Integrated Children’s Therapies (ICT) is the brainchild of Lisa Van Gorder and Julie Dalbec who met in January of 2007, and laid the groundwork for what is now known as Integrated Children’s Therapies. Their goal was to offer a holistic approach to the children they serve.
What makes ICT special is that we recognize that day to day interactions with families and caregivers are what truly make a difference in a child’s life. The staff at ICT works closely with their families to create functional strategies that can be carried over with everyday activities. This team approach helps families help their children reach their goals.
Additionally, one of Lisa’s passions is helping children with feeding disorders. Due to her skills in this area, ICT has the ability to offer treatment that touches both the sensory focused and behavioral concerns that arise from feeding issues. We use activities that address feeding concerns through sensory play and feeding-based approaches. Furthermore, not only do we offer one-on-one feeding treatments with children, but at times also offer several peer-to-peer feeding experiences with our licensed clinicians.
Integrated Children’s Therapies is able to offer occupational, physical, and speech and language services to our families. As each child brings something unique, each of our staff members also brings their own experience to help children to reach their full potential. Our staff is all highly trained and experienced in pediatrics and sensory integration. Each has experience working in a variety of settings with varied ages and diagnostic categories
Lisa van Gorder, OTR/L, CEIS, is the owner and Clinic Director of Integrated Children's Therapies. Lisa’s experience working in outpatient clinics, schools, and with early intervention programs has given her good insight on how to facilitate, and obtain functional goals for children with a variety of diagnoses. In addition to her clinical experience, Lisa is certified in Sensory Integration, a provider for The Listening Program, and is a Certified Early Intervention Specialist. Furthermore, Lisa has additional expertise in feeding issues while creating and coordinating a variety of feeding groups for children with multiple needs.
Justine Precourt, OTR/L, brings with her experience from both the rehabilitative and early intervention settings. She has special interest in autism spectrum disorder, developmental delays, and feeding development. Justine’s background in early intervention gives her excellent understanding of how to develop working home programs for her families. Justine is a trained provider for the listening program.
Maggie Bialecki, OTR/L, currently divides her occupational therapy career between the school system and ICT. She enjoys working with children a variety of ages and diagnoses. She is ASL trained, and has special interests in SPD, ASD, and visual perceptual issues. Maggie is a provider for The Listening Program.
Lauren Dewey-Rosenfeld MS CCC-SLP currently divides her time between the school system and ICT. She is experienced with working with children of all ages with a variety of diagnosis in both of these settings. Lauren uses her knowledge of speech and language disorders, as well as current research, to select and apply creative, individualized therapy techniques that help to expand a child’s functional communication skills. Additionally, Lauren is versed in using and implementing augmentative communication devices, and currently holds a certificate in reading.
Carie Miele, MS, PT, has extensive experience working with pediatrics of all ages and is a certified early intervention specialist. She shares her time between ICT, with early intervention, and the public schools. Additionally, Carie is not only a gymnastic coach, but also a program and sport volunteer director for Special Olympics of Massachusetts. Because of her extensive knowledge, Carie has been the pivotal piece in helping ICT create and run its ongoing young athlete’s programs for children from 4 to 7.
Kelly Robinson, Ph.D., Certified SLP/Certified Mediator, has spent the last two decades working with children and families as a therapist, teacher, researcher and mediator in the field of special education. She has extensive experience with support groups and designing therapeutic programs for individuals with disabilities involving communication, cognition, executive function, and emotional regulation. In addition to her clinical expertise as a speech-language pathologist, she has a postdoctoral degree from the Department of Legal Studies Alternative Conflict Resolution Program at UMASS Amherst, and is a Certified Mediator. Furthermore, as part of her continued dedication to the special education process, Dr. Robinson is currently working with the Bureau of Special Education Appeals in Special Education Facilitation and Mediation for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
