Sandcastle Clinical and Educational Services

Sandcastle's Early Childhood Education Center hosts four classrooms offering: Early childhood education and special education through preschool classes and pre-kindergarten classes. Our special education services are based on naturalistic teaching strategies, utilizing a heterogeneous classroom setting (children who have special needs learning alongside children who are typically developing) to teach skills.

Occupational therapy addresses fine motor skills such as handwriting, self-help skills such as dressing, visual perceptual skills, such as puzzle making and gross motor skills, such as climbing, jumping and bike riding to access the physical environment. Occupational therapy can also address sensory integration; that is, how an individual processes different information in their daily lives. Our occupational therapy services include evaluations (including Sensory Integration), family-centered individual therapy, individually integrated services within the classrooms of our Education Center, group therapy services, co-treatment with other therapists, consultative services to staff and families, community based evaluations/therapy (Head Start, other programs).

Speech and language therapy services address different needs, including speech sounds (how an individual says sounds in different positions of words) and language (expressive, receptive and social language). Services also address: voice disorders, stuttering, and oral motor issues (swallowing, feeding). Therapy sessions are designed to meet the unique needs of each individual with the goal of improving their quality of life and how it pertains to their communication skills.

The other clinical services that are provided at Sandcastle are occupational therapy and mental health services.