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Enhancing quality of life…
  with therapy for children and adults

Our programs include:

  • Preschool Speech and Sensory Group
  • Handwriting without Tears®
  • Social Skills - Support Groups and Classes
  • Interactive Metronome®
  • Brain Gym® Groups
  • Fast ForWord®

Programs

Preschool Speech and Sensory Group

Class meets two times per week for three hours. One hour each of sensory integration, social skills, speech/language. These classes are led by therapists.

Handwriting without Tears®

Handwriting Without Tears makes legible and fluent handwriting an easy skill for all students. The curriculum uses multi-sensory techniques and consistent habits for letter formation to teach handwriting to all students from Pre-K onward. In addition, HWT provides instructional techniques and activities to help improve a child's self-confidence, pencil grip, body awareness, posture and so much more!

Social Skills - Support Groups and Classes

Friendship Groups, Parent Support Groups, and Pre-School Speech and Sensory Groups. (More about these Social Skill groups...)

Interactive Metronome®

Technology-based training program which improves attention and focus;control of aggression and impulsivity; reading; language processing; and coordination. One on one sessions meet three times per week for five weeks. If you are looking for an alternative approach to assist your child who has ADHD qualities, impulsiveness or excessive rate of speech, please consider Interactive Metronome. We are happy to announce that we have several therapists who are trained in using this approach.

Brain Gym® Groups

Therapeutic activities to "wake up the brain" by moving the body to integrate the left and right brain functions for a task. For those with learning disabilities, focusing, visual skills, and crossing mid-line difficulties. See also BrainGym.org.

therapeutic gym

Fast ForWord®

Computer-based training that helps students of all ages and learning abilities rapidly improve language, reading, and learning skills. A child can gain 1-3 years in language and reading skills in just two months.

More about Fast ForWord from Scientific Learning.

Social Skills - Support Groups

Offered by Dearborn Speech and Sensory Staff

Friendship Groups

These group sessions will focus on:

  1. Awareness of others, feelings, turn-taking, social understandings, and sharing interests.
  2. Qualities and responsibilities of making and keeping friends.
  3. Problem solving.

All of these skills will be practiced through role-playing and fun activities. Groups will be led either by a Pyschologist, Speech-Language Pathologist or Occupational Therapist.