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- -Willow Dejesus talks with hope in her office Friday.

Dejesus is an occupational therapist who treats children who have sensory problems.

(Bill Husa/Enterprise-Record) All Chico E-R photos are available here.Willow Dejesus' work environment has a trampoline, a couple of giant bean bags, a trapeze, a slide and huge bouncing balls.

Sometimes a Mozart melody plays softly.

Nobody, including Dejesus, wears shoes.

Even though the room looks like it's built for fun, the purpose is therapy.

Symptoms are numerous, but the bottom line is the same.

"These children have a traffic jam in the brain," said Dejesus, founder of Integrative Therapy for Special Needs for Special Children.

"The...

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