Who we serve
ICAN of Washington, Inc. is a private practice located in Bethesda, MD, serving Montgomery County and parts of Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia. ICAN of Washington provides individual and group therapy sessions to children and adolescents with a variety of developmental delays or disorders. Additionally, we run Applied Behavior Analysis programs with emphasis on B.F. Skinner's analysis of Verbal Behavior in your home, which involves training parents, home instructors, behavior technicians and teachers.
| Autism Autism is a complex developmental disability that typically appears during the first three years of life. |
Apraxia/Dyspraxia of Speech: Apraxia of speech is sometimes called verbal apraxia, developmental apraxia of speech, or verbal dyspraxia. “Praxis” means planned movement. A child with the diagnosis of apraxia of speech has difficulty programming and planning speech movements. |
Articulation Disorders Speech sound errors which do not change in different word contexts. These errors occur during production of speech sounds and/or in single word or phrases. |
| Reading Difficulties / Dyslexia Children with reading disorders have difficulties with accuracy, speed, and/or comprehension to the extent that the impairment interferes with academic achievement or activities of daily life. |
Expressive Language Disorder Children with expressive language disorders have difficulty with verbal expression, such as putting words together to formulate thoughts or answering simple or complex questions. |
Pragmatic Language Disorders Pragmatic language refers to how we use language in social situations, including expressive language. |