Where: UCP of Orange County, Life Without Limits Pediatric Therapy Center
908 Roosevelt, Suite 100, Irvine
When: Wednesday or Friday from 11:30am-1:00pm (1½ hours)
Who: Children who have communication needs ages: 2 ½ years to 4 ½ years
Why: This group program is designed for children who are aging out of their current group program (turning 3 years old) or are scoring too high to receive Regional Center funding. Many children may benefit from peer-to-peer interaction in a small group environment. A traditional child care or preschool program may be overwhelming for some children who have communication challenges and social-emotional, adaptive, physical or cognitive delays. This center-based communicative program utilizes a child focused play-based approach with parent education provided. Therapists will stimulate language, communication and development through play, routines, and multi-modality cues while preparing children for successful participation in preschool or other group setting. Each group is led by a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, Speech Pathology Clinical Fellow (CFY), or Speech-Language Pathology Assistant. Occupational therapy and Physical therapy observation and consultations are provided if needed. Additional assistance may be provided by classroom aides, experienced volunteers and parents. The ratio of adults per child will be 1:5.
Participation in this group will help children with:
- Increasing language comprehension (receptive language)
- increasing productive vocabulary (expressive language)
- increasing attending behaviors
- increasing intelligible speech
- increasing the pre- and co-requisite skills related to language content (i.e. pragmatics) including taking turns, referencing, and regulating
- developing preliterate and emerging literacy skills
- developing social skills that assist in developing positive peer relationships
- improving self-help skills
- gross and fine motor exploration
Fees: $100 per month for 4 sessions, payable to UCP-OC
RSVP to Carolyn Huckabay (949) 333-6409 or chuckabay@ucp-oc.org
Our core services: school support workshops, parenting classes, social skills classes and counseling/groups.
