc.

The Building All Children mission is to assess, resource, and empower children and their families to build each child’s development and individual learning style. Our Vision is that every family is equipped and empowered to improve each child’s development physically, socially, emotionally, and spiritually. It is our goal to understand the child’s development by completing academic and developmental screenings. We do not diagnose, but we do offer recommendations for handling developmental concerns. We believe that all children are unique and learn differently. We Assess the child to fully understand their overall development. We then help the family by providing Resources to help build and strengthen the child’s specific domains (cognitive, social, emotional, adaptive, fine motor, gross motor, and language). After we connect the family to the appropriate resources we then desire to Empower the family! We believe that the family needs to be encouraged, supported, and guided. This unique part of our program is what sets our program apart from others. Building All Children is not only about the child but we are about the entire family!

Assess- We provide developmental and academic screenings for children. This allows us to understand how each child is molded and created differently. Assessments are completed at the Building All Children office where our Certified Child Development Specialists conduct two to four different types of assessments and/or screenings based on the child’s age. This allows us to observe and document the child’s strengths and areas of struggle. We then share our results with the family and help them better understand their child’s development and learning patterns.

Resource- We meet with the family and help them connect with the appropriate resources in the community. Building All Children has developed this unique follow-up process for families. Following each individual assessment or screening, our staff collaboratively creates an in-depth follow-up report of each child’s unique development, and then resources and/or refers the family accordingly. We connect children, and often their family members, with specialists, therapists, counselors, physicians, academic placement advisors, and other means of developmental assistance unique to their specific set of needs. This process assures the families that they will receive the help they need and desire.

Empower- We desire to empower the families by encouraging, supporting, and guiding them. Building All Children is not only about equipping the child, but the entire family with the resources they need to thrive. We accomplish this by rescreening assessed children and following up regularly with the family to ensure they’re accountable to the provided resources and are receiving appropriately beneficial services. We also empower our families through several programs uniquely developed and/or hosted by Building All Children. “Building Readers” benefits children age five to twelve who are struggling with reading comprehension. We employ a Reading Specialist who implements a custom reading program offering one-on-one tutoring for an hour, twice a week, to each child building reading skills. Building All Children hosts “Talking is Teaching” monthly to encourage and facilitate reading and parent-child interaction. And we host monthly Playgroups designed to encourage and implement socially interactive play through sensory and learning activities.

In addition to assessing, resourcing, and empowering our children and their families, we also utilize verbal outreach to connect with the community. Child Development Specialists, Kendra Morgan and Kristen Wigner frequently facilitate Teacher Workshops, Developing Education events, and Child Development speaking engagements for elementary schools, preschools, caregivers, and childcare centers. This allows Building All Children to reach a greater population of the Metro Tulsa community, and promote child development advocacy.

We currently see approximately 14-18 new children a month. These children are served in conjunction with ongoing services provided to existing families each month. At any given time, we are servicing over 50 children and families. Building All Children has served over 1100 children since inception and plans to reach hundreds more by year-end.