Helpful Information

Referrals are accepted but not required. Your doctor will receive updates on care annually, or as needed/requested.

Play Based Therapy uses toys or activities of interest to the child with embedded language or articulation targets. Play is a powerful tool that allows children to learn and practice skills in a way that is natural to them.

Parent involvement is crucial as children spend most of their time with their family. If skills are only practiced during therapy sessions 1 - 2 times a week functional outcomes are less likely. A parents understanding of therapy targets and how to practice them in structured (i.e. during therapy) and unstructured activities (i.e. at the grocery store) increases the speed and efficacy of therapeutic outcomes.

Weekly correspondence will be conduced via written and verbal communication. New Leaf will also aim to complete initial evaluation sessions and re-evaluation sessions in the home environment to provide face to face communication. Additionally, families are also able to request in home sessions at any time which will be accommodated based on that weeks availability.

The duration of therapy varies greatly from child to child. When beginning services, we advise families to plan for at least a year. As therapy progresses, more accurate estimations can be provided based on speed of skill acquisition, diagnosis, and carry over to daily activities.

Evaluations are 1 hour and treatment sessions are 45 minutes.

Therapy sessions can be conducted at your home, your childs’ daycare or other appropriate venues such as a play ground or alternate caregivers home. In addition, session location can be flexible based on the childs’ need. For example, skills can be trained at home, and then a session can take place at an alternate location to determine if they are able to use what they learned at home in another natural environment. Additionally, if your child is usually seen at daycare, a home visit can be arranged to allow for face to face time with the therapist and to complete progress monitoring to ensure trained skills are integrating into the home environment.

There is not much to do! We require an open space with access to preferred toys/activities that is free of intrusive pets or other safety hazards.