Lake Drive School offers services to children who demonstrate oral/motor difficulties which impact on their eating and/or speaking skills.

At the time of the child's admission to the Lake Drive Program, our occupational therapy and speech therapy departments evaluate oral motor competencies and assist in determining the level of services required to help the child improve his oral motor skills for eating and/or speaking.

In providing services to these children, our experienced staff works as a team to develop oral motor goals, co-treat when appropriate, identify the child's changing needs and share information through regular case discussion / problem-solving meetings.

Many children receiving direct oral motor therapy are also seen in consultation by Joan Sheppard Ph.D. Dr. Sheppard is an adjunct professor at Columbia Teacher's College and an internationally- recognized, Board Certified Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders. These quarterly consultations provide family and school therapy providers with additional information, insight, and strategies for program planning.