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Pediatric Therapy Services

Child-centered Therapy Paired with Family Support

Our therapists and support staff play a key role in serving your entire family, in addition to your child. We offer the following benefits and services. Keep in mind, assistance is available for almost anyone, so let us help you.

Central scheduling to keep your child's appointments organized and aligned with your family's personal schedule.

Family communication utilizing technology to stay in-touch regarding your child's schedule and progress.

Insurance authorizations so you don't have to spend time on the phone with your insurance company.

Daycare coordination so your child can receive services at their daycare or head start program.

Assistance coordination to help your family access services regardless of income or insurance.

Types of Pediatric Therapy

Developmental Therapy

Developmental therapy consists of interventions in a child’s daily routines, such as mealtimes, bathtime, bedtime, and playtime. This form of therapy focuses on integration of all five areas of your child’s development:

 

Cognitive Skills are how your child approaches the world through thinking and problem-solving. We measure your child’s attention and memory, reasoning and academic skills, and perception. 

 

Social-Emotional Skills are how your child socially and emotionally interacts with their peers, family members, and adults in various settings. 

 

Language & Communication Skills allow your child to fully participate in daily routines. We assess how your child communicates both verbally and non-verbally and how well they can receive information from others. 

 

Physical Development allows your child to navigate their environment independently through gross motor skills like sitting, crawling, pulling to stand, and walking. We also help with fine motor skills, such as picking up and manipulating small objects. 

 

Self-Help Skills support your child’s independence, helping with the development of their sleeping, eating, mobility, toileting, dressing, and more advanced social skills.

 

Speech Therapy

Communication is essential to a child’s ability to learn about and interact with others in the world around him/her. Speech therapy is an intervention service that focuses on improving a child's speech and abilities to understand and express language, including nonverbal language. 

 

At PTG Pediatric Therapy our speech-language pathologists work to improve overall communications abilities including social and cognitive communication. Our experienced team is also trained and certified to work with feeding and swallowing disorders. We evaluate a child’s current skills and compare them with what is developmentally appropriate for the child’s age group. Then we work with the family and doctor to develop a treatment plan targeting goals to improve the child’s ability to communicate in a more functional manner.

Physical Therapy

A child’s job is to play, and any child who has suffered an injury, undergone surgery, has a congenital condition or developmental delays can benefit from physical therapy programs. They help children reach optimal independence and adequate physical functioning at home, at school, on the playground and in their community. In addition, physical therapists can help the children who rely on mobility devices learn to navigate safely in various environments.

 

At PTG Pediatric Therapy, we offer physical therapy for kids with a variety of needs for children ages 0-18. Our physical therapists can assess joint range of motion, muscle power, neurological function, motor control and posture to improve a child’s balance, coordination, strength and endurance. Our team can even help teach parents how to continue their child’s care at home to help them develop even further.

Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy is a form of therapy that encourages rehabilitation through the performance of activities required in daily life. Children may also require occupational therapy with or without the presence of a medical condition. If they are considered to be ‘at risk’ for delays in skills, this type of therapy can greatly benefit their growth. At its core, occupational therapy helps children gain independence while also strengthening the development of fine motor skills, sensory motor skills, and visual motor skills that children need to function and socialize.

 

Occupational therapy and speech therapy overlap in many areas, due to how directly connected the different parts of the human body are with one another. Traditionally, physical therapy treats the lower body, occupational therapy treats the upper body, and speech therapy focuses on treating the jaw, lips, throat and tongue. The occupational therapist and speech-language pathologist will often work closely together to focus on maximizing functional progress during therapy, in order to help new skills carry over into a community or school setting.

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