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We approach each case with a focus on discovering a client's strengths rather than their deficits. Therapy centered around gathering information about the strengths the child or young-adult possesses allows families and therapists to develop strategies that best support learning and growth.

We view all children and young adults as having the capacity to think, learn, and understand the world. As Neurodiversity Affirming therapists, we work to grant our clients the tools they need to communicate.

We practice complete respect for bodily autonomy. We do not participate in physical manipulation of client's body during therapy sessions without the client's consent. We utilize the "hand under hand" vs. "hand over hand" strategy when working on motor plans. This strategy allows children and adults to demonstrate their autonomy and remove their hands at their own will.

According to The institute of Patient and Family-Centered Care, the most successful therapy occurs when it is grounded on the mutually beneficial partnership among the individuals receiving care, their families, and their providers. We believe each party holds an equally valuable role in developing goals and outlines for each client.

Rather than focusing on gaining a child's compliance or adherence to therapy expectations, we work with children to regulate their emotions by providing environment and emotional support throughout therapy. For example, if a child demonstrates significant resistance to a task, we seek to modify the activity rather than the resistance behaviors. We teach self-advocacy. 

We approach every session with 'total communication', meaning we are modeling and honoring all forms of communication i.e, verbal language, gestures, facial expressions, Speech Generating Devices, etc.