Pediatric Therapy

speech Is your child delayed in achieving development milestones such as crawling, talking, socially interacting, or walking? Has your child been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, Down’s Syndrome, cerebral palsy, or developmental delay? Your child may be receiving services through school based therapies or in the birth to 3 program. However, parents are often looking for more practice and individual training than what is provided in these programs. Your insurance may cover additional therapy. Your child will progress quickly when you add additional outpatient occupational, speech, or physical therapy. At ExercisABILITIES, we work with the child and family over their lifespan, offering transition to our adult program as they grow and age out of traditionally pediatric size play and equipment.

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Pediatric occupational therapy addresses the child’s difficulties performing the expected activities that occur within their day. A child’s typical roles are play, school (learning), self cares (brushing teeth, bathing) and household chores. Treatment addresses the following:

Fine motor skills
Social skills in the context of play
Attention difficulties
Managing arousal levels
Upper body strength and coordination
Balance
Self-help skills, such as feeding, dressing, and bathing
Sensory processing disorders
Personal behavior modulation
Following directions and problem solving
Positioning, adaptive equipment

SPEECH THERAPY SERVICES

Speech language pathologist can work with your child to improve many areas of communication. Diagnoses include:

Autism spectrum
Developmental delay
Birth-to-3 development needs
Down Syndrome, articulation
Receptive and expressive language disorders
And many more!

PHYSICAL THERAPY

Pediatric physical therapy addresses a variety of limitations and difficulties that a child may be having at home, in the classroom or community. The goal of skilled physical therapy is to enable the child to be able to participate in age appropriate activities and to assist each child to reach their maximum potential. Focus of physical therapy with entail one-on-one care addressing the following:

Mobility
Balance
Endurance
Strengthening
Coordination
Stretching
Posture and positioning
Equipment needs
Aquatic therapy

ADAPTIVE FITNESS & NUTRITION PROGRAMS

We offer many programs for children in health, adaptive recreation, and fitness including:

ABILITY neurologic recovery post brain or spinal cord injury
Forever Strong post-rehab specialized exercise
Adaptive youth fitness groups
Autism Fitness
KidShape child/family obesity program
Nutrition therapy
Specialized therapy camps

Learn more about Nutrition or Adaptive Fitness

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Ready to Get Started?

Outpatient pediatric therapy and adaptive fitness services are a great addition to your school based programming to assist your child to achieve their goals.

Call today to schedule your child’s evaluation in any or all of our therapy offering at 507-259-7570. Please have your insurance cards, physician order, and all previous evaluation or records available to share when you call.