Child and Family Development is blooming this summer!
An occupational therapist, Beth White, OTR/L, joined the team on June 8. She has 8 years of experience working in pediatrics, primarily in the outpatient hospital setting, but also inpatient hospital, with additional training in early intervention and school settings. Her primary focus of experience is in the areas of Sensory Integration, behavioral management, autism, social skills, aquatics, Attention Deficit Disorder, developmental delay, dyspraxia, handwriting difficulties, visual motor and perceptual concerns, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, brain injury, and executive functioning. She has had extensive training in Sensory Integration and she is currently completing the certification to administer the SIPT (Sensory Integration and Praxis Test), as well as further extensive continuing education in the above listed focus areas. Beth believes strongly in family involvement to assist the child in being the best they can be! She is based at our South Charlotte office.
A speech-language pathologist, Sadia Syed, M.S., CCC-SLP, joined the team on July 5. She has worked in private school, clinic and natural environment settings. Her clinical experience includes working with children with Developmental Apraxia of Speech (DAS), articulation, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), autism, behavioral feeding, language, literacy, processing disorder (CAPD), oral motor, phonology, and voice. In addition, Sadia has training in Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) and Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS). She believes in a collaborative and multi-disciplinary approach to therapy. Sadia likes to create a fun and naturalistic environment for the children to interact and learn. She also incorporates the family to help facilitate and achieve the communication goals.
An occupational therapist, Danielle Perugini, MOT, OTR/L, joined the team on July 12. She has worked in outpatient pediatric rehabilitation, early intervention, home care, public/private school, and residential school settings. Danielle has had the opportunity to work with children and adolescents with varying needs including strength deficits, fine motor/visual-motor delays, dyspraxia, visual impairments, sensory processing disorder, developmental delays, orthopedic impairments, handwriting legibility issues, and learning disabilities. She has also served as the primary treating and consulting therapist in two different programs for children with autism. Danielle believes strongly in the occupational therapy principle that meaningful, motivating activities provide the best opportunities for learning and skill development and greatly enjoys the challenge of making therapy fun and engaging in order to maximize therapeutic gains.
August brings more people to our pediatric therapy team. Look for my upcoming blog about another occupational therapist and a child psychologist.
Welcome Ladies!