Intensive Speech Therapy Integrated with Nature and Animals
Come Stay for a Week at Diane’s House!
Welcome to Diane’s House, the centerpiece of our intensive therapy program. While we specialize in the Autism Spectrum, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Cerebral Palsy, we have intensified therapy for anyone having difficulties and requiring the therapy/therapies we offer. We have provided intensive treatment for Selective Mutism, Childhood Apraxia, and can also treat adults with Stroke, Parkinson's, and other diagnoses requiring skilled medical intervention. Diane’s House is a fully accessible, furnished home that gives patients and their families a place to comfortably stay onsite at Nature’s Edge while receiving therapy through our innovative intensive treatment program.
Because this is a medical intervention, a doctor’s prescription for speech must be provided with patient intake forms. Before the Diane’s House visit takes place, an initial individualized treatment plan for the patient is developed by Nature’s Edge therapists collaborating with family members and other treating professionals. The initial plan highlights essential and functional goals in communication and daily living skills, to produce greater gains in independence and integration in home, school and community. The week of therapy at Diane’s House focuses on achieving the practical skills and goals outlined in the treatment plan and provides for a lifetime of benefits for patient and family with carryover into the home setting.
During the first day of the Diane’s House visit, our licensed therapists provide in-depth evaluations, further tailoring and clarifying the individualized treatment plan to address the unique needs and goals of patient and family. Then an immersive schedule of therapy begins, which involves the entire family in the treatment plan as well, providing comprehensive tools and life skills for everyday application and resources for personal and familial growth. Diane’s House visits may be scheduled for shorter time periods than one week. Please call us at (715)859-6670 for more information.
Each Diane’s House visit is unique in treatment plan and structure. Therapy sessions for the patient and family may include topics and treatment strategies such as:
Caregiver Education and Training
Meal Preparation, Planning, and Dining
Music and Art Enrichment Activities
Community Outing Activities
Hippotherapy (and/or Equine-Assisted Therapy)
Interaction with Other Therapy Animals
Outdoor Sensory Play
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Devices