Pardue, Heather B

Cheshire Center, located in Greensboro, N.C., is a privately owned clinic. It provides community-based rehabilitation services, such as speech, physical and occupational therapies to the pediatric population. It offers various programs and speech and language pathology for adults and children, such as language literacy and auditory processing programs, and adult rehabilitation. Its speech and language pathologists offer various programs designed to help in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Its programs make use of computer technology and include Earobics and FastForWord. It addresses various areas of difficulty, such as phonetic awareness, auditory processing, working memory, word discrimination, listening and comprehension. It operates a voice clinic that provides preventive and clinical care for persons with speaking disorders. It offers comprehensive clinical evaluations and voice therapy that is provided and monitored by a voice team. Cheshire Center was opened in 1980.

The Children s Developmental Services Agency, also known as CDSA, serves the residents of Alamance, Caswell, Guilford, Randolph and Rockingham areas in North Carolina. It offers a range of developmental services for children. The agency administers the Infant-Toddler Program, which includes early intervention services for children ages birth to three who have special needs. The Children s Developmental Services Agency is governed by the Women's and Children's Health Division, which provides physical, occupational and speech therapies, as well as organizes several recreational activities. The division is managed by the Department of Health and Human Services, which is governed by the State of North Carolina.