Pediatric Services

Occupational Therapy teaches handwriting… and so much more! Does your child struggle with following directions, paying attention, thinking positively, and regulating their energy levels? Does anxiety or frustration limit their participation at school or home? Schedule a free 15-min consult to see if occupational therapy could benefit the following areas:

  • Sensory Regulation

  • Fine Motor/Handwriting Evaluation and Remediation

  • Executive Functioning for young students (planning and organization as they pertain to academic, social, emotional needs)

  • Adaptive Technology recommendations

  • Neuro-Diversity Affirming Care

  • Visual/Perceptual Deficits

Child touching caterpillar with their index finger as a part of occupational therapy session
Sensory experience with Child's hand reaching for water spray
Pediatric clients exploring nature, smelling flowers during occupational therapy session.

  • A meta-analysis on nature-based interventions and children's resilience was published with fifteen studies, 2,500+ kids. (Fan et al., 2025).

    Resilience can be developed at any age, but the school-aged period offers a critical window of opportunity due to heightened brain plasticity during this stage of development. Given that mental disorders often onset in late childhood and early adolescence, prioritizing early resilience interventions becomes essential. 

    Nature-based sessions build children’s resilience (i.e. the ability to bounce back from difficult experiences).  According to the authors: “Grounding adventure-based experiential learning in nature increases its effectiveness by providing greater autonomy than indoor spaces. This autonomy allows children to take ownership of their actions, manage challenges, recover from setbacks, and foster personal transformation through positive reflection.”  Physical effort coupled with perceived risk in a safe, natural setting supports child development.

    Read the article here: Discov Ment Health. 2025 Jul 23;5(1):109. https://doi.org/10.1007s44192-025-00258-7

  • Each child and treatment plan is unique! In collaboration with the child’s family, a treatment plan can be developed that allows the child to practice all week!

  • Every child develops skills at their own rate. However, some kids work far harder than other kids just to get through their day. OT can help identify underlying sensory or emotional challenges.

  • The ultimate goal is to increase your child’s participation in school and home activities. Whether that be improving handwriting readiness before kindergarten or time management and emotional regulation with middle school students. Please consider booking a 15 min discussion with me to see if OT is a good fit!