TheraYouth Foundation Therapy for Children of all Ages

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TheraYouth Foundation

TheraYouth is founded on a belief that all children deserve a healthy, strong and bright future regardless of their socio-economic status or ethnic background. Due to limited third party reimbursement(Medicaid and health insurances) many pediatric clinics seek reimbursement through direct, private payment methods. As a result, families who cannot afford to pay high, out of pocket rates end up without much necessary healthcare services for their children.
TheraYouth is a nonprofit (with 501c3 status) organization working to provide comprehensive pediatric therapy for families, in its home state of New Jersey at a substantially reduced cost. Upon setting its roots locally, TheraYouth is looking to expand its reach nationally. Supportive healthcare services should be available to all children!

Our Founder

Our founder, Dr. Irina Marcoff, DPT, has spent decades treating children with various impairments and disabilities for both public schools systems and in private practice. Many of the low-income neighborhoods where she has worked do not have sufficient occupational, physical, and speech therapy clinics.

Children with delays, disabilities, and injuries risk developing chronic ailments and face societal and emotional challenges when untreated. School systems typically only help students who have more severe challenges, often excluding children with mild to moderate impairments. Retail therapy is inaccessible for many families due to high costs.

Dr. Marcoff created TheraYouth to provide children of all ages and challenges with comprehensive, personalized, expert care in communities where vital services are hard to find. TheraYouth strives to give all children, from every income level, the opportunity for a healthier and stronger future

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Meet Our Staff

Dr. Irina Marcoff, DPT

Physical Therapist

Meet Irina

Irina Marcoff DPT, is the founder and board president of TheraYouth Foundation. Dr. Marcoff started her career as a pediatric physical therapist in the New York City Department of Education. There, she provided physical therapy services for students in underserved communities. She worked with children who suffered from various congenital and acquired disabilities. Dr. Marcoff possesses the knowledge and the understanding of the struggles that the families in low socio-economic communities experience. She is aware of the challenges these families face in accessing the care their kids so desperately need. Dr. Marcoff went above and beyond to offer support to these families, but was also restricted by the system. School based therapy is not designed to address the medical needs that the children in her care needed most.

Stephanie Caputo, SLT

Supervisor - Speech Therapist

Meet Stephanie

Stephanie Caputo M.A., CCC-SLP is a NJ State licensed speech therapist. Stephanie received her Master’s of Arts degree in Speech-Language Pathology from West Chester University and holds a Certification of Clinical Competence in Speech Language Pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She has worked throughout the state of New Jersey at various hospitals, acute care, and rehabilitation facilities. Her work experience covers a variety of patient populations including dysphagia, social communication, cognitive-communication, language, and speech disorders. Stephanie has extensive experience with neurodegenerative disorders, learning disabilities, traumatic brain injury, stroke, developmental delays, and autism spectrum disorder.

Manshi Patel, OT

Occupational Therapist

Meet Manshi

Manshi Patel M.S., OTR/L is a New Jersey and New York State licensed occupational therapist. Manshi received her Master’s of Science degree in Occupational Therapy from Seton Hall University in 2019. She has experience working with toddlers, preschoolers, school-aged children, and geriatrics. Currently, Manshi also works with Preschool-5th grade students in the public school setting. Manshi has a varied experience working with pediatric clients in the following areas: learning disability, sensory processing disorder, developmental delay, cerebral palsy, and autism spectrum disorder. More specifically, she works on skills including but not limited to fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, visual perceptual skills, cognitive skills, behavior regulation, life-skills, and more.

Erin Skotarczak, OT

Occupational Therapist

Meet Erin

Erin is a 1994 graduate of Temple University where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy. She has worked throughout the Philadelphia and NY area at various acute care and rehabilitation facilities including Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Kessler Rehab, and Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Center. She has worked with a variety of patient populations including traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, hand therapy, stroke and neurologic rehab, and work hardening. After taking time off to raise her 3 children she is excited to be back and working with the pediatric population.

DhulFiQaar Wadley

Meet FiQaar

Dhul-FiQaar Wadley has vast experience treating physical therapy patients. As someone who grew up in urban areas like Newark, Irvington, and Philadelphia, he understands firsthand the challenges of accessing essential services like physical, occupational, and speech therapy. That’s why he is passionate about his work here at TheraYouth, where he is dedicated to providing vital therapies to as many children as possible. His goal is to improve their quality of life and help them thrive.

Jennifer Allen

Speech Therapist

Meet Jennifer

Jennifer received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education from Villanova University and her Master of Arts degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Kean University.

Jennifer has experience working in clinical, educational, and rehabilitative outpatient settings. She has provided individualized assessment and treatment for adults and children with language and speech disorders, including aphasia, apraxia of speech, language and articulation disorders, fluency disorders, motor speech disorders, voice disorders, dysphagia, and cognitive deficits. She has worked with preschool to school-aged children, exhibiting a wide range of communication disorders, including autism, auditory processing disorders, and multiple disabilities.

This is a second career for Jennifer. She worked previously as a 3rd grade classroom teacher in general education. As an educator in the New Jersey public school system, she increased her understanding of the learning process, the core curriculum standards, and the incredibly variable nature of children in both regular and special education.

Jennifer is licensed by the State of New Jersey and certified by the New Jersey Department of Education as a Speech-Language Specialist. She loves spending time with her three boys and loving, supportive husband.

Elisa Martinez

Front Desk

Svetlana Kozlova

Office Manager