PCSG Specialty Programs

PCSG Specialty Therapy Programs

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Brain Fitness is a new scientifically-proven computer program that enhances healthy brain aging. As we age, the brain’s natural ability to recall information declines due to a variety of factors. Brain Fitness exercises your brain to target the root of brain-function decline and sharpen these “fuzzy” images helping you to remember and process information more accurately in your daily environment. Click here for our Brain Fitness brochure (PDF format). See www.positscience.com for more detailed descriptions of the program and the current research behind the program.

Fast ForWord® - This revolutionary program for language learning-impaired children is based on extensive research by Dr. Paula Tallal and Dr. Steve Miller of Rutgers University and Dr. Michael Merzenich and Dr. William Jenkins of the University of California at San Francisco. The 6-week program teaches rapid acoustic processing, listening comprehension, phonology, morphology, syntax and grammar. Click here for our Fast ForWord® brochure (PDF format).

Watch this new video that explains how Fast ForWord prepares the brain for reading.

Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing™ (LiPS®) Program - The LiPS™ Program by Patricia and Charles Lindamood addresses deficits in phonemic awareness which relate to reading and spelling problems. Children learn to attach sounds to letters as they develop a system for improved listening, reading and spelling.

Visualizing and Verbalizing™ - Visualizing and Verbalizing provides a system for developing concept imagery and improved reading/ listening comprehension. Children learn to "make movies" in their head as a strategy to enhance understanding and memory for information heard or read. Skills are applied to language, reading, and math.

Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) - ABA is a systematic approach to teaching valued skills and prosocial behaviors. Skills and behaviors are analyzed, then a program is developed for individual intervention. Programs include specific presentation methods and reinforcement schedules with cues that are faded to encourage independent functioning and generalization. A Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) can evaluate the child using observations or formal testing and can serve as the programmer if needed. The child's team often includes the BCBA, a programmer, and an implementer. Click here for our ABA brochure (PDF).

TRAK Program - TRAK and PCSG offer therapeutic horseback riding combined with Speech-Language Therapy to individuals from ages 2 through adult. TRAK's mission is "to provide (individuals) with a wide range of disabilities a whole treatment of mind, body, and soul." Individualized goals are developed to encourage communication and sensory development through the use of interaction with the horses. Click here for our TRAK brochure (PDF).

SOS* Approach to Feeding Program - integrates sensory, motor, oral, behavioral/learning, medical and nutritional approaches to comprehensively evaluate and manage children with feeding/growth problems. The treatment component of the program utilizes developmental steps of feeding to create a systematic desensitization hierarchy of skills/behaviors necessary for children to progress with eating a variety of textures. Click here for our SOS brochure (PDF).

Social Skills Groups - Social communication is addressed in small group programs to enhance effective communication with peers. Goals emphasize turn-taking, task completion, sequencing, cooperation, responsiveness, nonverbal communication and conversational strategies.

Strategy Groups for Attention Deficit Disorder - ADD or ADHD can result in serious academic, behavioral and social problems. Strategy groups focus on self-regulation, impulse control, cognitive problem-solving, social skills, stress management, anger management, self esteem and understanding the diagnosis of ADD/ADHD.

Sensory Integration Treatment - Sensory integration treatment enhances a child’s ability to organize information received through the senses. Appropriate organization of sensations such as touch, smell, hearing, vision, movement, and position in space are necessary for a child to pay attention and respond in learning environments. Sensory Consortium training courses from the late Bonnie Hanschu's Developmental Concepts program form the basis for sensory integration techniques utilized in therapy sessions.

Alert Program for Self-Regulation - The Alert Program is an 8 to 12 week sensory based intervention offered by the Occupational Therapy Department. Based on the theory of sensory integration, the program is designed to encourage the use of sensory-motor strategies and promote awareness of how individuals regulate their arousal states. The program is designed for children 8 to 12 years, but can be adapted for younger children. The program consists of a series of lessons and activities that assist the children to learn to monitor/change their levels of alertness appropriate to the situation or task.

Co-Treatment - Co-treatment sessions include two therapists with one child (or sometimes more children) with an emphasis on integrating multiple therapy approaches to enhance a child's progress. For example, the speech-language pathologist and the occupational therapist may treat together in one session so that the child receives movement stimulation on the equipment in order to enhance attention and promote increased verbalizations as language activities are presented by the speech-language pathologist.

Handwriting Without Tears® - This treatment approach is a developmentally-based curriculum for pre-writing skills, printing, and cursive. Multi-sensory strategies are used incorporating visual, auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic input. Children learn letter formation, eliminate reversals, increase legibility, improve sentence spacing, and improve cursive connections.

Interactive Metronome® - Interactive Metronome® is a computer based program designed to help improve motor regulation and attention span. An average of 15 one-hour sessions of repetitive drills and immediate auditory computer-based feedback have positively influenced the development of motor planning, sequencing, timing, and concentration.

PCSG Specialty Therapy Programs Click here for our Specialty Programs Flyer
Brain Fitness is a new scientifically-proven computer program that enhances healthy brain aging. As we age, the brain’s natural ability to recall information declines due to a variety of factors. Brain Fitness exercises your brain to target the root of brain-function decline and sharpen these “fuzzy” images helping you to remember and process information more accurately in your daily environment. Click here for our Brain Fitness brochure (PDF format). See www.positscience.com for more detailed descriptions of the program and the current research behind the program.
Fast ForWord® - This revolutionary program for language learning-impaired children is based on extensive research by Dr. Paula Tallal and Dr. Steve Miller of Rutgers University and Dr. Michael Merzenich and Dr. William Jenkins of the University of California at San Francisco. The 6-week program teaches rapid acoustic processing, listening comprehension, phonology, morphology, syntax and grammar. Click here for our Fast ForWord® brochure (PDF format). Watch this new video that explains how Fast ForWord prepares the brain for reading.
Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing™ (LiPS®) Program - The LiPS™ Program by Patricia and Charles Lindamood addresses deficits in phonemic awareness which relate to reading and spelling problems. Children learn to attach sounds to letters as they develop a system for improved listening, reading and spelling.
Visualizing and Verbalizing™ - Visualizing and Verbalizing provides a system for developing concept imagery and improved reading/ listening comprehension. Children learn to "make movies" in their head as a strategy to enhance understanding and memory for information heard or read. Skills are applied to language, reading, and math.
Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) - ABA is a systematic approach to teaching valued skills and prosocial behaviors. Skills and behaviors are analyzed, then a program is developed for individual intervention. Programs include specific presentation methods and reinforcement schedules with cues that are faded to encourage independent functioning and generalization. A Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) can evaluate the child using observations or formal testing and can serve as the programmer if needed. The child's team often includes the BCBA, a programmer, and an implementer. Click here for our ABA brochure (PDF).
TRAK Program - TRAK and PCSG offer therapeutic horseback riding combined with Speech-Language Therapy to individuals from ages 2 through adult. TRAK's mission is "to provide (individuals) with a wide range of disabilities a whole treatment of mind, body, and soul." Individualized goals are developed to encourage communication and sensory development through the use of interaction with the horses. Click here for our TRAK brochure (PDF).
SOS* Approach to Feeding Program - integrates sensory, motor, oral, behavioral/learning, medical and nutritional approaches to comprehensively evaluate and manage children with feeding/growth problems. The treatment component of the program utilizes developmental steps of feeding to create a systematic desensitization hierarchy of skills/behaviors necessary for children to progress with eating a variety of textures. Click here for our SOS brochure (PDF).
Social Skills Groups - Social communication is addressed in small group programs to enhance effective communication with peers. Goals emphasize turn-taking, task completion, sequencing, cooperation, responsiveness, nonverbal communication and conversational strategies.
Strategy Groups for Attention Deficit Disorder - ADD or ADHD can result in serious academic, behavioral and social problems. Strategy groups focus on self-regulation, impulse control, cognitive problem-solving, social skills, stress management, anger management, self esteem and understanding the diagnosis of ADD/ADHD.
Sensory Integration Treatment - Sensory integration treatment enhances a child’s ability to organize information received through the senses. Appropriate organization of sensations such as touch, smell, hearing, vision, movement, and position in space are necessary for a child to pay attention and respond in learning environments. Sensory Consortium training courses from the late Bonnie Hanschu's Developmental Concepts program form the basis for sensory integration techniques utilized in therapy sessions.
Alert Program for Self-Regulation - The Alert Program is an 8 to 12 week sensory based intervention offered by the Occupational Therapy Department. Based on the theory of sensory integration, the program is designed to encourage the use of sensory-motor strategies and promote awareness of how individuals regulate their arousal states. The program is designed for children 8 to 12 years, but can be adapted for younger children. The program consists of a series of lessons and activities that assist the children to learn to monitor/change their levels of alertness appropriate to the situation or task.
Co-Treatment - Co-treatment sessions include two therapists with one child (or sometimes more children) with an emphasis on integrating multiple therapy approaches to enhance a child's progress. For example, the speech-language pathologist and the occupational therapist may treat together in one session so that the child receives movement stimulation on the equipment in order to enhance attention and promote increased verbalizations as language activities are presented by the speech-language pathologist.
Handwriting Without Tears® - This treatment approach is a developmentally-based curriculum for pre-writing skills, printing, and cursive. Multi-sensory strategies are used incorporating visual, auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic input. Children learn letter formation, eliminate reversals, increase legibility, improve sentence spacing, and improve cursive connections.
Interactive Metronome® - Interactive Metronome® is a computer based program designed to help improve motor regulation and attention span. An average of 15 one-hour sessions of repetitive drills and immediate auditory computer-based feedback have positively influenced the development of motor planning, sequencing, timing, and concentration.