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Sensory Integration Specialists

As one of the largest occupational therapy practices in the country, we are privileged to be able to provide services to clients experiencing a wide range of sensory processing difficulties. As we have grown over the last three decades, our goal has remained unchanged–to provide the highest quality occupational therapy and speech and language therapy services possible.

Please browse our website to find out more about sensory integration, our services, and our research initiative. We hope you will find it informative.

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Our Founder

Jane Koomar, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
1954 – 2013

The late Dr. Koomar co-founded OTA-Watertown in Watertown Square in 1983, and it is now known as OTA The Koomar Center in Newton, Massachusetts. She served as President ot OTA as well as President of the Board of the Spiral Foundation. She was also a Professor of Practice at Tufts University, Boston School of Occupational Therapy. She completed her PhD in developmental psychology at Boston University where she was also an assistant professor in occupational therapy. In 1984 she studied with Dr. Jean Ayres, who developed the theory of sensory integration. Sadly Dr. Koomar passed away in February of 2013.

Dr. Koomar, an icon in her field, meant so much to so many people, and changed for the better the lives of thousands of children and their families. Many titles come to mind when trying to describe Dr. Koomar: mother, wife, visionary, entrepreneur, scientist, educator, author, mentor, and healer, but what probably describes Dr. Koomar best is not a title, but the sincerity and humanity of her actions. Her gift to see the strength in people by supporting them to be the best they can possibly be, and her selfless capacity to nurture the souls of those she taught, treated, and mentored is immeasurable.

Dr. Koomar reached people in ways that no others could.

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Testimonials

"Thank you for your very kind note. In the absence of time, I wanted to send you a quick response to say THANK YOU. You have done an *exceptional* job with Brianna--going above and beyond, thinking outside the box, really getting to know her, and supporting us at every step of the way. You are a very talented person/OT, and we are lucky to have gotten the chance to work with you. Please know how appreciative we are of all that you have done for Brianna."

"I think the report does an excellent job -- better than I have ever been able to do -- of explaining what I experience. It will be a great educational tool for any MD I see in the future. You are really the first person I've seen who has been able to really take in and understand what I'm saying in all of this."

"Wanted to send a quick update on the past week. It's hard for us to believe but Ellie has essentially slept through the night every night since last Wednesday. Wonder if we finally hit a turning point! Also she loved your thank you card and upon reading it told me "let's read it every day" :)"

“Generally we think Jeff has improved a great deal - Because of you & OTA. Our lives have definitely changed for the better in the 15 months we have been here. He absolutely loves coming here. OTA has been unbelievably AMAZING!!!! We love OTA!!!”

“It has been an absolute pleasure to work so closely with (OTA consulting OT) over the past two days of our OT seminar! I have learned so much from her observations and feedback. She has also been able to easily identify students who present with sensory needs and has given concrete and constructive suggestions to teachers on how to best support these students in the classroom. Our teachers are reporting that this is an extremely beneficial seminar and that they feel empowered and educated by her consultations."

Thank you so much for meeting with me and my mom last Thursday. Your explanation of SPD was so clear and it was incredibly comforting to finally have a better understanding of how Dave's brain and body work. We could not be more thrilled to have you in his corner! Please know how appreciative we are of all you have done so far to make him feel comfortable and excited to see you every week and for all you have done to educate us on how to help him. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

OTA The Koomar Center stands against racial injustice.

To live up to OTA’s vision “to create an environment of love, acceptance, and support that enables clients to function at their best”, we are working to educate ourselves about the best ways to use our roles to address systemic racism at the personal, company, and community levels. We hope you maintain your trust in us as we put our values and commitments into sustainable action.

We recognize that we need to do more to listen, learn, empathize and make it safe to talk openly about racial injustice in our work environment. We are making a long-term commitment to educate ourselves about the issues, create a program of outreach to underserved communities, re-examine our recruitment and hiring practices, and to advocate for greater access to healthcare for people of color. These action steps will keep us focused on this critical social need.

We know we can do more, and we will.