Our Services.

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Speech/Language Pathologists (SLP) provide comprehensive evaluations and treatment services for children with communication challenges including:

• Articulation/Phonological disorders 
• Childhood Apraxia of Speech
• Receptive and Expressive Language Disorders
• Auditory Processing Disorders
• Fluency (stuttering)
• Communication difficulties secondary to Autism Spectrum Disorder

Occupational Therapists (OT) evaluate and treat children, focusing on both their strengths and deficits that impact participation in daily activities.  Our team uses a relationship and play-based approach, promoting the fullest engagement for each child in sessions while addressing:
 

• Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
• Ocular Motor and Visual Perceptual Skills
• Sensory Processing and Integration
• Sensory-Based Feeding Difficulties
• Breast and Bottle Feeding
• Oral Motor Skills
• Motor Development in babies, toddlers, and school-aged children
• Neurological Impairments

Physical Therapists provide evaluations  and treatment for a wide range of pediatric gross motor deficits including:

• ​Congenital, development, neuromuscular, skeletal and acquired disorders
• Toe Walking
• Torticollis and Plagiocephaly
• Balance, whole body coordination skills, motor planning skills
• Strength/Endurance Deficits
• Gait training, running, complex motor plans (i.e.,galloping, skipping, hopping)
• Muscle tightness and joint contractures

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a therapy based on the science of learning and behavior.
Behavior analysis helps us to understand:

• How behavior works
• How behavior is affected by the environment
• How learning takes place

ABA therapy applies our understanding of how behavior works to real situations. The goal is to increase behaviors that are helpful and decrease behaviors that are harmful or affect learning.

• ABA therapy programs can help:
  Increase language and communication skills
• Improve attention, focus, social skills, memory, and academics 
• Decrease problem behaviors

All ABA services at Building Bridges are provided and/or supervised by a Licensed and Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). 

Our team of psychologists will help you identify issues and understand the most effective programs and interventions to meet your child’s educational and therapeutic needs.  In addition, they offer support for parents, siblings and other caregivers to manage their own concerns and anxieties in order to effectively balance and improve both family dynamics and your child’s success.   We specialize in:

• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• ADHD
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Learning Disabilities
• Behavior Issues
• Oppositional Defiance
• Parent Support
• Sibling support

When mealtime is a source of constant worry, we can help. Building Bridges Occupational Therapists have specific training to use techniques to help your child feel safe while exploring food.  

Our pediatric feeding specialties include:

• Infants with latching/breathing issues
• Medically fragile feeding
• Failure to thrive
• Nutrition concerns due to severely limited food preferences
• Problem Feeders with limited foods 
• Frequent mealtime meltdowns

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) are communication methods used to supplement or replace speech for those with impairments in the production of spoken language. AAC is used by those with a wide range of speech and language challenges. 

It is used to express thoughts, needs, wants, and ideas. People with severe speech or language problems rely on AAC to supplement existing speech or replace speech that is not functional.

AAC methods include:

• iPad apps
• "Talker" devices
• Picture Boards

Music Therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music to accomplish individualized goals. A Services are based on the individual needs of each client and their abilities, noting preferences, and priorities.  Music is a great tool to increase and improve functional skills concerning adaptation and participation in real-life experiences.  Plus, it's just fun! Music Therapy can enhance: 

• Social skills
• Communication skills
• Motor skills
• Sensory integration
• Emotional balance
• Academic/cognitive functioning

 A good support system is essential for children  managing autism, and other issues.  The question is...who is supporting that support system? 

The challenges are real for the entire family. 

Our psychological team works not only with children managing their issues, but their parents and siblings who often feel guilty for needing time away, or expressing their feelings.

We're here to provide strategies for managing:

• Emotional /physical exhaustion
• Anxiety 
• Feelings of being overwhelmed