Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy focuses on enabling people to do the activities of daily life.  In pediatrics, this focuses on functional self-care tasks, play, social participation, and ability to learn. Occupational therapists assess and treat sensory processing abilities, self-care, oral motor and feeding skills, visual perceptual, visual motor, fine motor, gross motor, play and psycho-social abilities.

    • Infants to Adolescents

    • Autism Spectrum Disorders

    • Developmental Delay

    • Sensory Processing Disorders

    • Pediatric Feeding Disorders

    • Delayed Milestones in Childhood

Practice Focus

  • Our therapists utilize a variety of approaches to assess and treat sensory processing challenges. With our state-of-the-art sensory gym, we are able to target each individual child’s sensory needs. Clients have access to therapeutic equipment including swings, tunnels, a rock wall, a zip line, a ball pit, scooters, bikes, and more. Our therapists have training in the foundations of sensory integration to determine what tools and equipment promote each child’s ability to self-regulate and work at an optimal state. Therapy often includes recommendations for the home and school environments to promote carryover of skills learned and optimal regulation in all settings.

  • Our therapists are highly trained in assisting children with fine motor and visual motor delays. Children with a non-functional grasp or difficulty manipulating objects, difficulty with handwriting, coloring, and cutting, trouble completing dressing fasteners, and difficulty cutting food may benefit from occupational therapy to strengthen these functional skills.

  • Occupational Therapy can assist children with incoordination, weakness, trouble with balance, and overall impaired body awareness. Gross motor skills are not just the skills needed to participate in sports, they are the foundational skills needed to make the body work.

  • Impaired feeding skills can greatly impact a child’s functioning and cause stress within the family unit. If a child is not eating, or has a limited diet, an occupational therapist can assess the oral motor skills and sensory processing components that may be contributing to these challenges. Working with the family, an occupational therapist can assist a child with exploring new foods, provide fun and engaging activities to strengthen oral motor skills, and help the child expand their diet and confidence with eating.

Therapy Approach

  • Includes intake paperwork, review of previous therapies, parent interview of concerns and developmental/medical history, completion of formal standardized assessments when appropriate, informal observations, brief overview at the end of the assessment process. A formal write up is provided to the family within 2 weeks after the appointment.

  • 1:1 therapist and client in our state-of-the-art sensory gym with access to therapeutic equipment. Additional rooms and environments are utilized when appropriate (i.e. kitchen, smaller motor rooms). Parents are invited to attend sessions as appropriate and feedback is provided to parents following each session to review goals addressed and further activities to complete at home prior to the next session. Home Programming is utilized when appropriate based on the client’s needs. Teletherapy continues to be offered on an as needed/as appropriate basis.