Our Services
Services for Children:
Play Therapy
Ages 2-8 years old
I offer in-office play therapy sessions for children 2-8 years old. In our 45 minute sessions, I provide a safe and supportive environment where children can express themselves, process their experiences, and develop essential life skills.
Through the language of play, children communicate their innermost thoughts, fears, and aspirations, often unable to express these using conventional words alone. Play therapy utilizes a variety of creative and engaging techniques, such as art, games, puppets, sand trays, and role-playing, cooking, books and so much more.
Through play children work on their global development. More specifically, social emotional regulation, language & communication, social skills, and cognitive domains.
Personalized Books
Children learn best through play and narratives, especially when they need to process a big transition or a trauma. I make personalized books for your child to tell the story of their experience. Example topics include:
• New Sibling
• Caregiver Transition
• Move
• Potty Learning
• New School
• Medical Procedure
• Parent Illness
• Sleep Routines & Bedtime Books
In-School Support
Ages 3-5 (SEIT)
Ages 0-3 (SI)
I offer private Special Education Itinerant Teaching (SEIT) services for children 3-5 years old and Special Instruction (SI) for children 0-3 years old in their school or classroom to support pragmatic language, social skills, general classroom functioning and self regulation. I work with a therapeutic team (Speech & Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, & Physical Therapists) to approach and strategize about developmental goals. This one-to-one support allows me to support your child’s goals within the classroom setting to make time in the classroom productive and successful.
Community of Play
Community of Play is a play space designed by early childhood educators and therapeutic professionals with young children’s development in mind. We are a space for children to freely explore a wide variety of age appropriate materials that are thoughtfully curated and intentionally planned. Our classes aim to meet each child where they are to support their growth. Whether it’s art, yoga or a curated play experience, we focus on giving children the agency to make choices, work on mindfulness and focus on the process of what they are doing.
Please visit Community of Play for more information about groups, classes and registration!
Services for Parents:
Parenting Groups
Parents of Children Ages 0-8 Years Old (All are Welcome) Currently virtual via Zoom
Parenting is as hard as it is rewarding. Children have big feelings and so do we! Navigating your child’s individual development brings a host of questions and emotions and you should not have to parent in isolation. I offer these parenting groups to create an open, warm community and support system; a place that is non-judgemental; a place to share ideas; a place to vent - even a place to laugh. These groups are for parents of children aged 0-8 years old. All are welcome.
While all parents are welcome in every parenting group, I offer a group specifically for parents of children with developmental variations.
For information about groups please email gabrielle@felmanecc.com
Parent Support
Parents of Children Ages pregnancy-9 Years Old
One-to-one parent support (via Zoom) for families during pregnancy and beyond. A one hour initial session will be scheduled to gain a comprehensive family history, where I will learn about your child, your parenting style, and the questions or challenges that brought us together. Every parent leaves the initial session with at least a few strategies to get started with.
ONGOING SESSIONS (45 minutes): These sessions are designed for parents who need support both ongoing and for specific situations. My goal is to help you feel more empowered in parenting as well as to give you a developmental background geared towards the age of your child.
Services for Schools & Orgs:
Consulting
Staff Development
I offer staff development in 1-2 hour time blocks at schools regarding topics related to child development. Topics have included:
Limit setting & boundaries
Cooking with young children
Block building & its benefits in early childhood classrooms
Open-ended play
Sensory play & process art
What’s happening developmentally for 2’s, 3’s, 4’s
Welcoming a new sibling
Big Feelings and Tantrums
Child Specific Consulting
I also offer child specific consulting. If there is a child in your program who is struggling I can observe the child and give feedback to teachers, directors and parents on how to best support the child.
