We have over 20 years of experience and expertise working with children and families through stages of identity development. We seek to provide gender affirming care in a warm and welcoming environment.

We utilize relational models, social thinking, and our expertise in the needs of the classroom to support kids and adolescents in improving their social skills to build connections.

We utilize research based practices to address anxiety. We know that anxiety is treated effectively using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for kids and SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) and utilize our training in these methods to work with kids and families.

We help children identify their unique strengths to treat depression using relational, trauma informed models of treatment. With the support of our therapy dog, Pru, we utilize the power of animals to help kids reconnect with themselves and the world around them.

Relationships are at the core of our practice whether working with families, children, or adolescents. We seek to understand children’s unique temperment and to help them to build connections with others. We have over 20 years of experience building classroom communities and understanding what children need to successfully build bridges with other children.

We utilize our solutions focused work with kids who have ADHD to develop comprehensive systems that work for kids and families. We also work with kids to address their thinking patterns and identify skills to improve executive functioning skills and self-esteem.

We utilize TI-CBT (Trauma Informed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and training in trauma informed practices to support the needs of children and families. The use of the therapy dog is a forward thinking, research based approach to help kids address traumatic experiences and regulate their sensory system.

The importance of ongoing, reflective practice that centers identity is a key element of understanding children and their experiences. It is critical to be actively reflecting and having conversations about practice as it relates to identity to actively challenge inequities and bias. At District Kids, we are committed to this journey.

Structured literacy (Orton-Gillingham) therapy is the gold standard for the treatment of language–based learning disabilities, including dyslexia. The structured literacy approach, based on the extensive science of reading research, utilizes explicit and systematic instruction in both foundational (phonology and spelling) and more complex (comprehension and writing) skills to support a child’s literacy growth.

Our academic team has over 20 years of experience supporting individuals, families, and school communities address learning needs of students.

An Educational Assessment is a battery of tests that measures a person's ability to understand and use language in order to read and write and also measures mathematical fluency. Educational assessments also provides insight into the following skills:

Phonological Processing

Decoding and Spelling

Auditory Memory

Listening Comprehension

Vocabulary (Receptive and Expressive)

Reading fluency and comprehension

Writing

Math Fluency