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A Total Approach consists of a group of dedicated professionals, occupational therapists, speech language pathologist, and physical therapist, who all strive to work with each client in a holistic manner. We believe that each client has the ability to learn in his/her own unique way and we continuously search for those programs that would assist us in finding the additional pieces of the puzzle we need to make the service to our population more effective.

We mostly work with children from ages 0 to 18, though adults are also seeking out our sound therapy/sensory integration programs. Our services include working with children with all kinds of developmental delays, spectrum disorders (Autism etc.), learning disorders (reading and writing), Cerebral Palsy, Torticollis, Traumatic Brain Injury, Down Syndrome, Dyspraxia and children who are challenged socially-emotionally, though it is not limited to these larger categories. We offer a wide array of different programs that makes it easy for parents to come to one place for many of the needs of their child. All our therapists are cross-trained to ensure a functional team approach to all our children.

Services Offered

Upcoming Seminars

  • Balametrics– Balametrics products and therapies improve the organization of the brain on a foundational level enabling you to address the roots of your child's brain processing problems, rather than just the symptoms, freeing your child to achieve lasting success.
  • Captain's Log – Captain's Log's is a computer based program that consists of fun, challenging exercises to motivate your clients while stimulating the areas of the brain that are responsible for cognitive abilities - attention, impulse control, memory, conceptual reasoning, visual and auditory processing, and more.
  • Creative Expressions Drama Social Skills Groups – Groups consisting of 6 children each, between the ages of 9 and 12, who struggle with social skills at school, making and maintaining friendships, have difficulty understanding who they are, having an adequate sense of self, taking in and understanding the perspective of others and experiences difficulty with self expression.
  • Developmental, Individual Differences, Relationship Based Model (DIR®/Floortime™) – The exciting work of developing the child's mind to incorporate flexibility, shared opinion, gray area thinking, improve non-verbal and verbal communication and facilitate learning and problem solving through emotional experiences and pretend play skills.
  • Infant Massage – A 5 week program designed to teach parents and caregivers how to massage their babies using techniques developed by Vimala McClure. Our certified educators of infant massage(CEIM) have been trained and certified by Infant Massage USA, the official organization endorsed by the International Association of Infant Massage.
  • Infant Wellness program– This program is born from increasing pressure of the special needs community with regards to early diagnosis as well as providing families with practical tools for their newborn.
  • IntensivePrograms/ Out of state clients - Any combination of our programs specifically designed for each individual child according to their individual needs from 1 to 4 weeks.
  • Interactive Metronome – This innovative computer-based program consists of listening to the beat of a metronome through headphones, while applying sequential, motor actions with the hands and feet to achieve outcome in motor planning, sequencing, rhythmiticity and timing, skills necessary for playing sports, reading and social skills, amongst others.
  • Irlen Syndrome – Irlen Syndrome is a visual hypersensitivity to light difficulty that affects many children on the spectrum, dyslexics, as well as children with other learning differences.
  • The Listening Program– TLP is a music-based auditory stimulation method. It helps to improve brain function, reduce stress, and trains the brain in the auditory skills needed to effectively listen, learn, and communicate. The primary purpose of TLP is to bring the auditory system into balance.
  • Physical Therapy – A trained masters level therapy program that embraces developmental theory, while incorporating sensory integration and relationship based modalities, while focusing on core muscle development, including muscle tone, strength, range of motion, and postural control.
  • The P.L.A.Y Project– A cost-effective way to provide community-based interventions for children with autism. Parents and professionals learn effective ways to provide home-based programs woven into a clinically supervised framework.
  • Sensory Integration (Occupational Therapy)– The ability of the body to take in stimuli from the environment through the different senses (vestibular, auditory, visual, tactile, proprioceptive, olfactory, oral), be able to process the information effectively through the central nervous system, and produce an adaptive, functional response in a time efficient manner.
  • Sensory-Motor Social Groups – Two professionals work with groups of no more than 6 children to facilitate learning and functional adaptation through motor movement based on sensory integration principles, while also using the principles of DIR®/Floortime™ to improve social skills.
  • Speech Language Pathology – A trained masters level therapy program that works on specifically speech and communication through a variety of methods, including oral-motor, speech, articulation, assistive technology, as well as work on social and peer relationships.
  • Summer Programs– Our summer programs have changed and include five innovating new programs; Creative Expressions, Accelerated Learning , *NEW* Alphabet Learning Program, Sensory Integration and Combined Therapy.
  • Therapeutic Listening– An individualized sound therapy home program that consists of listening to modulated music through headphones with an appropriate sensory diet, designed by a trained therapist to achieve functional outcomes in skills of everyday living.
  • Tomatis Training – A highly individualized sound therapy that consists of listening to filtered music through headphones in a center based program with occupational therapy to achieve dramatic functional outcomes in all areas of sensory processing.
  • Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment– TPBA is functional approach to assessing/working with children 0-6 years of age in a more cost effective way for the families we serve. Toni. W. Linder has done a most amazing work in designing this wonderful, non-threatening play based approach to assessment.

Our Newest Programs

Summer Programs

Space is limited, so call Joyce at 484 840 1529 to show your interest in these wonderful Extended School Year & Summer Programs

Keep watching our website for more information on upcoming program additions including:

  • Neurofeedback
  • Tomatis pregnancy program
  • Dyslexia correction program
"At ATA, I'm no longer alone. I no longer have to figure everything out for myself. I have open, willing collaborators who are always available to help me keep my son's treatment program at an optimum place."

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