Check out our Top Therapy Toy Gift Ideas, created especially for you by our therapists! These consistently provide engagement with kids!

Is your child struggling with sensory processing or attention skills? Therapeutic Listening might be the key to unlocking their potential! 

In our latest blog, we dive into how this innovative auditory intervention helps kids connect with their environment, improve communication skills, and thrive. 

Ensuring kindergarten readiness involves mastering key speech sounds like P, B, M, D, N, and more by age five. Additionally, children should be able to speak clearly, follow directions, and engage in conversations. If you have concerns about your child’s speech development, our Clinic offers comprehensive evaluations to support their communication skills.

Learn more about keeping your child safe while wearing a backpack in this blog.

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neuro-developmental disorder affecting millions of school-age children in the U.S. It's characterized by difficulties in attention, impulse control, and self-regulation. ADHD affects boys 3-5 times more than girls, with symptoms often persisting into adulthood. Despite its lifelong nature, effective strategies, treatments, and medications can improve daily functioning. Here are top strategies for parents to support their child with ADHD.

Sensory integration is a neurological process that organizes sensation from one's body and the surrounding environment, making it possible to use the body effectively. When people are not able to interpret and respond to sensory information efficiently, they may experience Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD). However, the duration it takes for each child to progress with sensory integration therapy is unique and depends on various factors such as environmental accommodative changes, and regularly attending therapies. At Columbia Pediatric Therapy, occupational therapists provide personalized activities, equipment, and environmental accommodations that facilitate sensory input and thus promote clients' sensory health.

This post will review the definition of torticollis and common symptoms, causes, and treatment considerations for infants and toddlers.

Skills involved in toileting and how occupational therapy (OT) can help support your child.

8 signs your child might need Physical therapy.

Provides parents with an understanding of OMDs, common causes, their signs and symptoms, and the importance of early recognition and intervention.

Social pragmatics and social communication: the three skill levels, the importance, and how to recognize if your child is struggling with pragmatic skills.

Learn more about sensory processing disorders and some of the symptoms. Find out how sensory processing is connected to behavioral difficulties and learn some different ways to help the sensory system.

Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) refers to a range of communication methods used by individuals who are unable to effectively communicate using traditional spoken language. We explore those devices here.

Feeding therapy is designed to improve the ability to eat and drink, and to promote healthy growth and development. Learn more about Columbia Pediatric Therapy’s multidisciplinary approach to treatment.

Play is primarily how children learn. It teaches children how to interact in their environment and promotes cognitive, motor, speech, language, and social emotional development. Learn creative ways to play with your children.

Learn the difference between telepractice, teletherapy, telehealth, and telemedicine.