Abby's Office is a child friendly, child centered therapeutic treatment center offering support to children and families with Special Needs..  Abby Kleinberg-Bassel has more than forty-three years of experience in the field of Early Childhood Education and Special Education.  Her academic background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Child Psychology, and Masters of Arts in both Early Childhood Education and Special Education.  

Ms. Kleinberg-Bassel has been actively involved in promoting professionalism in the fields of Special Education and Early Childhood Education as an instructor at McGill University, Concordia University, Vanier College and College Marie Victorin.  She conducts workshops for parents and teachers in Behavior Management, Language Development, Curriculum Development, Parent/Teacher Communication and Music for Young Children.  Parents and educators alike have been delighted by Abby’s knowledge of puppetry; singing and guitar playing; and cooking with kids.

Abby is now a Special Needs Consultant, offering her 42+ years of experience, training and expertise to families through a private consulting service focused exclusively on children with Special Needs from birth to 27 years old who have been diagnosed with a global developmental delay or impairment, Autism Spectrum Disorder or other Special Need.  It is her personal mandate to help these children’s families navigate the “system” to get the services that their children need, or, to help them obtain them privately in the most expedient time possible.  Her methods work and are lauded by parents with comments such as  “A Place where Miracles Happen!”   Abby’s Office is a child centered, child friendly clinic of excellence.

She was the Director of Yaldei Shashuim Developmental Center.  She came to the Centre when there were 6 clients.  Over the 5 years she was there she saw over 200 children and built Yaldei into a Centre of excellence.  Her responsibilities included the day to day operations of the Center; providing a liaison between the families, therapists, educators and the community; coordination of evaluations, assessments and services; meeting and greeting new families; community outreach and education; staff development; and keeping abreast of what is current in the field of Special Needs.

Abby was a full time teacher of children with multiple handicapping conditions at Summit School in Ville St. Laurent, Quebec for 19 years.  She taught the designated Language class and used a total communication approach with sign language, picture exchange systems, picture and object boards as well as spoken language.  The children she taught ranged in age from 4 – 11 years old with a functional age of 18 months - 3 1/2 years.  Her classroom contained many children with severe autism as well as difficult and aggressive behaviors.  

As someone committed to maintaining high standards in her field, Ms. Kleinberg-Bassel keeps abreast of current issues and ideas in professional journals in both Canada and the United States. She has been a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) as well as being on the Steering Committee of the Canadian Association of Young Children (CAYC). She collaborated on an article on using books with young children for their publication for Early Childhood Educators. She most recently had an article published in Spirit Magazine in New York State on Intensive Early Intervention.