Private Therapy:
Let’s choose the best path to success.
Pediatric-specific treatment with a personalized plan.
Occupational therapy looks and feels more like play to your child than treatment, and is highly individualized to help your child achieve each occupational therapy goal.
Therapy Setting: Home-based, childcare, or clinic-based options!
OT sessions can take place in a range of environments. This may include our clinic in Bellingham, your home, your child’s daycare/school, or a community setting such as a park, pool, or grocery store to address functional goals in the child’s natural environment. At the clinic we utilize a therapy gym and private treatment rooms where we can access lots of novel game and toys, sensory equipment and swings, a whole-body vibration plate, DMI boxes, and a treatment table if needed. Therapy setting will be determined by you and your therapist and is dependent on scheduling availability, the child’s goals, and social emotional factors that may impact therapy participation.
Therapy Frequency
Frequency of visits is flexible and can be adapted to meet the needs of your family. Sessions typically last approximately 1 hour and individualized home programs can be developed so your child will continue learning between sessions.
Therapy Focus
Therapy session can address any issue limiting your child’s participation or success in daily activities. They may include:
Fine Motor Skills- The ability to control the small muscles of the hand and fingers such as to write, color, cut with scissors, tie shoes, or fasten buttons.
Gross Motor Skills- The ability to control the larger muscles of the body such as to throw and catch a ball, get around the playground, ride a bike, walk and run..
Visual Perceptual and Visual Motor Skills- The ability for your brain, eyes, and hands to communicate with one another to perceive visual information such as to copy shapes, trace, color in the lines, line up math problems, and write legibly. It also includes the child’s ability to interpret and remember visual information.
Cognitive and Executive Functioning Skills- These include attention, memory, problem solving, and safety awareness.
Feeding and Self Care Skills- These includes a child’s ability to use a spoon and fork, chew and swallow safely, dress and undress, use a bathroom, manage their bowel and bladder, and participate in bath time.
Sensory Modulation Skills- The ability to receive, organize, and interpret sensory information from the body and environment for self-regulation and motor planning. Some children may have sensory systems that are too sensitive and react too strongly to everyday sensory experiences, while others do not react enough.
Play and Social Emotional Skills- These can include helping the child learn about different ways to engage with others during play and interaction with peers, learning about different social communication styles, and learning more about how to advocate for their individual needs.
