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.

OUR CORE VALUES

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