Speech therapy · Walnut
Empowered for Life
Speech-language and occupational therapy for children with developmental and special needs, including early intervention, at a San Dimas clinic and in the home.
- Ages
- Up to age 21
- Price
- Ask the provider
- Open
- Weekdays 8am–7pm; Sat 8am–1pm
- Where
- 18800 Amar Rd, Walnut
Speech and occupational therapy
Speech language therapy and occupational therapy for children with special needs, delivered through a parent-clinician approach that teaches parents strategies and tools to carry skills into home and everyday life. Speech services cover articulation, fluency, voice, understanding and expressing language, pragmatic and social language, alternative communication (iPads, computers), and swallowing and feeding. Occupational therapy covers fine motor and eye-hand coordination, handwriting, daily living skills such as dressing, bathing, tooth brushing and eating, and managing anger and frustration. The practice sees clients with autism, ADHD, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, developmental delays, sensory processing disorders, genetic disorders, hearing impairment and learning disabilities. Early intervention is offered center-based and in-home. Open Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm and Saturday 8am to 1pm.
- Speech language therapy, Occupational therapy, Early intervention, Feeding and swallowing therapy, Oral placement therapy and Parent education
- Dr. Vasu G., Ed.D., M.S., CCC-SLP, RuthAnn Burke, M.A., CCC-SLP, Safoorah Hakim, M.S., CCC-SLP, Joanna Reinders, M.S., SLP, Sujal Pokharel, M.S., SLP, Echo Chung, M.A., OTR/L, Danielle Ballard, M.S., OTR/L and Kelly Deng, OTR/L
- Open Weekdays 8am–7pm; Sat 8am–1pm
- Where care happens: At the clinic or office; In the family’s home
- Activities: Speech therapy, Occupational therapy, Early intervention and Feeding therapy
About Empowered for Life
Empowered for Life, Inc. is a speech and occupational therapy practice led by managing partners Dr. Vasu G., Ed.D., M.S., CCC-SLP (Clinical Director of Speech Language Therapy) and Sharad David, M.H.A. (Director of Operations). Its team includes speech language pathologists, speech language pathology assistants, occupational therapists and certified occupational therapy assistants. The website describes the clinic as located near Covina Blvd. and Lone Hill Ave in San Dimas, less than half a mile west of the 57 freeway, while the registry lists 18800 Amar Rd in Walnut. The practice describes a parent-clinician approach in which parent education is central, and it also invests in mentoring its own clinicians.
Where and how to reach them
18800 Amar RdWalnut, CA 91789
Details from e4lifeusa.com, checked October 12, 2026. Prices, dates and spaces change: check with Empowered for Life before you sign up. Something wrong or missing? Write to hello@summerground.com.
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