Pediatric occupational therapy is the skilled therapeutic treatment provided to infants, toddlers and children, which enables the child and their family to achieve independence in all facets of their lives. For infants, toddlers, and young children, pediatric occupational therapy encompasses daily functional skills, achievement of age appropriate developmental milestones, and progression to more advanced and challenging skills as he/she matures.

Our pediatric occupational therapists provide evaluation, intervention, family-centered home programs, and consultations in the following areas:

Pediatric oral motor-feeding therapy is the treatment of infants, toddlers, and children, who demonstrate difficulty eating, swallowing and sucking, or simply refuse to eat. An oral motor/feeding disorder affects an infant/child’s ability to consume sufficient nutrients to promote overall health and growth. If mealtime has become stressful for both you and/or your child, it is possible that your child may have oral motor and feeding issues.

Oral Motor and Feeding therapy can help address the following areas:

**At Pure Pediatric Therapy, oral motor/feeding therapy is always provided by a licensed occupational therapist with advanced practice certification in feeding and swallowing (SWC)

Pediatric physical therapy focuses on facilitating children’s gross motor development and function, in order to promote independent and safe navigation of their home, school, and community environments. Children are generally referred for physical therapy when they exhibit delays in developmental motor milestones such as rolling, sitting, or crawling, deficits in age-appropriate gross motor skills such walking, running, or negotiating stairs, or if a child has sustained an insult or injury that affects his/her previous level of function. Physical therapy treatment includes various playful and therapeutic activities to improve range of motion, strength, static and dynamic balance, postural control and stability, motor coordination, endurance, walking and running patterns, and safety, to assist a child’s overall gross motor development. Also, parent/caregiver training is a vital component of the physical therapy treatment in order to promote carryover to a child’s daily routine.

Our pediatric occupational therapists provide evaluation, intervention, family-centered home programs, and consultations in the following areas:

Pediatric Speech-Language therapy consists of specialized intervention to allow children to gain appropriate communication skills in order to create valuable relationships in their lives. Our highly experienced therapists focus on the assessment and treatment of birth to adolescent children with speech and language disorders. At Pure Pediatric Therapy, each child’s needs are carefully reviewed and an individualized treatment plan is tailored to the child and their families’ specific needs and goals.

Our pediatric speech-language pathologists provide evaluation, intervention, family-centered home programs, and consultations in the following areas:

At Pure Pediatric Therapy, we are pleased to offer additional services to allow our children and their families to receive the additional support they may need.

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