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.

Hiral graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy from Seth G.S Medical College and KEM Hospital. She has received specialized training in Sensory Integration Therapy from the University of Southern California and Handwriting Intervention for children using Handwriting Without Tears program. She is also one of the very few Aquatic Therapists in India to be certified by the International Aquatic Therapy Foundation. Her areas of interest include supporting the sensory and emotional needs of children with Autism, teaching self-regulation and organizational skills to elementary and middle school kids, social thinking groups for kids having difficulties with social skills, creating awareness and integrating our children into all spheres of the society. She loves her work and considers herself lucky because she literally gets to play at work. When she is not busy playing, pretending, running, jumping, teaching and learning with the kiddos, she likes to travel and read.

Since 2015, Rachana has been working at REACH THERAPY CENTER FOR CHILDREN and she envisions the team to reach wider range of families, to provide the most effective services/intervention with our utmost effort and potential. Her interests lie in working with children on the autism spectrum, sensory processing disorders, social communication disorders, neuro-developmental deficits and handwriting difficulties. She loves creating a fun-filled social environment for the kids and providing them with opportunities to explore. She is passionate about helping children develop self-confidence, self-esteem and social skills in their areas of occupation- self-care, daily activities, school and play. She works closely with children and their families at home, school and other environments.