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Extended School Year & Summer Programs

Summer Programs

Each program is individualized to the child's profile, according to the child's needs as well as parent preferences. See how your child can grow in a relatively short time with intensive programming!

If you are interested in any of the following programs, please contact Joyce at (484) 840-1529

Programs being offered for Summer 2011:

Click on any of the Programs listed above for more information about each.

2011 Summer Programs at ATA

Sensory Integration / Reflex Integration Intensives

  • Could be either two or three hour a day intensives for periods of 10 days
  • Intensive work on tactile integration a crucial building block for motorplanning / praxis
  • Includes postural and dynamic reflex training for all levels of motor skill development To Top ^

OT / PT / SLP Intensives

  • Two hours each day for 10 to 15 days
  • Depending on the child’s profile, combination of all three therapies
  • Very much a basic building block type of program with some elements of higher functioning, such as speech To Top ^

SLP / PROMPT Intensives

  • 10 day, 2 hour a day speech intensive
  • Program depends on speech profile of each child
  • PROMPT requires advanced training in a tactile cueing method that entrains specific speech patterns
  • Could be only language, only PROMPT, or combination of bothTo Top ^

Accelerated Learning Program (ALP)

  • Depending on needs of child
  • to 3 hours a day for period of 10 or 15 days
  • One hour PT/OT with sound therapy
    One hour Interactive Metronome for rhythmicity and timing, motor planning
    One hour Captain’s Log for building active working memory, attention, logical thinkingTo Top ^

Auditory Processing

  • Crucial building block for setting up central nervous system to cope with environment
  • Crucial building block for developing speech and language
  • 10 day, 2 hour a day program that involves working with an auditory trainer (electronic device) in combination with a sound program
  • Activities include dichotic listening tasksTo Top ^

Sound Therapy

  • Tomatis sound Training Programs with OT/PT Intensive work
  • Depending on individual needs of the child
  • 3 intensives consisting of 1x 15 days, 2x 8 days
  • Child comes to center 2 hours each day
  • Most intensive program at ATA and crucial to setting the foundationTo Top ^

DIR / Floortime Intensives

  • 10 day program, 2 hours daily
  • Sets up the important natural ability of the parent to relate to the child
  • Parent enters the treatment program as a play partner and learns hands on which techniques to use in order to enhance his/her child’s embracing of the relationship in order to be available for learningTo Top ^

Feeding Programs

  • Could be group or individualized
  • 2 sessions each week for a period of 5 weeks
  • If group 2 hours, if individual 1 hour program
  • Focus on what are triggers for the child, what level of building block to start treatment
  • Parent training includedTo Top ^

Voice / Vocal Training

  • 10 day intensives of two hours each day
  • Focus on voice projection and ability to hear own voice
  • Combination of mechanical work through electronic device, sound therapy and voice training with a music therapistTo Top ^

Reading Programs

  • TNT Reading Program for Kindergarten and First Grade
  • 1 hour a day for 10 or 15 days depending on the profile of the child

or

  • Second grade reader and up Cellfield Reading Program
  • Reading assessment that includes reading, auditory processing, visual and auditory attention and ocular-motor testing
  • Phase 1: 1 hour per day over 10 days, computer based
  • Phase 2: 1 hour per week over 10 weeks to work on reading rate, accuracy and fluency
  • Re-assessmentTo Top ^

Emotional Processing Intensives

  • We must not forget the importance of developing a self concept or a sense of self with so many developmental delays in one body
  • 10 day, 2 hour a day intensives
  • Work through emotional themes with a play therapist using different modalities including sand tray

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