Developmental Therapy
Children naturally want to explore their environment and learn through play and interacting with others. Developmental Therapists (DTs) can evaluate and help children to achieve age appropriate development and/or maximize their learning potential in a variety of developmental areas including cognitive, play, social-emotional, behavior, self-help, expressive and receptive language, fine and gross motor.
At Assential Therapies our DTs provide guidance and education to help parents, family members, teachers, caregivers, etc. support each child's developmental needs. We often help families bring together all areas of development and/or activities to work with the whole child. Our DTs have accesses to our multi-disciplinary team to help to coordinate care and to treat the whole child and family. We will work with a variety of medical professionals, specialists and school district staff as appropriate.
Many parents and families have questions about how their children learns, communicates and interacts with others, behave, discipline and questions about parenting. Some of the children who may benefit form an evaluation and treatment may include:
- Children with specific and/or global developmental delays
- Children with a known genetic condition or syndrome
- Children who have difficulties with play
- Children with sensory or attention issues
- Children with difficulties interacting with others
- Children with difficulties in social settings e.g. daycare, play groups, etc.
- Parents who have questions about discipline or children with behavior concerns
