Occupational Therapy

CSLL Occupational Therapists provide a range of therapeutic approaches tailored to meet each child's functional needs. 

Therapy begins with a comprehensive assessment evaluation that includes visual perception, fine and gross motor skills, cognitive function, self-care, and sensory processing skills.

Our Occupational Therapists are specially trained in addressing developmental challenges, and designing therapeutic activities that promote function and comprehensive development. They implement relevant sensory-motor intervention strategies and developmentally appropriate activities, creating an environment that helps regulate your child's sensory system. OT services are provided on a continuum to adapt to a child's evolving needs. Additionally, when appropriate, training and materials for home programming are offered.

Following a comprehensive assessment, 

our occupational therapy services focus on enhancing:

- Executive Function Skills: attention, organizational,   

time management, flexibility skills, etc.

- Sensory Processing Skills: feeding sensitivities, 

individual sensory diets

- Hand Function/Fine Motor Skills

- Motor Planning Skills, and Therapeutic  Exercise 

- Gross Motor Coordination, Sensory Gym

- Core and Postural Stability

- Visual Perceptual Skills

- Integrated Listening System

- Activities of Daily Living: Feeding, Dressing

- Instrumental Activities of Daily Living: 

play, cooking, household tasks, school tasks, social skills

- Needed Assistive Technology Devices and Supports

In addition to Occupational Therapy, we also offer Speech Therapy services to further support your child's development.

CSLL Speech Language Pathologists are highly trained and experienced in assessing and treating communication disorders. 

Speech-Language therapy occurs through regular appointments and a family partnership. Our SLP create an intervention that is interesting, motivating, and developmentally appropriate for each individual's communication goals. Children receive regular updated plans of care as well as a detailed comprehensive evaluation yearly, demonstrating growth and recommending the next course of action. 

Assessment drives intervention. Our speech therapy professionals employ standardized tests, language and speech analysis, and holistic speech and language assessments to fully understand each child in the environments where they live and learn. Using skilled observation of the child’s communication techniques and comparisons with data from other same-age and background children, we diagnose various communication disorders, including: 

- Expressive Language, such as grammar, vocabulary, language organization, late talkers, and nonverbal individuals.

- Receptive Language, encompassing listening and understanding. 

- Written Language, including spelling, punctuation, and organization 

- Phonological Awareness, a language-based cause of Dyslexia 

- Social Communication, with or without a diagnosis of Autism.

- Phonology, addressing intelligibility, articulation, 

and speech sound accuracy 

- Fluency Disorder, including stuttering and cluttering 

- Reading Disorder, covering decoding, encoding, 

and grammatical study of words 

- Any of the above communication disorders in children who have a bilingual or multilingual background. 

In collaboration with occupational therapists and other professionals, our speech language pathologist work closely with to provide:

- Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Devices to support the child in using visual symbols to communicate.