Autism Spectrum Disorders

Downs Syndrome

Sensory Processing Disorder

Cerebral Palsy

Learning Disabilities

ADD/ADHD

Anxiety/OCD

Behavioral Problems

Stroke/Brain Injury

Executive Function Delays

Developmental Delays

About Us!

Our objective is to acknowledge individuals and their families as unique, complete, equal, and perfect. Our goal is to embrace each participant by giving them the time, attention, and respect they deserve in assessing their situation and to enhance their lives. Through a team effort, we will provide strong support during and after therapy to ensure continued growth and positive development, both mentally and physically.

Keri Porter, Program Director

Keri Porter studied psychology at the University of Toledo. She is a mother of two, who discovered the Sensory Learning^SM Program four years ago when looking for a comprehensive therapy for her first born, Caleb, then recently diagnosed with Autism. Upon his completion of the integrated sensory (IS) therapy, his improvements were overwhelmingly significant creating an invaluable impact on his life and the family! Caleb’s profound improvements inspired Keri to become a parent advocate, counselling parents and informing them of the Sensory Learning^SM Program. Keri’s passion for the program inspired her to become a Certified Program Specialist and then a Provider, bringing this amazing program to Florida’s Suncoast. Becoming a provider requires a combination of related professional expertise, the purchase of Sensory Learning equipment and proprietary software with extensive training at the Sensory Learning Center International headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. There she learned the intricacies of the nervous system and how the senses play a vital role in our development, learning and social awareness.  Her professional relationship with the executive director continues today, providing additional support to New Path Development Center and those who we assist through the program.

Keri has administered the Sensory Learning^SM Program to patients of all ages and disabilities. As a parent and a professional, it has become her mission to advise families of the intricacies relating to sensory processing and how it relates to their loved ones. She has witnessed each participant’s noticeable developmental improvements, and how it has provided a positive change for many families.

The Sensory Learning^SM Program

The Sensory LearningSM Program has had a high rate of success providing hope for individuals affected with various sensory challenges, caused by brain injury and brain disorders. Those who have gone through the program have reported dramatic and steady changes in their or their loved one’s lives and we hope that we can assist you on your journey to wellness.

How the Sensory Learning^SM Program Works

The Sensory Learning Program is a multi-modal (auditory, visual & vestibular/movement) therapy designed to improve sensory input by stimulating these primary sensory systems at the same time. The Sensory Learning Program requires the primary nervous systems to process information simultaneously in order to help the individual better adapt to their natural environment.

The Sensory Learning Program Has Improved

• • Self-Regulation– Ability to manage emotions and control behavior.

• • Expressive Language-Ability to use words and sentences to express thoughts and ideas.

• • Fine-motor control-Use of small muscles in the hands to make fine motions.

• • Gross-motor control-Coordinated use of the large muscles of the body.

• • Memory-Mental ability to store and retrieve fundamental information and experiences

• • Mental Processing Speed-Time required to take in, understand, and respond to information.

• • Organization-Ability to organize thoughts, actions, and physical environment.

• • Planning-Ability to set goals, formulate actions to reach a goal, and follow it through.

• • Mental Flexibility-Ability to comfortably shift from one thought or activity to another.

• • Receptive Language-Comprehension of words and sentences.

• • Word Retrieval-Ability to spontaneously remember and use specific words.

• • Sensory Processing-Perceive and respond to ones’s environments without defensiveness.

• Executive Function-An advanced process that involves the capacity to consider potential outcomes of a situation and choose a safe, reasonable, and competent course of action. (This function is not fully formed until an individual reaches their early to mid twenties)