Our Services

🏃‍♂️ Physical Therapy

A pediatric physical therapist focuses on a child's ability to participate in daily activities at home, school or in the community. Pediatric physical therapy services work with children that are not meeting their developmental milestones (crawling, walking, running, jumping), have had an injury, stroke, muscle weakness and more! Physical therapists work on other gross motor skills such as going up/downstairs, catching/kicking a ball, strength training and balance and coordination. Physical therapists are trained to work with children with various neurological, genetic or orthopedic conditions to become more independent and successful in daily routines.

Your child might need Physical Therapy if they have difficulty with:

• Reaching milestones on time (sitting, standing, walking, etc.)
• Throwing or catching
• Jumping
• Going up and down stairs with one foot on each step
• Walking with correct pattern
• Independent sitting
• Pedaling a bike
• Balancing
• Mobility
• Poor Posture
• Muscle Weakness
• Falling behind their peers in sports and gym class activities

✋ Occupational Therapy

Pediatric occupational therapists also address a child's ability to participate in daily activities but, dive deeper to see how well they respond to the environment around them. An occupational therapist is able to address your child's ability to become more independent when getting dressed/undressed, tying their shoes, brushing their hair and teeth, handwriting, cutting paper and using utensils. Occupational therapy is able to evaluate and treat unintegrated reflexes, sensory processing disorders/dysregulation and other difficulties that may be affecting your child's ability to perform the necessary skills needed to perform activities of a daily living.

Your child may need Occupational Therapy services if your child has difficulty with:

• Fine motor skills
• Visual motor skills – hand-eye coordination
• Learning - cognition (problem-solving skills, memory, and attention, etc.)
• Social interactions
• Using functional play skills
• Sensory processing
• Learning basic self-care tasks (brushing hair, tying shoes, fastening buttons, and zippers)

💬 Speech Therapy

Pediatric speech-language pathologists (SLPs) work with children with a variety of communication difficulties. SLPs work with children that have difficulty with speech sounds, language, social communication, fluency, cognitive-communication skills and more! Children need to be able to use their speech and language for a variety of purposes during daily activities at home, school or other environments. Having difficulty with speech and language may adversely affect your child's ability to participate and become successful in the classroom.

Your child may need speech therapy if they have difficulty with:

• Producing certain speech sounds or putting sounds together to make words
• Producing fluent speech. Speech may sound bumpy/choppy
• Understanding language
• Using their words for a variety of purposes (comment, protest, ask questions, etc.)
• Functional play skills
• Social skills (greetings, farewells, conversation)
• Literacy Skills
• Feeding or swallowing – unable to safely eat or drink age-appropriate foods and liquids (not currently offered at BeKids)