by Gwen Davis

Dynamic Partners, a Kent-based organization that provides therapeutic services to children with disabilities, will expand into Burien’s Prudential Northwest Realty building next summer.

Prudential has moved to Olde Burien.

The new facility will house two branches of the Dynamic Partners consortium – the Children’s Therapy Center (CTC) and the Stabilizing Pressure Input Orthosis (SPIO).

“We were looking for ways to treat more kids and we needed more space,” said Patrice Briggs, community relations spokesperson for Dynamic Partners (formerly Dynamic Family Services). “We see so many kids in the area that we have a hefty waiting list.”

Two floors of the building have been renovated. The first floor will provide for CTC, while the second floor will house SPIO.

Dynamic Partners first purchased the new facility at the end of 2010.

The plan is to move 20-25 employees into the new Burien location and to hire an additional 20 new employees.

Last July, Dynamic Partners received a $575,000 award from the state to develop the new $4 million multi-service pediatric center.

Currently, CTC has offices in Kent and Tacoma, as well as a portable in the Highline School District. This expansion will boost the number of kids served in Burien from 1,140 to 1,585, according to Briggs.

Dynamic Partners serves children with a wide variety of disabling conditions including cerebral palsy, spina bifida, Down syndrome, cancer, muscular dystrophy, blindness, deafness, autism, strokes, traumatic brain injury and developmental delays.

Large percentages of the 2,127 children served in 2010 are low-income, from families color, are non-English speaking or are from single-parent homes.

CTC caters to families in South King County. Services include early intervention and parent training. The center’s goal is to maximize the potential of children with disabilities in order to help them presently while decreasing their need for future services.

Additionally, parents and caregivers fully participate in the therapy and education programs, so that the child’s program can be carried on at home.

The types of services offered include physical, occupational, speech, feeding, aquatic, hippo on horseback, early intervention, preschool, social skills, orthotic systems and compression garments.

Dynamic Partners, in addition to hosting the Children’s Therapy Center and the Stabilizing Pressure Input Orthosis, also parents the South King Early Intervention Program, Dynamic Orthotic Systems and Dynamic Labs.

Aside from the socially interactive therapy, the organization manufactures retail products to be of use to children with disabilities. Products include foot, ankle, hand and torso orthotics.

SPIO also makes a compression garment, which helps children with stability and proprioceptive deficits.

Dynamic Partners will treat all children, regardless of ability to pay.

This past year, the organization provided nearly $2 million in financial assistance, both in reduced rates of care and uncompensated care, according to Briggs. Last year, the organization provided 32,000 therapy sessions.

One of the organization’s primary goals is to provide all services that a child with a disability might need.

“We like to say we are a one-stop-shop,” Briggs said.

The new facility is located at 127 S.W. 156th St.