In Speech-Language Therapy, we work on numerous things to help students share their thoughts with others without struggling. We want them to be able to share their ideas and extend their imagination.
We help them with spelling their first words, as well as completing essays and school projects.
We want students to communicate all of their feelings and be able to talk about challenges and successes. We want them to know how to be a good friend and how to ask for help.
If they have trouble with speech sounds, we work with the students on any underlying restrictions, muscle strength, and coordination. If it is hard, we also teach them how to keep going and when to take a break.
We value the whole family and see how communication affects everyone. We want to support the child, siblings, and parents. We aim for an open and flexible environment.
Abstract reasoning
Articulation therapy
Auditory and language processing
Cognitive training
Communication training
Coping strategies (Mindfulness, Sensory, Talking)
Emotion regulation (Dynamic Emotional Integration)
Empathy training
Executive functioning (Thinking Maps)
Expressive language
Feeding/swallowing
Figurative language
Motor planning (PROMPT)
Oral-motor therapy (Beckman)
Oral-facial releasing
Phonology
Problem solving
Reading comprehension (Visualization/Verbalization)
Receptive language
Social pragmatics (Social Thinking, Language of our Emotions)
Spelling (LiPS, Phonographix)
Word finding
Written expression
Our primary goal in Occupational Therapy is to help people of all age's participate in meaningful activity. In children, this often means we start by evaluating and treating sensory processing and sensory motor skills. By creating an emotionally safe environment for a child to explore and expand their sensory motor experiences, we use a variety of treatment techniques leading the child to more efficient processing. This is inherently the foundation for efficient learning and social behavior. We also directly address skill training to support underlying differences that could be influencing academics and the learning process. In adults, we use Dynamic Body Balancing to restore structural balance in support of efficient neural processing.
With all humans, infants to geriatrics, this balance establishes a grounded foundation to support creative living.
Activities of Daily Living Training (i.e. self-feeding, shoe tying, toileting)
Auditory intervention (we currently use ILS with Bone Conduction and Soundsory). We are also informed by our training in Therapeutic Listening and The Safe and Sound Protocol
Balance training
Bike riding training
Bilateral coordination
Cranial-sacral therapy
Executive function skill training
Fine motor skills
Gross motor skill training
Handwriting intervention (letter identification, letter formation, finger strengthening)
Interactive Metronome
Keyboard training
Neurodevelopmental foundation for academics
Pre-reading skills
Self-regulation (sensory seeking/sensory defensiveness)
Sensory integration
Sensory processing intervention
Social emotional skills
Visual efficiency skill training
Visual-Vestibular Integration
Visual information processing training/Visual perception
Written language training
Sensory Integration and Praxis Test (SIPT) - Susan Tieche, Susie Stern
Integrated Listening Systems (ILS) - Susan Tieche, Susie Stern, Jennifer Asdorian
Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) - Susan Tieche, Susie Stern
Therapeutic Listening - Susan Tieche, Susie Stern
Astronaut Training - Susan Tieche, Susie Stern
Interactive Metronome - Susan Tieche, Susie Stern
Handwriting Without Tears (HWT) - Susan Tieche, Susie Stern
Dynamic Body Balancing (Cranial-Sacral Therapy) - Susan Tieche, Jennifer Asdorian, Susie Stern
Neurodevelopmental Treatment (NDT) - Susie Stern
Mightier for self regulation - www.mightier.com
Dynamic Emotion Integration (DEI) Trainer and Consultant - Jennifer Asdorian
Lindamood-Bell LiPS Program - Jennifer Asdorian
Dynamic Body Balancing (as taught to us by Dr. Carol Phillips) is a therapeutic technique born out of traditional cranial-sacral therapy. Its goal is to release and balance the fascia of the entire body, which allows for the balancing of the nerves and spinal cord. The fascia may be thought of as a single and continuous sheet of connective tissue. This sheet extends without interruption from the top of the head to the tips of the toes. If balance within the fascia is restored, the muscles will re-balance, which will realign the bones, and free up the flow of nerves, blood, and energy channels. It also allows the cerebral-spinal fluid to flow freely in the spinal column and to all the vital organs of the brain. The balancing process is initiated by gentle muscle distraction and a rhythmic movement that allows the innate needs of a client’s body to move and “unwind” any restrictions in the system. Restrictions in the fascia can happen because of in-utero constraint, the birthing process, or during any falls or traumatic accidents.
In addition to being beneficial for pregnant people and newborns, this intervention can be used with any age or diagnosis.