Learning and Therapy Center

Paramedical Treatments help children overcome a range of developmental delays. Arugot is recognized by Health Services as a service provider; these treatments are funded by health insurance.

Occupational Therapy addresses sensory integration, delays in hand-eye coordination, gross and fine motor performance, organizational skills, planning, and more. Therapists work with children using a range of techniques including big equipment and box games.

Sensory play experiences support cognitive development, language development, gross and fine motor skills, social and emotional skills – stimulating multiple senses at the same time. Sensory materials and experiences can be wonderfully engaging, calming and grounding. Examples of materials: shredded paper, bubble wrap, cooked pasta/spaghetti, finger paint, sequin fabric, water, sand, kinetic sand, putty, playdough, shaving cream, water beads, slime.

Also in use isTimocco in the Occupational Therapy program. Timocco is a cutting-edge virtual motion gaming system that accelerates the development of motor and cognitive skills including: bi-lateral coordination, crossing midline, hand-eye coordination, attention, posture, visual discrimination, early learning, communication, short term memory, and team work.

Speech Therapy addresses language delays and speech impairments.

Speech and language therapy is designed for children with language processing disorders, hearing loss, language delays, stuttering and voice or articulation disorders. Speech Therapists help each child learn to communicate more effectively in all areas of their lives.

Therapy aims to address problems in:

• Articulation
• Language processing
• Auditory processing
• Use of language
• Communication
• Selective Mutism