




Here you'll find listed some really great and creative places for kids just to have fun. They will strengthen their bodies and explore their imaginations without it having to be "work" for them. VIRGINIA Little Steps Music, 5631 Williamsburg Blvd., Arlington, VA 22213, 703-536-4706, www.littlestepsmusic.com Provides music therapy services for developmentally delayed children, addressing goals such as enhanced speech/language, motor skills and appropriate social-emotional responses. Expressive Therapeutic Movement (formerly DanceAbilities) P.A.C.E. (Perceptual Awareness to Creative Expression), Lynne Bauer, BIS, LPTA, CMA, RSMT, 12487 Rose Path Circle, Fairfax, VA 22033, 703-218-0751, www.danceabilities.com Movement Therapy Program for Children with Special Needs from ages 3 through Young Adult. MARYLAND Create Arts Center, 816 Thayer Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910, 301-588-2787, www.createartscenter.org Accepts children with mild disabilities who can be integrated into a typical classroom setting. Also works individually and in small groups with autistic children. Create-A-Story Claudia Raphael, MA, REAT, Bethesda, MD 301-365-7907. Play sessions and art therapy for children of all ages. Sensory integration, art therapy, developmental play activities, storytelling and infant stimulation. Expressive Therapy Center, Stephanie Natter, M.A., ATR, CGP Director, 14808 Physicians Lane Suite 111, Rockville, MD 20850, 301-869-1017,www.expressivetherapycenter.com Offers therapy/support in a group setting or individual therapy for children, adolescents and adults, in a wide variety of expressive ways! Imagination Stage's AccessAbility Program, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, MD 301-961-6060, www.imaginationstage.org. Provides supportive, safe access to theater arts classes for young people with physical, developmental, language and/or cognitive disabilities. |