This is Heller Family Grove

Offering Multiple Types of Therapy for Your Family

Welcome to Therapeutic Services at Heller Family Grove

At Heller Family Grove, we believe every child deserves the chance to thrive. Our center offers a warm, welcoming environment where children receive expert care and support tailored to their individual needs. We bring together a dedicated team of specialists to provide early intervention, therapy, and guidance for families – all under one roof!

Available Therapies Include:

  • Helping children find their voice and connect with others.

    • Supports children who struggle to express themselves or understand language

    • Builds skills in conversation, storytelling, and listening

    Works on memory, organization, and social communication

  • Helping children understand how their brain affects learning, emotions, and behavior.

    • Provides in-depth evaluations to understand how a child thinks, feels, and learns

    • Helps identify challenges related to attention, memory, or school performance

    Creates a personalized plan to support your child’s growth

  • Helping children heal and grow through the power of play.

    • Uses toys, games, and creativity to help children express feelings

    • Builds self-confidence, emotional awareness, and social skills

    Creates a safe space for children to process life experiences

  • Empowering children to succeed in everyday life.

    • Teaches important life skills like dressing, feeding, and writing

    • Supports sensory processing and emotional regulation

    Prepares children for classroom activities and social interaction

  • Building strength and confidence through movement and play.

    • Supports skills like walking, running, climbing, and balance

    • Uses fun, active sessions to build coordination

    Helps children feel strong and confident in their bodies

Click here to request more information about available therapies

Neuropsychological evaluations available from a licensed Pediatric Neuropsychologist

To learn more or request information about receiving or providing therapy services, click here.

Meet Karen Spector

Karen Spector is a recent transplant to the Orlando area, having moved here from New Jersey in the summer of 2022. She has been an educator for over 30 years, both in elementary and Jewish education. Karen most recently worked at Golda Och Academy, a Conservative Jewish day school, for seventeen years as a teacher, director of admissions, and assistant principal.  

Her vision for Heller Family Grove, and for the broader JCC community, is to help create a warm and inclusive space for children and families to play and learn, where children will be able to receive a variety of services, parents will be able to engage in workshops and classes, and life-long friendships will be made. 

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Karen Spector

Senior Director of Therapeutic Services and Engagement 

Meet Dr. Juliana Bloom

Juliana S. Bloom, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and pediatric neuropsychologist. Dr. Bloom currently provides assessment, therapy, and consultation services.

Dr. Bloom received her B.A. summa cum laude from Emory University and her Masters of Education and doctoral degrees from the University of Georgia. While at UGA, she conducted clinical research on the neurobiological basis of dyslexia and ADHD.

Dr. Bloom completed her internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where she worked with children and adolescents with complex medical and neurological illnesses, including stroke, epilepsy, brain tumors, cancer, and traumatic brain injury, among others.

Dr. Bloom’s areas of clinical interest include dyslexia, ADHD, neuropsychological outcome and school re-entry following acquired brain injury and medical illness, medical traumatic stress in patients and families, and pediatric stroke. She is the author of seven peer-reviewed journal articles, five invited book chapters, and more than 40 conference presentations. She is a member of the American Psychological Association and the International Neuropsychological Society. She loves spending her free time with her husband and two children.

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Juliana S. Bloom, Ph.D.

Pediatric Neuropsychologist