Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy sessions aim to support overall child development and helping your child gain the necessary skills to successfully participate in their many daily activities or “occupations.” OTs assess how the brain and body are working together and the many factors of an environment that can enhance or inhibit participation. With an emphasis on regulation and engagement, therapy sessions meet the child exactly where they are in that moment, considering individual interests and needs to foster growth and build skills for successful participation in all daily routines.
Speech and Language Therapy
Speech & language therapy supports your child’s communication development. Communication includes: play, understanding and using body language, comprehending and using speech, social engagement and more. Your speech language pathologist (SLP) will determine if augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) can support your child’s communication journey. SLPs work closely with your family and your child’s other providers (OT, PT, Music Therapist, School, etc.) to ensure that your child has access to communication across people and settings. A child’s ability to successfully communicate is highly dependent on their regulation, engagement, physical abilities, and relationships. Your child’s SLP will hold all of these pieces in mind to support whole child development and foster meaningful progress.
Music Therapy
Music therapy involves active music making to work on non-musical goals such as communication, motor planning/timing, fine/gross motor skills, cognitive, and social-emotional. Music therapists are board-certified and design music interventions to engage and address goals following an assessment. Consider some of the skills required to engage in different musical activities; singing requires adequate breath support; playing a drum requires the ability to grasp a stick and the motor control to reach out and beat on cue; making music with another person involves listening and being aware of various social cues, and the list goes on.
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