Sensory integration or “sensory processing” is a term that refers to the way the nervous system receives messages from the senses (i.e taste, smell, auditory, visual, internal) and turns them into appropriate motor and behavioral responses.

The Makoto Arena is wonderfully adapted to fit the needs of each individual through programmed activities in a game format. Children and Adults alike are offered the opportunity to be challenged at different levels which encourage them to come back.

Beckman's oral motor therapy is specific interventions which provide assisted movement to activate muscle contraction and to provide movement against resistance to build strength.

Oral-motor therapy addresses the physical movements of speech and feeding. OPT incorporates the proprioceptive and kinesthetic feedback necessary to address the sensory aspects of speech production and feeding skills.

Learning language is a function of the brain and today’s neuroscience provides the research for understanding how language functions. Language is the tool for literacy; how we view, think, read, write, listen, speak, and calculate.

Story Grammar Marker® is a hands on, multi-sensory tool that has colorful, meaningful icons that represent the organizational structure of a story. The tool itself is a complete episode, the basic unit of a plot.

The Expanding Expression Tool (EET) kit helps to build language constructs by providing a systematic means of understanding how small parts fit into the whole by making connections between concepts. It helps with the following:

•  Oral expression