They had waitlists almost two years long and a yearning to help them all, so Horizon Health occupational therapists Laura Dooley and Sarah Morrison started dreaming of a way to see more children with sensory processing or mental health needs in a more efficient way.
“There was just an accumulating waitlist for children who needed sensory assessments because of, you know, different diagnoses or sensory processing challenges that can be related to mental health or neurodevelopmental conditions,” Dooley explained. “And I think what we were just trying to find a different way to provide the same level of service and care, but in a way that was more timely because some of those families and children were waiting like an extended period of time.”
Five years later, they’ve opened Horizon Health’s first sensory room, with funding from …