What we do

Occupational therapy (OT) is a health profession focused on the importance of meaningful “occupations” or the activities that “occupy” our time. Occupational therapists (or OTs) look at the whole person, including their unique strengths and challenges that may empower or limit them to engage in these everyday tasks. At Grow Pediatric Therapy, we work closely with families to develop a plan of care that focuses on meaningful participation in the daily activities that matter most, including self care, school related tasks, and play.

We provide family centered, play based care that empowers young children and their families to reach their goals.

  • Individual Occupational Therapy Services

    Based on the referral from your pediatrician, you and your child will work individually with one of our OTs on goals that are relevant to your family. We are accepting insured and private pay clients at this time. Learn more about our process by clicking below.

    More about our intake process

What we address through OT services:

  • Self Care

    We work to empower children to become more independent with self care tasks such as bathing, dressing, toileting, feeding themselves, and grooming tasks (brushing hair, brushing teeth, etc.).

  • Fine Motor and Visual Motor Skills

    We address fine motor skills ranging from handwriting, cutting with scissors, and hand strengthening to practicing self care skills like using a fork or spoon independently.

  • Feeding and Oral Motor Skills

    We address selective eating habits resulting in limited diet, sensory aversions to texture, taste and smell and improving chewing and the coordination of tongue, cheeks, and lips for the safe consumption of foods and liquids.

  • Emotional Regulation

    We provide tools to help children and their families improve their understanding of emotions and how to express them safely. We provide skill building services so children are better equipped to deal with life’s challenges.

  • Sensory Processing

    We provide in depth knowledge of sensory systems including sensory sensitivities and sensory seeking behaviors. We coach families to use tools to help their children meet their unique sensory needs and tolerate a diverse array of sensory environments.

  • Motor Planning and Coordination

    We address underlying postural, visual, and sensory challenges that impact motor coordination for necessary life skills. We also address motor planning, or the skill needed to form an idea, plan, and execute motor actions— which is essential for learning of new skills and participation in new activities.

  • Play

    We help parents understand how play is essential to help children acquire and learn new skills. We focus on facilitating shared joy and joint interaction between caregivers and their children.

  • Executive Functioning

    Executive functioning impacts a child’s ability to regulate their behavior, cognitive functions, and emotions. We help children and families learn strategies to manage behaviors and emotions as well as problem solve functional adaptations to increase a child’s success and confidence with school, interaction with others, and self care activities.

  • Social Relationships

    We help children navigate social relationships and understand perspective taking, emotional awareness/intelligence, and how to advocate for themselves and their needs with peers, adults, and caregivers.

Feeding Therapy

At Grow Pediatric Therapy, our therapists are trained in the SOS Approach to Feeding program. SOS is a family-centered, strengths-based, and intrinsically motivated approach to teaching kids to eat.

This program focuses on working with a child and family’s strengths and skills to help them learn to eat. We use “playing with a purpose” to build intrinsic motivation and skills needed for eating following typical child development.

Learn more about SOS Approach to Feeding here:

Helpful Resources for Parents of Picky Eaters

Feeding Matters

A place for parents of picky eaters to connect and find support.

Feeding Matters Infant and Child Feeding Questionnaire

A tool to help parents identify if their child may have feeding concerns compared to typical development of skills needed to eat well and may serve as a way to bring up concerns with your child’s doctor.

SOS Approach to Feeding Parent Workshop

A free 2 hour workshop for parents of picky or problem eaters that explains why some kids struggle to eat, the complexity of learning to eat, and how to help make it better.