Kids-N-Motion Therapy Atlanta offers Pediatric Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Floortime Play Theray , social-skills groups, feeding therapy, and speech and language therapy.
Therapies
At Kids-N-Motion we strive to uncover the root of the challenge and remediate it. This is in sharp contrast to merely teaching single splinter skills.
We work to solidify each child’s foundation so that all higher level skills become automatic and naturally generalize.
Occupational Therapy is often prescribed or recommended to our children.
OT can improve and strengthen their abilities in sensory and emotional regulation, motor skills (fine and gross), individual play, self-care, self-help, feeding, and group activities.
Because Occupational Therapy is designed to address all activities that “occupy” us, it encompasses all aspects of a child’s daily functions and activities.
Occupational Therapy
Our therapy clinic is equipped with state of the art therapeutic equipment.
Treatment often incorporates a Sensory Integrative approach.
Sensory Integration Therapy assists the child in developing automatic and appropriate responses to everyday stimuli so that he or she can perform and interact appropriately at home, school, and various community settings.
Children with sensory integration concerns have difficulties receiving, organizing and executing information to and from the sensory systems:
Auditory, Visual, Gustatory (Taste), Tactile (Touch), Vestibular (Movement and Balance) and Proprioceptive (Muscle and Limb Awareness and Strength).
Sensory processing is often the
root of many childhood challenges
such as:
Lack of Coordination
Challenges with Self Care
Decreased Strength
Fine Motor Issues
Difficulty with Handwriting
High or Low Muscle Tone
Poor Balance
Decreased Attention
Impulsivity
Atypical Regulation (activity level)
Difficulty with Peer Interactions
Challenges with completing multi-step tasks
SPEECH & LANGUAGE Therapy
Our Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) work to assess, diagnose, and treat
speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders.
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Speech disorders are when a child has difficulty producing speech sounds correctly/fluently or has problems with voice/resonance.
Language disorders are when a child has trouble understanding others or sharing thoughts, ideas, and feelings. Your child's difficulty may be in spoken or written form and may affect form, content, and/or use of language in functional and socially appropriate ways.
Social communication disorders are when a child has trouble with the social use of verbal and nonverbal communication. Your child's difficulty may include
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communicating for social purposes
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talking in different ways to suit the listener and setting, and
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following rules for conversation and story-telling.
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder have social communication challenges. Social communication disorders may also found among individuals with other conditions, such as traumatic brain injury.
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Cognitive-communication disorders are problems organizing thoughts, paying attention, remembering, planning, and/or problem-solving. These disorders usually happen as a result of a stroke or traumatic brain injury, although they can be congenital.
Swallowing disorders are feeding and swallowing difficulties.
Social Skills Groups
Our social skills groups are designed for children who may have challenges with emotional regulation, peer interaction and communication.
Using Floortime therapy principles our small social skills groups are designed to foster relationships between same aged peers. We are very specific in matching children based on skills and interests.
Our groups are designed to support our children as they learn to play cooperatively, take turns, and share the joys of pretending and acting silly with their peers. Problem solving is often incorporated into each session as children negotiate and share ideas.
The warm, family-like environment at Kids-N-Motion inspires our families to reproduce the social skills format outside the office in their own social outings and playdates.
Social skills groups meet weekly during after-school hours.
Play Therapy / floortime
Play Therapy / Floortime is a therapy treatment approach for children who are having difficulties engaging and interacting with peers and family members.
This specialized play therapy approach was designed by Dr. Stanley Greenspan and is also known as D.I.R. (Developmental, Individual Differences, Relationship Model).
This unique play therapy has our therapists down on the floor helping children initiate interests and purposeful behaviors.
At higher levels we are helping children exchange ideas, explore emotions, and think in a multi-causal manner.
Play Therapy / Floortime helps children deepen engagement, lengthen mutual attention and develop symbolic play.
Ultimately children learn to sustain healthy emotional relationships with peers and family.
At Kids-N-Motion we offer Play Therapy / Floortime
in individual and small group settings.
Individual sessions focus on emotional growth and interpersonal interactions. Often a child is encouraged to participate in one-on–one sessions prior to participating in small, social groups. Your child will benefit from basic interaction and play skills with therapeutic support at each step and initiative.
Once your child shows interest and can sustain simple play ideas in a
one-on-one setting, small groups are recommended and encouraged.
feeding therapy
Our children may have multiple feeding challenges that combine to interfere with their intake of food and drink.
Before intervention, a thorough food intake history is collected. Pertinent information may include past mealtime behaviors, sensory differences, oral-motor challenges, mealtime environment and behavior, and an assessment of the motor skills involved in self feeding. A complete inventory of foods that are accepted and avoided are documented.
Our therapists bring years of experience working with sensory differences which strongly affect food intake.
Our approach to treatment utilizes the SOS (Sequential Oral Sensory) protocol, behavior modification, and sensory desensitization.
At each session our children are celebrated
as they conquer their feeding challenges.
Once initial hurdles of feeding are overcome in the clinic, carryover at home will maximize therapeutic gains.