McRory Pediatric Services

Speech, occupational, physical therapy and ABA

Up to age 21

A multidisciplinary pediatric therapy practice offering speech-language therapy (PROMPT, DTTC, JASPER, Hanen, Lidcombe and other named approaches), occupational therapy (sensory processing, feeding, handwriting, fine motor, self-help), physical therapy, child development services for birth to 3 in the family home, adaptive skills training, counseling by MFTs, and ABA. ABA uses discrete trial and natural environment teaching with a curriculum based on the VB-MAPP and ABLLS-R, plus parent training, and is provided in the clinic, home, community or school. Speech, OT and PT are billed to PPO and EPO plans; ABA, counseling and social skills to plans including Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross and Medi-Cal, Health Net, LA Care, Kaiser (letter of agreement required) and Optum. It also contracts with school districts and charter schools as a certified nonpublic agency, and is funded by the North LA County, Westside, Tri-Counties, Lanterman and Kern County regional centers. Private pay is accepted, with a sliding scale for families in financial hardship.

• Speech-language therapy, Occupational therapy, Physical therapy, Applied behavior analysis, Child development services, Adaptive skills training, Counseling and ABA parent training
• Katharine Gutshall, MA BCBA, Evelyn Kung, MA BCBA, Henry Moore, MA BCBA, Sienna Greener-Wooten, MA BCBA, Shushanik Balasanyan, MA BCBA, Vardui Chilingaryan, MA BCBA and Alyssa Kavner, MA BCBA
• Insurance: PPO plans; Medi-Cal or Denti-Cal; HMO plans; Regional center funded: vendored with a California regional center; Paid by a school district through an IEP (a nonpublic agency or school); Sliding-scale fees
• Where care happens: At the clinic or office; In the family’s home; At the child’s school or daycare; Out in the community: parks, stores, playdates

• Financial aid or scholarships available
• Activities: ABA therapy, Speech therapy, Occupational therapy, Physical therapy, Child therapy & counseling and Early intervention

Social skills classes and Sibshops

Ages 3+

Group programs for children who struggle to relate to peers. The social skills training classes serve ages 3 to 18 and focus on building the skills to make and keep friendships. Sibshops is a 6-week program for brothers and sisters ages 7 to 12 of children with special needs, where siblings meet each other, share experiences and learn about their sibling's needs while parents learn too. A Healthy Relationships & Sexuality Course for ages 12 to 21 covers types of relationships, anatomy, sexual health and communication. ABA Communities, held on Saturdays and school breaks from 10:00 AM to noon, serve groups of up to 8 children with 1:1 support from a behavior technician and a BCBA leading, for families with unused ABA hours. Insurance for social skills is accepted from the plans the practice lists for ABA and counseling.

• Social skills groups, Sibshops, Healthy relationships course and ABA Communities
• Insurance: Medi-Cal or Denti-Cal; HMO plans; Regional center funded: vendored with a California regional center

Jump Start, Building Bridges and therapeutic preschool

Ages 1–5

Jump Start is an intensive early intervention program for children 12 months to 3 years diagnosed with global developmental delays, with daily speech-language therapy, OT, PT, child development and parent training, weekly parent education classes, team meetings and home visits. Building Bridges is an intensive 1:1 program for children 18 months to 3 years diagnosed with autism or at risk, with daily systematic instruction, speech and OT, and parent education. The Integrated Therapeutic Services Preschool is certified through the California Department of Education and combines ABA/DTT, speech-language therapy and OT in individual, small group and large group instruction. A feeding clinic with an OT, speech pathologist, BCBA and MFT serves children with food refusal, texture difficulties or tube dependence. Funding includes regional centers and school districts.

• Early intervention, Integrated therapeutic preschool, Feeding clinic and Parent training
• Insurance: Regional center funded: vendored with a California regional center; Paid by a school district through an IEP (a nonpublic agency or school)
• Where care happens: At the clinic or office; In the family’s home

• Activities: Early intervention and Feeding therapy