OUR STORY

KidsConnect was founded by Dana Nitzoy, MOT/OTR/L, a pediatric occupational therapist whose work is shaped by both professional training and lived experience.

Dana brings a global understanding of culture, family systems, and differing perspectives on child development. Through her personal and professional journey, she has learned that families come from many backgrounds — each with their own values, expectations, stressors, and ways of understanding their children.

This perspective deeply informs the work at KidsConnect.

When a child experiences challenges in development, regulation, or participation, it is rarely “just one thing.”
The body, nervous system, emotions, relationships, environment, and culture are all interconnected.

Dana’s clinical philosophy reflects this understanding: to truly support a child, we must look at the whole child within their whole world, rather than isolating individual concerns.

This global, systems-based lens is shared across the KidsConnect team.
Our clinicians come from diverse cultural backgrounds, bringing a richness of perspectives, lived experiences, and ways of connecting with families.

We see this diversity as a strength.
It allows us to better understand families with different cultural norms, communication styles, and expectations — and to approach each child and family with curiosity, respect, and openness.

KidsConnect was created as a space where children are not reduced to labels or checklists but where families feel seen, valued, and understood within their unique cultural and relational context.

By integrating cultural awareness with regulation-based, play-centered therapy, KidsConnect offers care that is both clinically grounded and deeply human.

At KidsConnect, difference is not something to be changed — it is something to be understood and honored.