Occupational Therapy
Pediatric occupational therapy is a skilled therapeutic treatment, which focuses on helping infants, children, and young adults maximize their abilities to achieve the greatest possible degree of functional independence in all areas, or “occupations”, of their lives.
Occupational Therapy uses purposeful and goal-directed activities in conjunction with play to improve function, enhance mastery of skills, foster positive self-esteem/confidence and promote engagement, interactions, and involvement.
Our occupational therapists are highly trained to assess and provide treatment to children from birth to young adults. We understand that all children are unique and not everyone fits into a specific therapy model, so by individualizing treatments we are able to provide the most effective intervention for each patient.
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By utilizing a variety of evidence-based theories and treatment techniques, our therapists address the unique and individual concerns of each child and their family. Specialized treatment approaches include: Sensory Integration Therapy, Therapeutic Listening® , DIR®/Floor Time™ models, SOS Approach to Feeding®, Alert Program®, Craniosacral Therapy, Bala-Vis-X®, Qigong Sensory Therapy, Handwriting Without Tears®, Astronaut Training Program, Interactive Metronome® , Myofascial Release, Social Skills Programs, Augmentative Communication, Home Programming, and Parent Education/Training.
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Daily Living Skills Eating
- Eating
- Dressing
- Grooming
- Bathing
- Toileting
- Sleeping
- Household Responsibilities
- Community Living Tasks
Play/Socialization
- Independent Play
- Cooperative Play
- Pretend Play
- Sports Recreation
- Hobbies
- Playing Games
- Use of Toys
- Establishing Friendships
- Sharing
- Turn Taking
- Listening
- Engagement and Interaction
- Social Greetings
School Performance
- Participation in Activities
- Coloring
- Drawing
- Cutting
- Handwriting
- Following Routines
- Following Direction
- Concentration
- Attention
- Meeting Academic Standards
- Organizing Materials
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At Neurotherapeutic Pediatric Therapies, we specialize in seeing children birth to young adulthood who are dealing with the effects of disease, injury, birth defects, disability or developmental problems can benefit from treatment.
- Sensory Processing Disorder
- Sensory-Based Feeding Disorder
- Sensory-Based Learning Difficulties
- Autism Spectrum Disorders (Autism/Aspergers/Pervasive Developmental Disorders)
- Gross and Fine Motor Delays
- Developmental Delays
- Coordination and Balance Problems
- Attention and Concentration Problems
- ADD/ADHD
- Down Syndrome
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Affects
- Cerebral Palsy
- Learning Problems
- Birth Injuries or Defects
- Traumatic Injuries (Brain, Spinal Cord, Hand)
- Neurological Disorders
- Chromosomal Disorders
- Executive Function Disorders
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Sensory Integration Treatment
Description In Sensory Integration treatment, children are engaged in a wide variety of sensory and movement activities designed to improve their ability to process and interpret sensory information so that they can better move, play, learn and participate in the daily tasks and activities of childhood.
Therapeutic Listening ®
Description
Therapeutic Listening® is a highly individualized, music-based tool that activates listening to help people tune-in to and respond to their world.
Qigong Sensory Training
Description
Qigong Sensory Training is a therapist guided, parent implemented program based on a Chinese medicine perspective. It has been scientifically proven to reduce autistic behavior, tantrums and to aid in social and language learning.
Feeding
Description The ability to feed ourselves is something many people take for granted. However, this essential skill is not easy for everybody. Parents and caregivers of young children with eating difficulties often face special challenges during mealtimes.
Handwriting
Description Handwriting Without Tears (HWT) uses engaging techniques and activities to teach handwriting to all students: pre-k through cursive. These techniques aim to make legible and fluent handwriting an easy and automatic skill for all children.
Social Skills
Description Children can have difficulty interacting with their peers. They often experience difficulty monitoring and regulating their own behaviors in the moment, potentially resulting in inflexible thinking, rigidity, and inappropriate responses. These responses can impact their ability to participate in a classroom setting, community activities, team sports, and even at home with family members.
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Craniosacral Therapy
Description CranioSacral Therapy (CST) is a non-invasive, hands-on body treatment that is helpful for infants and children as well as adults. It is an assessment tool plus corrective and preventive treatment technique. Through the use of gentle but precise touch the therapist can monitor the rhythm of the CranioSacral system to detect potential restrictions and imbalances through the body which may in turn be impeding proper function and causing a variety of disturbances (sensory, motor, or neurological) within the body.
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