Why More Families Are Choosing Telehealth for Speech Therapy: 5 Key Benefits
Curious if telehealth speech therapy is right for your family? More families than ever are making the switch—and for good reason! From greater convenience and flexibility to improved consistency and family involvement, discover the top five benefits of remote speech therapy in our latest blog post!
Debunking Common Myths About Multilingual Language Development
Think bilingual kids get confused or delayed? Myth busted! Discover the science-backed benefits of multilingualism in our latest blog post!
How to Make Your Dental Practice Autism-Friendly: Tips from a Pediatric Therapy Clinic
Dentist Visits Don’t Have to Be a Nightmare for Autistic Kids—Here’s How to Make Them Stress-Free! Discover expert-backed tips to create a calm, autism-friendly dental experience that will change the way you approach pediatric care!
Oh Biscuits! 7 Bluey-Inspired Tips for Supporting Your Child’s Early Speech and Language Development
Learn how the much-loved Bluey show also demonstrates many foundational skills that parents and caregivers can use to support their child’s early speech and language development.
Strategies to Help School-Aged Children with Anxiety
Anxiety is a normal response our bodies have to danger. Anxiety in children can appear as physical symptoms, avoidance, or excessive worry. Parents can help by modeling calm behavior, encouraging open conversations, and using strategies like mindfulness, routines, and sensory activities to build resilience.
Top Therapy Toy Gift Ideas
Check out our Top Therapy Toy Gift Ideas, created especially for you by our therapists! These consistently provide engagement with kids!
Boosting Communication Skills with Therapeutic Listening
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: Key Speech Sounds and Milestones
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.
Back to School Backpack Safety
Learn more about keeping your child safe while wearing a backpack in this blog.
5 Strategies for Parents to Promote Independence and Emotional Growth for Children with ADHD
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 and Sensory Processing Disorder
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.
Infant Torticollis: Symptoms, Causes & How Physical Therapy Can Help
This post will review the definition of torticollis and common symptoms, causes, and treatment considerations for infants and toddlers.
Occupational Therapy: Supports for Successful Toilet Training
Skills involved in toileting and how occupational therapy (OT) can help support your child.
What are red flags for gross motor developmental milestones?
8 signs your child might need Physical therapy.
Orofacial myofunctional disorders in children: symptoms and early intervention
Provides parents with an understanding of OMDs, common causes, their signs and symptoms, and the importance of early recognition and intervention.
Social Communication vs. Pragmatics: A helpful guide
Social pragmatics and social communication: the three skill levels, the importance, and how to recognize if your child is struggling with pragmatic skills.
Sensory Processing Disorder: What to look for (& how to help)
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.
All about AAC
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.