Milagros J. Cordero

Dr. Milagros ("Mili") J. Cordero (b. November 1949) is the founder and president of Individual and Team Therapy Services For Children (ITT’S for Children) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where she developed a unique occupational, physical, and speech and language intervention therapy for children based around a "playful" approach to treatment that followed the child's lead and incorporated parent, grandparent, sibling, and caregiver participation. Her organization, ITT'S for Children, founded in 2001, developed into a professional group that assists parents to develop a better understanding of the strengths and needs of their children and "empowers" them via awareness of how to best facilitate a child's own developmental abilities. As a board certified pediatric OT and a licensed, registered occupational therapist she has writing several books and articles on the educational, sensory and motor therapies of children with disabilities.

Early years, education and training
Cordero was born in November 1949 in Puerto Rico where she received her primary and secondary education. After her graduation from high school she enrolled and attended the University of Puerto Rico where she earned a degree and received her training in occupational therapy. Cordero earned a Masters degree in Pediatric Occupational Therapy from Boston University (BU). She continued her allied health studies at BU and earned a Doctoral degree in Special Education in 1988.

ITT’S for Children
Cordero is the founder and president of Individual and Team Therapy Services For Children, also known as "ITT’S for Children," a professional group that assists and empowers parents to develop a better understanding of the strengths and needs of their children and to enhance their children’s development to the full extent of their capability. ITT's for Children provides occupational, physical, and speech and language therapy services for children. They provide habilitation and rehabilitation services for children in the 0 to 18 year group who experience chronic health related issues. Cordero currently trains occupational therapists in children’s therapy.

Carrer and extracurricular
Cordero is a member of the national Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-based model (DIR®) Institute faculty and serves as vice-chair to Georgia's State Interagency Coordinating Council for the Babies Can’t Wait program, the professional advisory council of the National Cornelia De Lange Association, and the board of directors of the Frazer Center in Atlanta, Georgia. She is certified in the use of Samonas Sound Therapy (SAMONAS) and Tomatis sound therapies. Samonas Sound Therapy is a scientifically and artistically structured auditory intervention program that uses music, voice and nature sounds to re-map and restore the brain's ability to process sound. Tomatis sound therapy is a method based on the discoveries of Dr Alfred Tomatis, the French ear specialist who developed the discipline called audio-psycho-phonology, meaning the psychology of speech and hearing.