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Day Programs
20830 Sherman Way Winnetka, CA 91306
Contact: Debra Donovan at (818) 587-9450 ext. 120 email website
Valley Village operates Adult Development Centers and Adult Day Health Care Centers. The curriculum of the day programs includes speech therapy and communication skills training, a computer lab, sensory integration training, vocational skills training, physical therapy and gross motor exercises, art and ceramics classes, and daily living skills training.
The East and West Valley Adult Day Centers host an expanded program featuring a variety of activities for clients who may function at more independent levels. These activities include traditional disciplines such as motor skills development, life skills, and arts and crafts. The Adult Day Health Care Centers, one in Winnetka and the other in Sunland, offering day activities to medically fragile clients. The programs at these centers include sensory stimulation, physical fitness, speech therapy, nutritional counseling, occupational therapy, and medical and nursing services.
Valley Village also offers an After School Program for adults at the Winnetka location.
Nicky's World
18719 Calvert Street, Tarzana, Ca 91335
Contact: Sharon Hensel cohen at 818 968-2337 email website
Nicky's World provides the individual and their family with a place of their own. Nicky's world is intent on supporting this community of limited and/or non-verbal individuals and their families to develop and move towards resolution of their needs, while supported by professionals and families whom are all experts in this area. A community without voice is isolated. This is a community where they can grow literacy, communication, friendships and a community to turn to and support them in order to improve their quality of life with workshops, support groups, family outings and much more.
Speech Therapy
141 El Camino Dr., Ste. 210
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Contact: Roberta Tishman at 310-858-5955 email website
The Beverly Hills Speech & Language Center has been in continuous operation for over 30 years. We are a recognized and respected Center for the treatment of children with a wide range of communication challenges. Our mission is to accurately diagnose and treat all who come to us in a supportive and nurturing environment. Our center is NPA certified and our therapists are licensed and experienced. Please visit us at: www.bhslc.com for more details about our services.
support for those who stutter (and their families)
P.O. Box 11749
Memphis, TN 38111-0749
Contact: Jane Frasier at (800) 992-9392 email website
The Stuttering Foundation provides free online resources, services and support to those who stutter and their families, as well as support for research into the causes of stuttering.
We are the first and the largest nonprofit charitable organization in the world working toward the prevention and improved treatment of stuttering, reaching over a million people annually. We also offer extensive training programs on stuttering for professionals.
The Literacy Program
18719 Calvert St.
Tarzana, CA
91335
Contact: Sharon Hensel Cohen at 818 968-2337 email website
The Literacy Program
An eclectic approach to teaching literacy will include, but not be limited to developing encoding/decoding skills as well as some site words. Portions of the Early Language Skill Builder literacy program will be incorporated, along with a literacy program in development at Nicky’s World, with graded tasks focused on developing functional and developmental reading skills. Caring and experienced teachers will be facilitating this class with connection to language and each child will move at their own pace after screen to determine beginning point.
$20.00 per class
Treating Disorders
141 El Camino Drive, Suite 210. Beverly Hills, CA 91212
Contact: Roberta Tishman at 310-858-5955 email website
Provide in-service trainings to pediatricians, private schools, graduate programs, health care professionals and parents. Identification and treatment of Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, tongue thrusting, and developmental delays.