Director of Social-Emotional Learning

Stephanie Kaufman, LMFT

Consult with me about:

• Behavior challenges in the classroom

• Challenges with social dynamics or relationships

• Separation anxiety or general anxiety

• Hitting, biting, pushing, scratching, or any aggressive behaviors

• If a child has experienced a trauma in the past or recently

• Any topics related to social-emotional learning that you would like to discuss in general or applied to a specific situation

Director of Sensory and Motor Development

Lia Colen, OTD, OTR/L 

Consult with me about:

• Challenging behaviors in the classroom

• Anything related to sensory differences

• Expanding opportunities for multi-sensory play

• Expanding types of indoor vs outdoor activities

• Classroom design and set-up

• Challenges with accessing and using materials within the classroom

• Challenges with body awareness (personal space, control/coordination moving with the room, modulating force)

• Supports for self-regulation

• Issues with eating or toileting

Director of Speech-Language Development

Shivani Patel, PhD, CCC-SLP

Consult with me about:

• Creating communication-supportive classroom environments (e.g., using visuals, routine-based language supports, optimizing classroom design)

• Coaching teachers and/or parents in using language stimulation strategies and responsive interaction

• Supporting students with autism using neurodiversity-affirming, strengths-based communication approaches

• Reduced speech intelligibility or speech sound concerns, including articulation errors and childhood apraxia of speech -

• Language delays or differences (e.g., comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, sentence formulation)

• Social communication support (peer interaction, conversation, problem solving)

• Supporting students who use AAC or multiple forms of communication