Frequently Asked Questions
How do I know if my child needs OT?
There are many reasons why parents want to consider exploring OT for their child. Reasons may include, but are by no means limited to, delayed milestones in fine, visual, and/or gross motor skills. Less apparent, but just as important signs may include: a child’s difficulty with everyday transitions and unpredictability; a child’s need to constantly move, hesitancy to try new things; difficulty meeting expectations in school (establishing and maintaining positive relationships with peers, following directions, organizing belongings, regulating the body, and/or participating in group activities); and difficulty meeting expectations across environments due to lagging skills in physical, social, and developmental domains.
How do I know if my child needs speech therapy?
Communication is key in allowing kids to relay their intentions and get their needs met. Speech therapy can address a variety of underlying concerns. Some of them include: a child is a late talker (having a hard time stringing two words together at 24+ months old), they’re having difficulty organizing and articulating their thoughts, or they’re experiencing challenges with social interactions.
Speech Therapists help address:
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Hearing impairments
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Fluency disorders
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Feeding and swallowing difficulties
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Chronic hoarseness
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Articulation
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Phonological awareness
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Receptive and expressive language
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Social communication
How do I know if my child needs PT?
Whether you’re in need of expert care and treatment for torticollis, flat head, developmental delays, tummy time trouble-shooting, or just need some help understanding how to best support your child’s milestones, we’re here to help with our focus on connection and purposeful play.
How long should I expect my child to be in therapy?
Every child has their own unique skills and challenges. Each child develops and progresses at their own rate because each child’s nervous system responds differently to intervention. That progress proceeds fastest when parents and teachers collaborate. Our goal is to allow families to feel empowered to support their child’s progress while in therapy and beyond. We work with families to create meaningful goals, and together we’ll determine when those goals have been met.
Why is home/school based therapy helpful (vs. clinic)?
Children requiring therapy (PT, OT, Speech) experience challenges in their natural environments (school & home). Our goal is to evaluate the challenges our clients experience in those natural environments so our treatment has the maximum possible effect. Additionally, treating a client at school and/or home enables us to work directly with teachers, parents and care providers to ensure that treatment incorporates all facets of a child’s environment, and that the client’s short-term and long-term goals — and the strategies in place to reach those goals — are effectively communicated to the adults in the child’s environment.
What goal areas do social groups address?
Our social groups help children improve social problem solving skills, perspective taking, sharing materials and ideas, and recognizing social cues that guide successful interactions and develop healthy relationships. Each social group session gives clients the opportunity to practice and develop skills in real time with facilitation from trained therapists to work on flexibility, self-advocacy, and social negotiation. Challenges often arise in a group setting that may not occur in a one-on-one setting. Our goal is to practice these skills in order to help clients generalize them across all environments and promote an increased sense of self-esteem, positive regard, and self-confidence.
