Services
In-home occupational therapy for children
Children learn through play. Every plan starts with a free screening, and every session takes place in your child’s own environment, using everyday tasks and age-appropriate toys.
Free screening & standardized assessment
Our occupational therapist starts with a free screening to see whether a standardized assessment is needed. If your child shows delays compared with children the same age, we complete a comprehensive evaluation and build an individualized treatment plan.
Areas we assess
- Gross and fine motor coordination
- Self-care and activities of daily living (ADLs)
- Cognitive and adaptive skills
- Play and social skills
- Sensory attention and regulation
- Communication and auditory perception
- Self-feeding and visual perception
Sensory processing
Children with autism, ADD/ADHD, sensory processing disorder or Down syndrome may have trouble processing sounds, touch, movement and other input. After an assessment, we plan one-on-one sessions for your over- or under-responsive child using aqua-sensory, sound and movement-based activities, and help your family build routines that make new skills easier to learn.
Handwriting
Difficulty with visual-motor integration, the coordination of eyes and hands, is a common reason children struggle to write legibly. We look for what’s getting in the way of forming letters and work on grip, hand strength, posture, positioning and the frustration that can come with writing.
Signs to look for: tilting the head or neck to look at things, avoiding writing tasks, an awkward pencil grip, or letters that are hard to read.
Play & social development
Children learn through play. Starting one-on-one with a preferred activity and gradually adding friends, we help kids move from playing alone to taking turns and playing cooperatively in small groups, which builds communication skills too.
Behavior & self-regulation
Some children seem hyperactive, withdrawn, or get into trouble at school because managing emotions and surroundings is hard for them. We find individualized strategies, like a calm-down space or a movement break, that help your child regulate and reach their goals.
Communication & auditory development
Is your child soothed by a familiar voice? Do they follow simple directions, or answer “who” and “what” questions about a favorite book? If not, call us for an evaluation. We’ll determine whether OT can help or refer you to a speech therapist.
Self-care (ADLs)
If your child has difficulty drinking from a cup, eating from a spoon, or holding out arms and legs for dressing, tooth-brushing, toileting and hygiene, we use everyday tasks and age-appropriate toys to teach these skills.
Feeding & health coaching
Children with developmental delays often have feeding difficulties linked to oral-motor skills. We help caregivers with strategies for a child who is still bottle-feeding past 14 months, isn’t advancing to new textures, or refuses many foods, and we coach new parents on posture, oral desensitization and food preparation.
Important: if your child often coughs or chokes while eating, tell your pediatrician.
Gross & fine motor
Motor coordination is how a child plans and uses their body to move, like climbing on and off a couch. If your child has trouble sitting upright, rolling over, catching themselves when they tip, grasping, banging objects, or putting items in and out of a container, we’ll complete an assessment and build a plan.
Cognitive & adaptive development
If your child doesn’t follow a light with their eyes, seems unaware of objects, can’t stay with age-appropriate games, or can’t ask for things with words or gestures, we use familiar toys and games to build attention and problem-solving. Our standardized assessments track progress with an Adaptive Behavior Composite score.
Every plan starts with a free screening
Tell us a little about your child and we’ll call you back.