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March, 2001
What is Sensory Integration Therapy?
(...and what is Sensory Integration Disorder anyway?!)

Locations / Time Information:
Location: Children's Specialized Hospital (click for directions)

150 New Providence Road
Mountainside, NJ 07092-2590
phone: (908) 233-3720

Date: March 4, 2001
Time: 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

Speaker: Christine Horvath, MS, OTR, Clinic Coordinator for OTC’s Clinic at Somerset

"I know my child is just a late talker, but just in case, can early awareness and intervention help if my child does have a problem outside of just a speech delay? What signs should I look for? What if he passes all his developmental milestones early... Then he's OK right? I know my child is fussy, but he is not spoiled like people think, he just needs to have his way lots of times..."

When a child is diagnosed with a notable communication disorder, parents may have heard or been told that their child may also have a dysfunction in sensory integration. With these words, heads begin to swirl and minds wonder:

"What is sensory integration?"
"How do I know if my child is showing signs of such a dysfunction?"
"If they show these signs, what should I do?"
"How can I get more information?"
"Who can help me NOW?!?!"

Christine Horvath, MS, OTR, Clinic Coordinator for OTC’s Clinic at Somerset will be joining us on March 4, 2002 to answer these questions and others you may have concerning this problem.

Speaker Biography

Christine has a wealth of pediatric expertise and a broad understanding of sensory integration issues faced by our families and their children. At OTC’s Clinic at Somerset, she and her staff provide services to many children with Dysfunction in Sensory Integration (DSI).

Christine holds an advanced Masters Degree in Pediatric Occupational Therapy from Boston University and is certified by Sensory Integration International. She has worked at nationally recognized children’s hospitals, within public and private school systems, and as part of interdisciplinary early intervention teams. Prior to joining OTC’s Clinic at Somerset, Christine founded and directed a private pediatric practice in the greater Boston, Massachusetts area. The practice specialized in the evaluation and treatment of children with DSI. During this time, she was frequently sought out as a lecturer and consultant by educators, health care professionals, and the Boston community at large.

The Cherab Foundation is a world-wide nonprofit organization working to improve the communication skills and education of all children with speech and language delays and disorders. Our area of emphasis is verbal and oral apraxia, severe neurologically-based speech and language disorders that hinder children's ability to speak.

The Foundation is committed to assisting with the development of new therapeutic approaches, preventions and cures to neurologically-based speech disorders. We bring together parents and medical, research, and educational professionals. Please join us and help to give our children a smile and a voice.

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