Our Services & Programs
We offer multi-disciplinary services, catering to the different needs of families and children.
Our services are suitable for both, typically developing and neurodivergent children.
SPEECH & LANGUAGE SERVICES
Bilingual Speech & Language Assessments
If you're suspecting your child is speech delayed, you can get them assessed using the latest speech & language assessments and curricula, in both English and Arabic depending on their mother tongue.
Bilingual Speech & Language Therapy
Once your child has gone through a speech assessment, they can start intervention straightaway; whether they are struggling with speech delay, articulation problems, or are not talking all together!
Oral Placement Therapy (OPT)
OPT tackles jaw weakness, apraxia of speech, muscle-coordination problems, breathing problems...etc. that might be hindering your child from eating, breathing, and talking properly. Our OPT certified team is there to assess the problem and put the proper intervention plan.
PARENTING & FAMILY SERVICES
Parenting Consultations
Balancing love with discipline is the toughest tasks parents have. Our parenting consultants are there to provide you with tips tailored to your needs, to both enable you to handle your child's behavior while making sure they are receiving all the psychological support they need. We can train you to meet your child's behavioral, emotional, and psychosocial needs, to be able to raise disciplined and psychologically healthy children.
Parenting Awareness Sessions
Our parenting consultants can come to your organization and train your clients, staff, and teachers on evidence-based child raising techniques.
APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS SERVICES
Skill-based Assessments
Suspecting your child might be delayed? A skill-based assessment enables us to compare the child's level of functioning as opposed to their chronological age. They are not meant to be diagnostic, however they help us identify the points of strengths and weakness. Bloom owns a wide range of recent, well-researched, skill-based assessments covering areas like language, cognitive, play, social, and functional living skills. The suitable assessment is chosen based on the child's age and parents' areas of concern.
Functional Behavior Assessment
Your child shows some problem behavior? No problem! At Bloom, we follow evidnece-based procedures to identify the function of the behavior; why your child is doing what they are doing and set an intervention plan accordingly.
Problem Behavior Management
Following a functional behavior assessment, an intervention plan is set to reduce the problem behavior. At Bloom, we focus more on teaching other positive behaviors and relying on reinforcement rather than punishing the problematic behavior. Our procedures are all based on recently published research studies.
ABA Intensive Program
Our intensive program is designed to meet the needs for chidlren showing profound delay in comparison to their chronological age. The program consists of 10 therapy hours/week (as recommended by research) focusing on foundational learning skills, including but not limited to; communication, play and basic cognitive skills. The intensity allows children more time to practice the skills they need as opposed to individual sessions.
One-on-one Sessions
Our individual one-on-one sessions are designed for children showing some minor delays and deficits. The sessions are scheduled for a minimum of 2 hours/week and are specifically tailored to meet the areas of deficit.
Self-Help Skills
You do not have to worry about potty training any more! At Bloom, we teach children to wash their hands independently and use the toilet, besides any other self-help skill of your choice.
Augmentative & Alternative Communication
If your child is not talking yet, or if they have a diagnosis inhibiting proper articulation (e.g., Apraxia), we got you covered! We are experienced at teaching children to communicate using multiple alternative methods including the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) and Makaton Signs. Research shows that AAC increases the child's chance of speaking vocally, eventually, if there are no biological barriers.
Food Selectivity
Do you have to chase your child with food? Do they reject certain types of foods and give you a hard time eating? Our feeding sessions are designed to teach children to tolerate experimenting with new types of food and aim to have them willingly consume new foods. All our feeding procedures rely on systematic desensitization and creating a positive experience with the new food, rather than force feeding.
Pre-academics
For children about to join school, or those already in kindergaten, our pre-academic program is designed to allow them to learn the foundational academic skills needed.
Social Groups
We offer social groups (based on availability) if we have more than one client of relatively close skill level and chronological age that need to practice social skills. Social groups teach children skills like waiting, turn taking, sharing, understanding emotions and group play.
Caregivers Training
We work collaboratively with the child's caregivers to ensure behavior change procedures are implemented consistently to achieve the optimum results.
School & Nursery Visits
Whenever warranted, our team will observe your child in his natural environment, set interventions for the classroom and collaborate with your child's teachers to reach the desired outcomes across settings.
Consultations
Are you a professional or a family needing some guidance? ou can book a consultation meeting with our BCBA and she will guide you and answer any questions you might have.