Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy promotes independence in “occupations”, or everyday activities, for individuals across the lifespan. Children’s main occupations are learning, play, & socialization. The goal of occupational therapy is to help children participate and succeed in their occupations in meaningful ways so they can perform and function in all areas of their life independently.
SIGNS TO LOOK FOR:
SKILLS WE WORK ON:
Difficulties with handwriting, grasp, using scissors, using utensils, and completing clothing fasteners
Challenges with attention, focus, and is easily distracted
Seeking or avoiding behaviors (is in constant motion or avoids movement all together)
Is over or under responsive to touch
Has delays in overall motor skills and motor coordination, or appears clumsier than their peers
Difficulties with activities of daily living (dressing, grooming, and hygiene tasks)
Is easily overwhelmed or frustrated, and is difficult to calm if upset
Challenges with transitions
Challenges with organization, planning, and sequencing (executive functioning)
Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy promotes independence in “occupations”, or everyday activities, for individuals across the lifespan. Children’s main occupations are learning, play, & socialization. The goal of occupational therapy is to help children participate and succeed in their occupations in meaningful ways so they can perform and function in all areas of their life independently.
SIGNS TO LOOK FOR:
SKILLS WE WORK ON:
Handwriting: Letter identification, formation, sizing, spacing, line adherence.
Fine Motor Skills: Grasp, clothing fasteners, hand strength, dexterity, bilateral skills (ability to use both hands at the same time), and scissor use.
Gross Motor Skills & Development: Motor planning and praxis, bilateral coordination, right / left discrimination, ball skills and hand-eye coordination, and strength and endurance.
Visual Motor/ Visual Perceptual Skills: The ability to coordinate what you see to what your hands do.
Sensory Processing Skills: Body awareness, emotional regulation, motor planning and coordination, tactile defensiveness (i.e. ability to tolerate certain clothing or textures), seeking / avoiding behaviors, body awareness, and attention and organizational skills.
Executive Functioning Skills: Organization, planning, and sequencing, impulsivity, multi-step direction following, flexible thinking and transitions, time management, working memory, and problem solving.
Daily Living/ Self-help Skills: Dressing, grooming, and hygiene tasks, shoe tying, cooking, and potty training.
Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy promotes independence in “occupations”, or everyday activities, for individuals across the lifespan. Children’s main occupations are learning, play, & socialization. The goal of occupational therapy is to help children participate and succeed in their occupations in meaningful ways so they can perform and function in all areas of their life independently.
Speech Therapy
Speech therapy is the evaluation and treatment of a wide variety of speech, language, feeding/swallowing, fluency, and voice disorders in children. The goal of speech and language therapy is to facilitate successful communication through various modalities in order to meet the specific needs of each child. These include articulation therapy, expressive and receptive language intervention activities, and other interventions depending on the type of speech or language disorder.
SIGNS TO LOOK FOR:
SKILLS WE WORK ON:
Receptive and expressive language disorders
Articulation and phonological disorders
Auditory processing disorders
Stuttering and fluency difficulties
Cognitive and other developmental delays
Apraxia of speech
Pragmatic / Social language disorders
Executive functioning difficulties
Speech Therapy
Speech therapy is the evaluation and treatment of a wide variety of speech, language, feeding/swallowing, fluency, and voice disorders in children. The goal of speech and language therapy is to facilitate successful communication through various modalities in order to meet the specific needs of each child. These include articulation therapy, expressive and receptive language intervention activities, and other interventions depending on the type of speech or language disorder.
SIGNS TO LOOK FOR:
SKILLS WE WORK ON:
Increasing understanding of the verbal language used by caregivers and peers: receptive language
Improving ability to express wants, needs, and thoughts in multiple modalities (words, sign language, communication device, etc.)
Modeling correct sounds and syllables for a child during age-appropriate play in order to teach the child how to make certain sounds
Problem solving, memory, and organization, and other activities geared at improving cognitive communication
Conversational tactics to improve social communication
Exercises to strengthen oral muscles
Evaluating the need for specialized equipment, such as speech-generating devices
Parent education and development of exercise programs for home
Speech Therapy
Speech therapy is the evaluation and treatment of a wide variety of speech, language, feeding/swallowing, fluency, and voice disorders in children. The goal of speech and language therapy is to facilitate successful communication through various modalities in order to meet the specific needs of each child. These include articulation therapy, expressive and receptive language intervention activities, and other interventions depending on the type of speech or language disorder.
Physical Therapy
Physical therapy addresses limitations in children including postural and mobility dysfunctions. Therapeutic motor activities are used to help children access all environments efficiently and safely, and help children maximize their physical abilities and minimize the physical limitations that accompany developmental issues. The team uses experience and extensive training in pediatric health, including anatomy, physiology, psychology and child development to assist children in reaching their highest level of potential. With physical therapy, kids build strength and improve motor function, balance and coordination in fun, creative ways.
SIGNS TO LOOK FOR:
SKILLS WE WORK ON:
Delayed walking and / or delayed developmental milestones (rolling, sitting, pulling to stand, etc.)
Difficulties with large motor movements such as jumping, hopping or skipping
Decreased strength / endurance (tires easily)
Decreased balance
Poor postural control
Poor motor coordination
‘W’ sits or must sit against something stable (i.e. wall) during play
Torticollis or plagiocephaly
Low muscle tone or “floppy” movements
Avoidance of playground equipment
Orthopedic & neurological conditions
Physical Therapy
Physical therapy addresses limitations in children including postural and mobility dysfunctions. Therapeutic motor activities are used to help children access all environments efficiently and safely, and help children maximize their physical abilities and minimize the physical limitations that accompany developmental issues. The team uses experience and extensive training in pediatric health, including anatomy, physiology, psychology and child development to assist children in reaching their highest level of potential. With physical therapy, kids build strength and improve motor function, balance and coordination in fun, creative ways.
SIGNS TO LOOK FOR:
SKILLS WE WORK ON:
Dynamic Movement Intervention (DMT): a comprehensive treatment for children with motor delay by improving automatic postural responses and promoting progress towards development milestones.
Neuro-Development Treatment (NDT): is an advanced "hands-on" therapeutic approach that helps guide the individual to more efficient functional abilities
Increasing your childs strength and endurance
Movement exercises focused on increasing range of motion/mobility
Balance and motor coordination
Muscle tone and strengthening
Collaboration with orthopedic specialists and neurodevelopmental specialists for adaptive equipment
Parent education and development of exercise programs for home
Physical Therapy
Physical therapy addresses limitations in children including postural and mobility dysfunctions. Therapeutic motor activities are used to help children access all environments efficiently and safely, and help children maximize their physical abilities and minimize the physical limitations that accompany developmental issues. The team uses experience and extensive training in pediatric health, including anatomy, physiology, psychology and child development to assist children in reaching their highest level of potential. With physical therapy, kids build strength and improve motor function, balance and coordination in fun, creative ways.
Feeding Therapy
Feeding therapy is a skilled category of occupational therapy. The goal of our sessions is to help your child develop effective feeding patterns, sensory processing, and behaviors so they can increase their overall volume and tolerance for a wide variety of solid foods.
SIGNS TO LOOK FOR:
SKILLS WE WORK ON:
Picky eating and refuses to try new foods
Difficulty chewing foods and may swallow whole pieces of food
Difficulty swallowing foods or refuses certain textures
Fussy or irritable during mealtimes
Gags and chokes during mealtimes
Frequently vomits during or after mealtimes
Difficulties with latching during breast / bottle feeding, and / or difficulties with coordinating suck, swallow, and breathe
Challenges transitioning to solids
Is a messy eater
Overstuffs their mouth
Feeding Therapy
Feeding therapy is a skilled category of occupational therapy. The goal of our sessions is to help your child develop effective feeding patterns, sensory processing, and behaviors so they can increase their overall volume and tolerance for a wide variety of solid foods.
SIGNS TO LOOK FOR:
SKILLS WE WORK ON:
Oral Motor Skills: Strength, coordination, tongue lateralization, lip closure, and swallowing.
Sensory Processing Skills: Tolerance for a variety of textures, flavors, smells, and appearance of foods.
Environmental adaptations and improvements to provide a positive feeding experience.
Whole body strengthening and endurance.
Caregiver education and training on activities, interventions and feeding progressions.
Feeding Therapy
Feeding therapy is a skilled category of occupational therapy. The goal of our sessions is to help your child develop effective feeding patterns, sensory processing, and behaviors so they can increase their overall volume and tolerance for a wide variety of solid foods.
Socialization Skills
Socialization Skills Training is a type of therapy used to help individuals to improve their social skills and interactions with peers of the same age. Sessions begin with an assessment of your child’s abilities so that your child may best benefit from placement in an age appropriate and developmentally appropriate peer group. Our social skills training and curriculums are designed from evidenced based practice methods and procedures.
SIGNS TO LOOK FOR:
SKILLS WE WORK ON:
Has difficulty making and keeping friends
Has difficulty knowing what to say and when to say it
Has difficulty playing games, losing or working as a team
Has poor eye contact and ability to stay attentive during games / conversations, etc.
Has difficulty reading social cues
Becomes overly silly or shuts down when with peers
Has difficulty sharing, taking turns, or waiting in line
Has difficulty initiating and maintaining conversations with peers
Socialization Skills
Socialization Skills Training is a type of therapy used to help individuals to improve their social skills and interactions with peers of the same age. Sessions begin with an assessment of your child’s abilities so that your child may best benefit from placement in an age appropriate and developmentally appropriate peer group. Our social skills training and curriculums are designed from evidenced based practice methods and procedures.
SIGNS TO LOOK FOR:
SKILLS WE WORK ON:
Conversational exchanges and effective communication
Joint attention and eye contact
Showing empathy and being a good friend to others
Sharing and turn taking
Emotional regulation and impulsive behaviors
Conflict resolution
“Expected” and “unexpected” behaviors
Community outings to help with generalization of skills across environments
Socialization Skills
Socialization Skills Training is a type of therapy used to help individuals to improve their social skills and interactions with peers of the same age. Sessions begin with an assessment of your child’s abilities so that your child may best benefit from placement in an age appropriate and developmentally appropriate peer group. Our social skills training and curriculums are designed from evidenced based practice methods and procedures.
Tele-Therapy
Using HIPPA compliant software, our staff is able to provide effective interventions through any of your devices. Teletherapy is a valuable platform for families who live outside our area that are looking for skilled therapists, busy families who are unable to attend in-person sessions, and is also a wonderful support for in-person sessions as we can gain a better understanding of your home life and environment to guide your child’s therapies. We provide occupational, physical, and speech therapies via Teletherapy, as well as 1:1 socialization training.
SKILLS WE WORK ON:
Direct 1:1 Intervention via creative and fun activities for your child
Sensory Processing Skills: implementation of a “sensory diet” in the home environment
Handwriting: Letter identification, formation, sizing, spacing, line adherence.
Visual Motor/ Visual Perceptual Skills: The ability to coordinate what you see to what your hands do.
Assessment of the home environment and assistance in designing play areas and sensory spaces for your child
Suggestions for toys and developmental supports Feeding therapy and intervention
Fine and gross motor skills
Strength and endurance
Tele-Therapy
Using HIPPA compliant software, our staff is able to provide effective interventions through any of your devices. Teletherapy is a valuable platform for families who live outside our area that are looking for skilled therapists, busy families who are unable to attend in-person sessions, and is also a wonderful support for in-person sessions as we can gain a better understanding of your home life and environment to guide your child’s therapies. We provide occupational, physical, and speech therapies via Teletherapy, as well as 1:1 socialization training.
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