Burbank Center For The Retarded is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 230 E. Amherst Drive, Burbank, California CA. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
Parents praise the center's specialized programs for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, highlighting skilled staff, engaging activities, and focus on life skills training. However, some reviewers report poor phone communication and one account of dismissive customer service from administrative staff.
My sister attends BCR in Burbank and of all the programs she has attended thus far in Los Angeles, BCR has proven the finest. I say this because their focus is entirely built upon instilling the skills and training necessary for adults with disabilities to become self-sufficient. The only struggle we have is transportation to BCR as we don’t reside in Burbank and commute there daily because we believe in this program. My sister is so happy at BCR because she is learning to do things on her own and we are ever so grateful and could not recommended this program enough.
Their staff are extremely rude and standoffish. When calling them, they treat all questions as invasive attacks and refuse to provide even the most general of information. This was strange, since I was interested in learning if my brother could benefit from their programs. Their director of program services Sarah Nitsico, when emailed, reached out to my university and falsely accused me of "fraudulently impersonating someone with a disabled relative." Despite my best efforts to explain the truth to her, she has refused to so much as apologize for her actions. To think asking some general questions as an interested, potential client is grounds for such treatment, makes me worry how the actual people under their care are treated. There are far better options out there, and the BCR needs major fundamental changes before I begin to consider giving them my business again.
Program for Special Needs. Both children and adults. They have activities for every ability. They go out often: baseball, movies, music, dances. VERY friendly people. I can't say enough!
A real person does not often answer the incoming phone calls. In March 2025 i was transferred to an extension where again nobody picked up. It is not very good.
This is a great place for training events. They have a day program as well. Friendly staff. Five stars.