Pediatric Conditions and Injuries
As your child grows, the range of "normal" is quite wide as each child develops at a different rate. Occasionally, a child may exhibit signs of a learning or physical disability resulting from injury, illness or congenital causes. Our team of pediatric therapists focuses on the unique needs of each child, empowering parents with skills and strategies necessary to ensure success. Therapy sessions are tailored to be fun and functional, promoting carryover into the home, school and community.
Children with the following characteristics may benefit from therapy services:
- Developmental delay
- Orthopedic injury
- Neurological impairments
- Respiratory compromise
- Coordination and motor planning difficulties
- Sensory integration difficulties
- Speech difficulties
- Feeding and swallowing difficulties
- Academic difficulties
Specialty Evaluations and Treatments include:
- Musculoskeletal system
- Articulation deficits
- Cognitive and language deficits
- Sensory integration difficulties
- Oral-motor, feeding and swallowing disorders
- Seating and equipment assessments
- Upper and lower extremity orthotic evaluation and fabrication
- Evaluation and treatment of handwriting
- Parent education
We offer the following services for a variety of diagnoses:
- Occupational Therapy: specializes in the evaluation and treatment of infants and children with developmental, sensory, or physical disabilities.
- Physical Therapy: specializes in evaluation and treatment of patients with disabilities or injuries to restore mobility and assist in preventative care.
- Speech Therapy: evaluates and treats patients with difficulties involving feeding/swallowing, oral-motor skills, language, speech, cognition and memory
- Audiology: specialized in the evaluation of infants and children to diagnose hearing loss and auditory processing disorders. Provides intervention, counseling and/or treatment for these diagnoses.
Swallowing and Feeding Clinic
Infants who are diagnosed with feeding and swallowing difficulties can receive treatment at our Celebration, East Orlando and Orlando locations. If your infant has exhibited symptomatic behavior such as frequent coughing, choking, gagging or spitting up; food or liquid falling out of the mouth and eating small amounts at a time, we can help.
