Occupational Therapists help individuals overcome challenges and engage in the activities or occupations that are meaningful to them. For adults this may be related to daily activities or occupations. For children this may be sensory challenges, developmental play skills and social challenges.
How the brain processes information from the senses like sight, sound, touch, movement and smell.
Play affects the physical, social, cognitive and emotional well-being of individuals and can help them learn necessary life skills for social interaction, work, and mental flexibility.
QST is a touch-based program that parents perform for children in their homes. Certified therapists provide hands-on support and coaching throughout this process. Children receiving QST often experience improved engagement, receptivity, awareness, and bonding.
Speech Therapists help individuals overcome a variety of communication challenges. These may include language, social emotional learning, articulation, stuttering, social skills, apraxia of speech, executive function skills and auditory processing.
Speech and language skills include:
-articulation (speech sound production)
-language (words and how we use them)
-stuttering (fluency)
-apraxia of speech (motor planning)
-functional communication (communicating basic needs/feelings effectively)
-phonological awareness (pre-reading skills)
-social skills (interaction/communicaiton with others)
Social-Emotional Learning skills include:
-decision-making
-social awareness
-managing emotions
-relationship skills
-conflict resolution
-gaining empathy
-increasing confidence
Executive function skills include:
-memory
-inhibition
-organization
-task initiation
-time management
-problem solving
-planning
-attention
Auditory processing skills include:
-sound discrimination
-filtering background noise
-recalling information
-sequencing
-manipulating sounds
-comprehension
-following directions
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