Welcome!
Special
Therapies, Inc., formerly Developmental Therapy Associates,
was developed by Susan Vaughan Kratz, OTR, BCP in 1994. Starting
out in a rented schoolhouse, the practice grew to a small clinic
in Brookfield, Wisconsin, and has now evolved into its current
3200 square foot clinic at W238 N1690 Rockwood Dr. Suite 500
in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Expertise
Special Therapies is a private group of therapists, licensed
to practice in the State of Wisconsin, and who have decades
of experience offering the following services:
•
Sensory Integration
• Craniosacral Therapy
• Visual Perception Program
• Neuro Developmental Therapy
• Handwriting without Tears
• The Listening Program |
•
Oral-Motor/Feeding Therapy
• Speech & Language Therapy
• Augmentative Communication
• Therapeutic Massage
• Social Skills Training Groups
• Lymphatic Drainage |
Some of the Issues Addressed at Special Therapies include:
Developmental
Issues |
•
Learning Disabilities
•
Neurological Disorders
•
Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Communication Disorders
• Sensory Integration Dysfunction
• Feeding Problems |
• Ocular Motor Problems
• Cerebral Palsy
• Dyspraxia
• Self-Regulation Difficulties
• Hyperlexia |
Adult
Issues |
• Chronic Pain
• Recent and/or Long Term Injuries
• Adult Issues of Sensory Integration |
• Headaches
• General Health & Wellness |
Our
Clinic:
What helps make Sensory Integration effective, in part, is the
actual nature and set-up of our clinic. We have a spacious facility
with state-of-the-art sensory integration equipment to support
our child directed approach. There are also private rooms for
craniosacral & lymphatic drainage therapy, massage therapy,
speech therapy offices and an array of developmentally appropriate
games, toys, and computer software utilized to meet therapy
goals.
The
group practices an eclectic style of intervention. With strong
backgrounds in pediatric and adult neurorehabilitation, neurodevelopmental
treatment, visual-perception, sensory integration, craniosacral
therapy, handwriting without tears, and augmentative communication,
Special Therapies, Inc. shapes its practice model into a sound
developmental and play based format. The group, as a whole,
works consistently to stay abreast of current theories, approaches,
and best practices. Primary referral sources have been word-of-mouth
communication based upon clinical outcomes.