Services We Offer

Physical Therapy (PT)

Physical Therapy is a discipline dedicated to optimizing the physical function, safety, and independence of an individual.  Pediatric physical therapists (PTs) address aspects of coordination, balance, strength, or other gross motor skills that negatively impact a child’s ability to explore the environment and complete functional tasks of daily living. Pediatric PTs utilize functional play in their treatment plans and strive to engage their clients through games, obstacle courses, and motivating reward systems all while targeting the underlying physical dysfunction.

How could physical therapy help my child?
Our physical therapists serve a variety of children, including the following difficulties & diagnoses:

• Developmental disabilities (Autism Spectrum, Down syndrome, Cerebral Palsy)

• Musculoskeletal conditions (Muscular Dystrophy, Arthrogryposis, Juvenile Onset Scoliosis)

• Prenatal and birth injuries (failure to thrive, torticollis, extreme prematurity)

• Sports injuries and accidents (broken limbs, sprained ankles)

Other non-specific movement disorders (general developmental delay, obesity, toe walking)

Occupational Therapy (OT)

Occupational therapy gives children skills for participating in all aspects of life -- play, self-care, household tasks, school, and community participation. Pediatric occupational therapists (OTs) complete comprehensive evaluations & create customized treatment plans to help children & their families develop new skills or modify their environment(s) in order to live fulfilling & satisfying lives. Pediatric OTs utilize therapeutic activities that are meaningful to a child in order to promote physical, cognitive, social, and sensory processing skills.

How could occupational therapy benefit my child?
Our occupational therapists serve a variety of children, including the following difficulties & diagnoses:

• Concerns with problem-solving, attention, memory, or learning

• Delayed social and/or play skills

• Difficulties with fine motor or gross motor coordination

• Feeding difficulties (limited variety, food refusals, poor utensil use)

• Limited participation in self-care or basic household tasks

• Poor self-regulation or coping with frustration

Sensory processing concerns (seeking/avoiding movement, touch, or sounds)

Speech Therapy (ST)

Speech Therapy is a skilled treatment that focuses on speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) evaluate and diagnose individuals in order to identify communication problems and/or feeding and swallowing disorders. SLPs also provide guidance in the use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for individuals with severe speech and language deficits. Our pediatric speech therapy sessions include structured play, parent training, and more in order to effectively target speech, language, and swallowing disorders.

How could speech therapy help my child?
Our speech therapists serve a variety of children, including the following difficulties & diagnoses:

• Apraxia (difficulties with forming sounds or speaking with normal speed or rhythm)

• Articulation/phonological disorders (substituting/omitting sounds in words)

• Auditory processing disorders (difficulty understanding or remembering verbal directions)

• Autism spectrum disorders (echolalia, robotic speech, social challenges)

• Cognitive-communication disorders (memory/attention difficulties resulting from a brain injury)

• Developmental speech delay (not achieving developmental milestones)

• Feeding and swallowing disorders (choking, drooling, limited food variety)

• Fluency disorders (stuttering)

• Pragmatic language disorders (difficulty with conversational skills)

Receptive/expressive language disorders (difficulty understanding the meanings of words or symbols, or expressing thoughts and ideas)

Did you know that we offer a free screening/consultation?

We offer all of our families a free screening to be sure that Sensational Kids is the right fit for your child. Come see our clinic, meet the team and see what we are all about. We would love to meet you and your family!