Pediatric Therapy

Pediatric Speech and Language Therapy Helps Kids With: 

• Speech: Treatment of articulation, phonological, and apraxia disorders. 
• Communication: Treatment of expressive and receptive disorders common in children with autism, cognitive delay, down syndrome, etc.  
• Feeding (how well we suck, chew, and swallow): Treatment of picky eaters and feeding aversions. A swallowing disorder may lead to poor nutrition, weight loss, and other health problems, if not treated early and appropriately.  
• Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC): Working with non-verbal or highly unintelligible individuals who use low or high tech devices.  

For young children, therapy sessions are conducted through play, music, and other engaging activities. Older children who are able to sustain attention for an extended period of time will be presented with strategies they can use outside of therapy in order to succeed in school and in the community. 

Pediatric Occupational Therapy Helps Kids With: 

• Wide range of physical, sensory, or cognitive conditions 
• Birth injuries 
• Traumatic brain injuries 
• Sports and non sports related injuries 
• Sensory processing disorders 
• Developmental delays 
• Congenital and genetic conditions 

Occupational therapists work with children through play and exercises, to improve delays in fine motor skills, visual motor skills, cognitive delays (problem solving, memory attention), sensory integration issues, and to assist in activities of daily living (e.g., brushing teeth, getting dressed, writing, using utensils, etc.), and organizational skills. 

Pediatric Feeding Lab Helps Families With: 

• Specific food aversions
• Difficulty introducing new foods
• Difficulty transitioning between food stages (purees to solids)
• Oral motor difficulties impeding the eating process
• Inability to meet nutritional requirements on their current diet
• Transitioning off of G-tubes/Increasing oral intake
• Difficulty maintaining attention and focus during meal-time

Feeding Lab is a collaborative approach including a speech and language pathologist and occupational therapist. We offer an evaluation and small group treatment sessions for your child’s feeding skills, including his/her oral motor skills, fine motor skills, sensory processing skills relating to feeding, positioning, and behavioral components.

Food labs include food exploration, food chaining, food rating, and food intake. The therapists’ approach is individualized for each child and is based on a variety of top rated feeding programs.