Hands-on Therapy Center

08/08/2025

Happy 4th Anniversary Hands-on Therapy Center! To God be the glory! 🙏🏻🙌🏻

04/08/2025

We are very happy to have you on board OT Beth! We are much excited to have you as an addition to our team! 🤗❤️

04/07/2025

As a speech and language pathologist, I often meet persistent and loving parents who are eager to put their child in speech/language therapy, but are subtly hesitant when I recommend occupational therapy (OT) simultaneously. Their usual response? “Speech lang naman ang concern, bakit kailangan pa ng OT?” 💭

‼️ Here’s what I try to explain:
A child has to be (1) regulated, (2) engaged, and (3) able to attend before meaningful communication can develop. That’s where occupational therapy comes in. It helps build foundations for communication through movement, play, and sensory work that support the brain, which directly support speech and language progress

Think of OT as the “soil” that speech grows from 🌱 Without it, overall therapy progress may be slow or stalled

Let’s give children what they truly need; not just speech, but the support that helps speech come alive 🗣️ I know it can feel like “extra” work or expense, but when we give them what they truly need, that’s when the real breakthroughs begin 💚

18/06/2025

25/05/2025

It all starts with tummy time! Baby milestones fall into three stages:

Primitive Stage- Birth to 3 months
Transitional Stage- 4-9 months
Mature Stage- 10-12 months

The Primitive Stage is that time right after birth and lasts up to around the three month mark. During this stage we’ll see the baby interact visually with the world around them. They watch, listen, and make basic movements.

The Transitional Stage is that period of time around 4 months to 9 months of age. We’ll see greater development of things like grasp and controlled movements, effort, interaction with the world around them, and intentional movements.

The Mature Stage occurs around 10 to 12 months. During this period, baby freely moves their body to manipulate items in their world. They improve and refine mobility, grasp, and communication.

Each stage of baby development has their own hallmark milestones.

Typical development follows a pattern in child development. Progression through developmental milestones typically occurs in areas of fine motor skills, gross motor skills, the senses, cognitive development, and social development. Use these play activities as development-based activities to guide and foster play.

🔺Here is information on tummy time: https://www.theottoolbox.com/tummy-time-myths/
🔺And baby play to support motor skills: https://www.theottoolbox.com/baby-play-ideas/

11/05/2025

Happy Mother’s Day! 💐💞

06/05/2025

Tallest Lego tower build-off! 🗼😲

02/04/2025

Happy World Autism Day! 💙

About 1 in 100 children has autism, according to the World Health Organization. Regular monitoring of a child’s development can help for early detection and intervention.

31/03/2025

‼️HELLO PARENTS‼️
Looking for fun and engaging play group classes for your kids? Look no further, as we are now opening slots for our HANDS-ON KIDDOS PLAY GROUP CLASSES in our MINTAL BRANCH!

There will be 2 classes per week, and each class will last for 1 hour and 30 minutes. We are offering two play group classes and each offers a different goal depending on the age of your child.

🎨🖌️ ARTISTIC HANDS CLASS (open for kids ages 3-4 years old)
❓What to expect in this class?
✅ Arts and crafts
✅ Activities that enhance their fine motor skills
✅ Enhancement of social interaction skills
✅ Enhancement of their imagination and creativity
✅ Introduction of different concepts, and more!

✍🏼📚 SCHOOL READINESS CLASS (open for kids ages 4-6 years old)
❓What to expect in this class?
✅ Enhancement of the child’s pre-writing skills
✅ School readiness activities
✅ Enhancement of cognitive skills
✅ Improve social interaction skills
✅ Improve attention and focus
✅ Improve ability to follow instructions, and more!

‼️RATES ARE INCLUSIVE OF ALL MATERIALS NEEDED‼️

What are you waiting for? Hurry and enroll now! LIMITED SLOTS ONLY.

If you wish to pre-order our HANDS-ON KIDDO t-shirt, kindly leave us a message. 😀

📌 Our HANDS-ON KIDDOS PLAY GROUP CLASSES is available on our MINTAL BRANCH only as of now.

Hands-on Therapy Center: Helping small hands achieve big things

📍MATINA BRANCH: Door 8, 2nd floor, JEMT828 bldg. (in front of Matina wet market), Matina Crossing, McArthur Highway, Davao City
📍MINTAL BRANCH: 2nd floor, VLG bldg. (in front of INC church, near Vista Mall), Mintal Highway, Davao City
📞 09474975688 / 09381353789

16/03/2025

Check out the yummy donuts they made! 🤤🍩

22/02/2025

What a fun activity that targets various social interaction skills! The kids wrote some words that describe their classmates, and stuck the heart on that classmate’s jars. It was so cute seeing the kids feeling “kilig” and grateful for the compliments they received. Some of the words we saw were “cool”, “pretty”, “stylish”, “kind”, and even “best friend”. 🥰

Who doesn’t like words of affirmation, right? 😉

20/02/2025

Wow! We are so grateful for this new milestone. Thank you for all the support! 🥰💞

To God be the glory! 🙏🏻