Sandbox Therapy Group

🎉🌟 Exciting News, Everyone! 🌟🎉
We're thrilled to share an amazing *FREE* event happening soon:

"FUN AT THE FARM" hosted by Courageous Connections! 🐎 ✨ It's a fantastic opportunity for fun, laughter, and unforgettable connections! 🤝❤️

📅 Date: Sunday, June 29th, 2025
🕐 Time: 1 PM - 3 PM
📍 Location: Lake Stevens, WA

Get ready for Games, Facepainting, Bake Sale, Raffle, and More! 🎨🍰🎟️

Link to Sign Up for FREE: https://givebutter.com/0MDr3t

Don't miss out on the fun! Mark your calendars and spread the word! 📢

Fun at the Farm By Courageous Connections

Sandbox Therapy Group’s Anna DiNoto was humbled to be on the training panel - Games, Quests and Therapy - at Ryther Child Center recently. The training included Adam Davis (Games to Grow) and Peter Jung (Behavior Bridges)! We met many awesome people, witnessed the amazing generosity from Gamers Engaged, and had a blast 😊!

Fun fact - did you know that the first D&D social skills group at Ryther Child Center was started by Anna?! Below, you can see Adam and Peter alongside her, who later led and expanded upon the group, making it the amazing group that it is today!

We’re excited to announce our new intern crew! They have availability immediately for individual, family, and group therapy, as well as psychological evaluations. We also are offering *FREE* developmental screenings for Autism and ADHD! We hope to hear from you soon 😊

Some of the Sandbox staff recently went skydiving. What a great time! Check out our pics from way high up in the sky : ) Have you skydived before? Tell us about your experience and feel free to share your pics too! We're still recovering from the adrenaline...muhaha We'd also like to say huge thank you to Skydive Snohomish! Skydive Snohomish

★STAFF SPOTLIGHT★

Kristen Leucuta grew up just outside of the Chicago area. She attended the University of Kansas and received her Speech Language Pathology (SLP) degree from Idaho State University. A fellow student at the university touted the beauty and scenery of the greater Seattle area. Kristen came to visit after grad school, and decided to move here. She then began a successful internship at Sandbox Therapy Group, and a few months later, came back to practice as an SLP.

One of her areas of focus and study is feeding therapy. She is astute at learning about what causes food aversions, as well as the mechanical and sensory aspect of this approach to therapy, and uses the Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) approach. SOS feeding therapy, as it is known, utilizes a food hierarchy to increase the diversity in a diet, and form a healthy relationship with food through positive experiences. It integrates motor, oral, behavioral, and nutritional factors.

Outside of work she enjoys time getting back into reading, and is currently reading up on the care of Pug puppies. She would also like to re-read volumes of the Harry Potter series, and the novel Dune. Kristen enjoys working with her clients on speech language intelligibility and cluttering as well as feeding therapy. Her passion for her work and attention to detail is evident in her desire to learn more about each client here at Sandbox.