About Us

A path breaker in clinical practice and combining unique practice approaches to meet needs of the individual child and the family in reaching the highest vision of their own selves, Chaula has followed her passion of being an occupational therapist for over 18 years. She holds a Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy from University of Illinois at Chicago and worked in the US for 6 years in a variety of settings including home health, school consultant and Outpatient services before returning to India to bring back specialized care services. She holds the Sensory Integration Certification (S.I.P.T.) from the US, is a certified Neurodevelopment(NDT) therapist, certified aquatic therapist, and is trained in Therapeutic Listening, Oral-motor intervention, Kinesiotaping, Handwriting Without Tears and Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) among others. She has worked as an Occupational Therapy consultant in India at a Child Development Center and as a private home health therapist. She founded REACH Therapy Center For Children in 2011 and currently serves as the clinical director of REACH Therapy Center For Children. She is constantly in the pursuit of learning and creating opportunities for compassionate dissemination of the information for the team and for access for the families at Reach through direct ongoing sessions as well as through trainings.
It is her mission to evolve conscious awareness and acceptance in the community about individuals with special needs and create pathways for inclusion and accommodations, for individuals with visible and invisible neurodevelopment conditions. To aid this, Chaula and the Reach Team partners with schools for school based intervention, accommodations and classroom support for children with special needs, and carries out several parent and professional training workshops each year to further empower professionals and cares of individuals on the spectrum.

Onissia has been working with the REACH team since 2014. Every day here is exciting for her as she has the opportunity to challenge herself both personally as well as professionally. For her, it is fun working with children of varying age groups and needs. Interacting and working closely with children and their families has encouraged and enabled her to think beyond the box and pursue what is new, exciting, therapeutic and beneficial in achieving their goals towards learning and independence. Seeing the growth and impact in the life of the childrenthrough therapy and the impact this success has on the entire family is very satisfying and reinforcing for her as a therapist.”