Villa Esperanza Services

Villa Esperanza Services (Grades 3–12)

Private school · Ages 8+

Villa Esperanza Services is a small nonsectarian private school at 2116 E Villa St in Pasadena, serving grades 3 through 12. The federal Private School Universe Survey for 2023–24 counts 41 students and 6 teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 7 to 1. With about four students across each grade level on average, classes are very small. It serves grades 3 through 12, so a child can attend from third grade through high school.

• Private school

Pediatric occupational therapy clinic

Occupational therapy · Up to age 21

Individualized, client-centered occupational therapy at Villa's community clinic in Pasadena, working on fine and gross motor skills, hand-eye and bilateral coordination, sensory processing, attention, emotional regulation, self-care, feeding, executive functioning and visual processing. The clinic specializes in moderate to severe developmental disabilities, autism, communication challenges, neurological and orthopedic conditions, feeding challenges, mental health and behavioral needs. Therapists are trained in DIR-Floortime, ProAct crisis intervention and trauma-informed care. Early intervention (0-3) is clinic-based, in-home or by teletherapy as a vendor to regional centers. Clinic-based evaluation and treatment for ages 4-18 is in-network with Kaiser Permanente and Cigna, with private pay and superbills for other insurers. School-based OT (4-22) is provided to Villa School students and, as a nonpublic agency, to school districts. Summer skills groups cover feeding, handwriting, pre-vocational and self-care skills. Parent consultations include IEP review. Adults are seen as well.

• Pediatric occupational therapy, Early intervention, Sensory integration and processing, DIR-Floortime, Feeding skills, School-based OT and Parent and caregiver consultation
• Rebekka Manzella, MSOT, OTR/L and Dr. Dominic Balino, OTD, OTR/L
• Insurance: Regional center funded: vendored with a California regional center; Paid by a school district through an IEP (a nonpublic agency or school); HMO plans; Out of network: a superbill for reimbursement
• Where care happens: At the clinic or office; In the family’s home; At the child’s school or daycare
• Telehealth or video visits: yes

• Activities: Occupational therapy, Early intervention and Feeding therapy