MINDscapes’ Therapies/Services

We provide a variety of therapies that can help with trauma, stress, anxiety, and PTSD.  Cogntive-Behavioral Therapy, Neuroptimal Feedback, Crisis Counseling, and more.  Our counseling is only available to students or adult learners.  If you are looking for clinical therapist, you can give us a call and we will refer you to one our trusted professionals.

Executive Functions provde us with the ability to organize, plan, and execute tasks.  This includes keeping track of schedules, homework, appointment, routines, etc.  Executive Functions are important to help us focus, study, and learn. We have several approaches that we can take to help build executive functions depending on the age and needs of the individual.

FBAs are a thorough look at current and historical behavior trends in the school and home settings.  A record review, parent inerview, standard protocol assessments, and evaluator insights are all provided with a detailed plan including interventions to regulate student behavior and help them focus on learning.

We conduct full scale social-emotional evaluations which can provide school-based diagnoses for ADHD, OCD, ODD, and many other behavior-based disorders.  We offer therapies and group sessions to help students develop a better sense of emotional well-being and work on their social interactions in a controlled small-group or 1:1 setting.

Our occupational therapists conduct full occupational therapy evaluations to help determine the level of occupational therapy that your student might require in order to be successful in the general education setting.  The results of the evaluation are likely to drive therapy techniques and can help your child qualify fot OT as a related service to their special education goals.

Another aspect of OT is the introduction of daily living and saftey skills to individuals with disabilities.  We use real-world application such as shopping in local stores and cooking in our full service kitchen to teach our students.  Other exmpales include learning how to sweep the floor, load the dishwasher, use crosswalks safely, and communicate to ask for help.

Transitional and Career Skills are an important part of learning and making the transitions from middle to high-school and high-school to college/adulthood.  Transitional and Career Training incorporates various aspects of independant living and skills that make you more employable such as time management, cash transactions, following taks list, appropriate attire/hygiene, etc.

We have a variety of specialized tutors avialable to teach reading, writing, spelling, math, science, and other subjects upon request.  For indivdiuals with Specific Learning Disorders the Orton-Gillingham Approach is likely to be successful.

Behavioral Intervention is a service to facilitate therapeutic approaches for individuals with behavior problems. Behavior intervention planning is assessment-based.

Interventions address the function and efficiency of the problematic behavior in the least restrictive manner and promote the development of alternative adaptive skills. Services are provided by trained Behavior Intervention Specialists.

An academic interventionist is an education professional who oversees behavioral and academic issues within an educational setting. An academic interventionist will identify specific areas of learning need and design specific academic and behavior plans to assist with the child’s foundational skills and social skills/behavior within an educational setting.

Our goal is to help children build a strong academic base that will allow them to re-integrate into traditional education when appropriate.

We can help with your child's Individualized Education Plan.  We are available for consultation during the IEP process with your school district.  You can discuss concerns and we can make a suggested list of accommodations and modifications to the education plan.
At MINDscapes we also provide a full scope of  Intervention Services specifically designed to target areas of academic weakness.

Whether you are thinking of homeschooling for the first time or a seasoned veteran with a special needs child, we help with your homeschooling needs.  We can create education plan and provide special education services to your child through the Ohio Scholarship Program.  We also provide advocacy for homeschoolers trying to get evaluations conducted by their school district and follow through the process with you to help drive their IEP.

We will advocae for your child's best educational options, every time.  If you disagree with the results of your child's Evaluation Team Report or IEP Meeting, we can help you move forward with a private evaluation or contact the school district regarding amending the IEP.  We will also represent students at explusion and disciplinary hearings when behavior is a part of their IEP.

Articulation refers to the way we pronounce speech sounds. As children develop spoken language, it is expected they will make speech errors, such as producing the letter /r/ as a /w/ as in saying “wabbit” for the animal “rabbit.” This is a typical part of the language development and should not be cause for alarm unless these difficulties persist beyond a developmentally appropriate stage. 

Receptive language refers to understanding the communication from others in your environment, including home, school, work, and community. Receptive language includes also includes interpreting the non-verbal social communication of others.  Poor receptive language impacts reading skills, written language, and social skills in the educational environment. 

Expressive language refers to the verbal and nonverbal methods used communicate your personal wants, needs, thoughts, and ideas with others.  Spoken language (verbal) and gestures and/or signing (nonverbal) are each a form of language expression. Expressive language is an essential component of daily functioning at home, school, work, and within the community. 

Social communication is an essential component of daily functioning, throughout the life cycle.  Pragmatic language, which is also referred to as social communication, is the process of using speech and language for the purpose of socially communicating with others. 

Social communication is essential to express thoughts, feelings, emotions, and needs and can take place through both verbal and nonverbal means. Examples of nonverbal social language include facial expressions, gestures and body language used during interactions with family, friends and peers. 

Pragmatic skills are an important aspect of building and maintaining relationships.  Peer relationships, family relationships, student/teacher relationships and work relationships are all adversely impacted by limited pragmatic skills.

Feeding therapy helps children who may experience challenges eating due to sensory, environmental, behavioral, or oral motor factors. Speech-language pathologists receive extensive training to address concerns with nutrition and growth, family dynamics of mealtimes, and social aspects of eating.

In addition to addressing speech and language challenges, speech-language pathologists can help children with feeding and swallowing concerns. If you have concerns about your child’s feeding and/or swallowing abilities, you may want to speak with your child’s pediatrician and explore the idea of a referral for a screening or comprehensive evaluation with a speech-language pathologist.