Bright Minds Institute

[Guest guest]

Dear Parents and Members,

I have been a member of the DTT list for several years and my

husband and I have been ABA therapists and consultants in the

Houston area since 1999 when we got our first start working with Dr

Carbone. Since then we have been passionate about helping as many

children as we could reach. My husband and I recently relocated to

California to open a multidisciplinary clinic. The Bright Minds

Institute is now open in San Francisco, in the Presidio, and offers

an array of services to patients from toddlers to young adults. Our

multidisciplinary clinic offers ABA, a European approach to physical

therapy, traditional PT, OT, speech, cognitive neurology,

neuropsychology, clinical psychology, educational psychology,

cognitive therapy, family therapy, art therapy, and pharmacological

therapy. Additionally, our patients have access to cutting edge

technology such as the DESSA, which is a highly sensitive EEG

machine that has the capability to evaluate real time auditory and

visual processing. Bright Minds Institute is one of the few places

to have a DESSA (the other being at Harvard). Additionally, our

clinic is directed by a cognitive behavioral neurologist, Dr.

Miranda, who is one of the only neurologists capable of

reading the DESSA. We work from a medical model, in that we try to

treat from the inside out. New patients undergo a thorough

evaluation which may include brain scans; from that information, we

work to create individualized teaching and treatment plans that can

address any deficient areas found by Dr. Miranda. Our language

based ABA approach utilizes natural environment training to

encourage a natural development of language in children who are

nonverbal or who have limited verbal abilities. For those with

physical limitations or severe physical disorders, our director of

physical therapy is highly trained in the European (and traditional)

approach to physical therapy which utilizes the therasuit, universal

exercise unit, and intensive suit therapy.

To find out more information about the numerous services we offer,

please go to our website: brightmindsinstitute.com or call: 415-561-

6755.

We are very excited about what is happening here at our clinic and

feel that many children could benefit greatly from our approaches.

Space is filling quickly, but if you mention hearing about us on the

DTT list, I will try to give you priority.

Sincerely,

Misty

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