Coastal Valley Communication Therapy Inc.

I received a Master of Arts at Hofstra University, in May 2016, and spent my early career in the public school system working remotely as well as in-person. I have worked with children ages 10 months to 21 years and 11 months, virtually. Each age group presents it's own challenges. In therapy, for each age group, we'll start by establishing rapport and determine your child's capabilities for navigating a presented task. For younger children, this means listening to Elmo on how we use our senses to attend. In therapy, this looks like frequent praise, "I love that you are using your listening ears!" Then working to increase accessibility and capability of presented virtual tasks. For older children, this looks like presenting tasks of increasing (and, if needed, decreasing) complexity. For example, "Point to the cat" then "Tap the screen and move your mouse to the cat," next "Tap the screen. Move your mouse to the cat. Tap the cat. Drag the cat to the correct box." For their success, we ask parents to sit side-by-side your child during the first 1-5 sessions supporting their use of technology. After your child is comfortable, we ask parents to stay within the same room and within listening distance. Also see: cvctherapy.com