Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy is a broad field in which therapists focus on supporting people of all ages in accomplishing the daily activities that are important to them. In my practice, I focus on working with children under 8 years to participate in the things that are important to them and their families:

  • Play- independently & with peers

  • Learning- at school, home or wherever your child learns

  • Family activities- family meals, playing with siblings, being out and about in the community

The process

Evaluation

I will spend time with you, your child, and anyone else who has knowledge about your child to learn as much as possible about them. Evaluation might include any of the following:

  • Formal assessment measures

  • Observation of your child at home or school

  • Conversations with important adults- you, other family members, teachers and others who know your child well

Treatment

We will decide together what kind of treatment fits your family best

  • Weekly sessions with your child at home or school

  • Weekly parent coaching sessions

  • Short term parent coaching- we can meet 2-3 times to create a plan for your family

Trauma Consultation For Families

The Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics™ is a model, developed by Dr. Bruce Perry, that helps understand how children and youth have been impacted by their early experiences. We know that experience shapes the brain- the environment and relationships a child has in their early life will influence how they develop from their relationships with family and peers to how they learn in school.

Trauma consultation can help you understand your child through the lens of their brain development and make plans for supporting them in a developmentally and neurologically sound way.

the process

Information Gathering

I’ll gather information about your child’s experiences and relationships from you and other important adults in your child’s life. This information will be used to generate a “metric report” and I will write an individualized report for your child.

Review

We’ll meet to discuss the results of the metric and what they mean for your child

Strategy Planning

We’ll collaborate about how to use this new knowledge about your child to design daily routines and activities to best support your child’s growth and development