General Practitioners

• Pediatric Care
  Pediatrics titled, “The power of Play: A Pediatric Role in Enhancing Development in Young Children,”.  According to their research, they found that playtime plays a key role in the way your child handles stressors in their life, writing how, “The mutual joy and shared communication and attunement that parents and children can experience during play regulates the body’s stress response,”. Play is actually quite a therapeutic part of childhood.
• Family Practice
  Doctors Micheal Yogman, Andrew Garner, et al, members of the Committee on Psychological Aspects of Child and Family Health, wrote a clinical report for

Neurologists

• Autism
  Dina Alper, M.S., CCC-SLP, received her Master’s Degree in speech-language pathology from Teachers College, Columbia University and holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech Language Hearing Association. Dina is licensed in New York and New Jersey and is certified by the New Jersey Department of Education as a Speech Language Specialist. She has been a practicing speech-language pathologist for over twenty years, and has worked in a variety of pediatric settings including birth-3 centers, programs dedicated to children with autism, and public and private schools where she has serviced both the regular education and special education population. Dina has extensive experience treating all aspects of pediatric speech-language disorders. She is a skilled clinician who utilizes evidence based therapeutic approaches to individualize treatment and achieve therapeutic goals. Parent involvement in the therapeutic process is always welcome.

Psychiatrists

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  Nicole Halliwell is a graduate of the Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences with a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy. She has been a part of the Kid Clan Therapy team since 2014. Her professional background is a blend of experience in social work, brain and spinal cord injury, psychiatrics, and pediatrics inspiring the holistic approach she uses with her clients. Nicole’s treatment philosophy focuses on facilitating meaningful occupational and working with the child in context. Her primary treatment experience has been in pediatrics in a variety of settings including school based, clinic based, and home instruction. She is also a NJEIS trained early intervention service provider. She has experience working with children from ages 0-21 years with various diagnoses including autism spectrum disorders, sensory processing disorders, ADD/ADHD, and various neurological, psychiatric, and developmental disorders/syndromes.
• Anxiety

Physical Therapists

• Physical Therapy
  Occupational and physical therapy overlap in many ways, however there are fundamental distinctions. While both address developmental functional goals, the primary focus of each differs.
• Occupational Therapy
  Sensory integration/processing disorder is treated through sensory-based occupational therapy, facilitating more appropriate organization of sensory information, leading to more appropriate responses and behavior.