INFANT THERAPY SERVICES

For parents who have questions about infant development and how to promote healthy development for their child. To facilitate optimal develop, therapy may be a variable option. Below, you will find examples of developmental skills that each discipline can address. 

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Occupational Therapy

  • Reaching

  • Bilateral work with hands

  • Crawling

  • Play

  • Reciprocal interaction/Engaging with caregivers and peers

  • Sustained attention

  • Utensil use

  • Early visual skills such as tracking and fixating on objects

  • Sensory techniques to help regulate your irritable baby

Speech Therapy

  • Feeding from both breast and bottle

  • Early language development including babbling and first words

  • Oral motor development

  • Equipment for drinking: cup and straw

  • Following 1-2 step directions

  • Social Interaction- early play skills with peers and adults

Physical Therapy

  • Proper positioning (for strength and preventing flat head)

  • Head and Trunk control

  • Gross Motor Skills

  • Sitting, Crawling, Standing, Walking

  • Tolerating Tummy Time

  • Equipment and baby carriers