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The Coleman Therapy Center (CTC) is a full service therapy center that provides speech and language diagnostics and therapy. CTC therapists provide evaluations and therapy for children, teens and adults with varying disabilities and disorders ranging from apraxia and autism to syndromes and traumatic brain injuries. CTC therapists are trained in a variety of treatment approaches like PROMPT (Hayden), The Listening Program (ABT), and Floortime (Greenspan).
CTC is also happy to offer the Lindamood Bell, Wilson and Orton-Gillingham intensive reading programs for struggling readers.
Our Therapy Programs include individual therapy, group therapy, reading therapy, social skills groups, fabulous Fridays, NVTRP and CTC camp, hippotherapy and The Listening Program.
Individual Therapy: Most of our therapy program consists of either a 30 or 60 minute individual therapy session which follows an individualized treatment plan based on the strengths and needs of your child. Treatment plans are updated frequently to ensure that we are always targeting the appropriate objectives for your child.
Group Therapy: Group therapy may be available but depends on family interest. We always ensure that all group members complement each other in order to have a functional, successful group outcome. Please call to see if any groups are running currently. Group therapy may be available in our Reading Programs and/or therapy treatment programs.
Reading Therapy: CTC is proud to offer the Lindamood Bell LiPs, Seeing Stars and Visualizing/Verbalizing programs. These programs are typically offered in two, three and four hour sessions. Intensive reading therapy offered during school holidays and summer vacations.
Social Skills Groups: This group therapy is for children 4-12 years old. The Speech Pathologists at The Coleman Therapy Center will provide social skills instruction using the Michelle Garcia Winner curriculum target adapting to others, how to engage and play with peers, perspective-taking, social language and interaction.
Fabulous Fridays for Children with Down Syndrome: During this group therapy summer program the therapist provides three hours of intense instruction for children 4-10 years old with Down Syndrome.
NVTRP and CTC Camp: During the summer, the Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding Program (NVTRP) and The Coleman Therapy Center (CTC) pair up for an unforgettable camp experience, which includes therapeutic horseback riding, group speech therapy, and gross/motor sensory play.
Hippotherapy: In this therapy program, the speech-language pathologist uses horseback riding movement to facilitate the physiologic systems that support speech and language. When combined with other standard speech-language intervention strategies, the speech-language pathologist is able generate effective remediation of communication disorders and promote functional communication outcomes.
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