Providence Speech and Hearing Center offers pediatric occupational therapy services for children who demonstrate developmental delays or sensory deficits. Our goal is to provide a friendly, encouraging environment to help our patients achieve their maximum level of independent function.
Our creative activities build fine motor skills and enhance the ability to focus on task while promoting speech and language learning. Our occupational therapy services are ideal for children with a motor delay or sensory deficit that interferes with daily function. We can help with an array of developmental problems including attention, vestibular, tactile, auditory and visual delays as well as other difficulties with daily activities.
Effective occupational therapy enables children to take part in the normal daily activities of childhood, such as playing with friends, eating, dressing, sleeping and enjoying school.
Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD):
Sensory Processing Disorder is a condition that prevents sensory signals from being organized into appropriate responses. A child with SPD will find it difficult to process and act upon sensory information, creating challenges in performing countless daily tasks. We offer occupational therapy focused on sensory integration in our “OT gym.” This sensory-rich environment allows our therapists to guide the patient through fun activities that are subtly structured so the patient is constantly challenged and always successful.
The goal of our occupational therapy is to raise a child’s level of function by fostering appropriate response to sensation in an active and fun way. Over time, this treatment will encourage a child’s appropriate responses outside the classroom as well.
The Tender Touch Program is a group therapy program designed for infants who are at-risk for developmental disabilities and their parents. Parents receive specific training on attuned communication, sensory experiences and infant massage. The TTC program aims to enhance the parents’ ability to respond to their infant’s cues while improving confidence in parenting skills. Improving parents’ verbal and non-verbal communication will benefit the child’s overall development. Parents and infants attend TTC weekly for 90 minutes for six weeks.
