ABOUT US
The mission of Laughlin Children’s Center is to empower children, teens, and families through client-centered clinical and academic services in a safe, supportive environment, helping every child thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.
Whole-Child Approach
Partnership with Families
Accessibility
Personalized Services
Building confident learners to empower future success.
- Founded in 1956, Laughlin Children’s Center provides innovative therapy and specialized education to children ages two to eighteen throughout Western Pennsylvania.
- Our clinical services include speech therapy, occupational therapy and psychological counseling.
- Our academic services include The Village Preschool, tutoring, and a dyslexia program utilizing disciplines like the Orton-Gillingham method of instruction and education.
- We provide screenings and evaluations to determine a child’s needs and our departments work together to ensure all children are receiving services that benefit them the most.
- Fourteen different organizations accredit Laughlin Children’s Center.
Our Accreditations
Academic Services
- Private Academic license from the PA Department of Education for the preschool and tutoring
Our Licenses and Memberships
Academic Services
- International Dyslexia Association
- Pittsburgh Branch of International Dyslexia Association
Occupational Therapy
- American Occupational Therapy Association
- Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association
Speech Services
- American Speech Language Hearing Association
- Pennsylvania Speech Language Hearing Association
- Pennsylvania State License
Psychology Services
- Pennsylvania Psychological Association
- Parent Child Interaction Therapy International
- National Board of Certified Counselors
- American Psychological Association
- National Association of School Psychologists
- Association of School Psychologists of PA
