Justabout Pediatric Therapy

Justabout Pediatric Therapy Justabout Pediatric Therapy is a private therapy clinic, located in McMurray, PA - helping kids grow, move, and communicate with confidence.

Home carryover is key for building new skills and growing confidence. 🏠💫 We appreciate all the hard work our families do...
10/28/2025

Home carryover is key for building new skills and growing confidence. 🏠💫 We appreciate all the hard work our families do to support their little ones in meeting their goals - and love when they share pictures of their hard work too! 🥰

At Justabout Pediatric Therapy, our therapists value finding creative and motivating ways to incorporate children’s therapy goals into home activities. 💙 What is your favorite way to add therapy practice into your daily routine?

🎃It’s time for a putty pumpkin patch, building fine motor skills through play!For this activity, you will need:⭐Playdoh ...
10/24/2025

🎃It’s time for a putty pumpkin patch, building fine motor skills through play!

For this activity, you will need:
⭐Playdoh or theraputty
⭐Small beads
⭐Pipe cleaners

To set it up:
🎃Gather the materials at the table

How to play:
⭐Pinch off a piece of putty
⭐Roll it into a ball between both palms
⭐Use your “pinchers” to push small beads into the putty to form a jack-o-lantern face
⭐Push pipe cleaner into the putty to add a pumpkin stem

While your child is growing their pumpkin patch & creating silly jack-o-lantern faces, they are developing important fine motor skills!
🖐🏻Pincer grasp
🖐🏻Hand strength
🖐🏻Seperation of hand skills

Mrs Becky and Miss Heather had a blast Saturday at Trunk or Treat! 🎃🦇👻🖍️Along with passing out Halloween treats, trick ...
10/21/2025

Mrs Becky and Miss Heather had a blast Saturday at Trunk or Treat! 🎃🦇👻

🖍️Along with passing out Halloween treats, trick or treaters helped make a collaborative coloring page while trying out adaptive crayons and pencil grips!🧑🏻‍🎨We loved seeing everyone’s creativity!

✏️📄✂️Want to learn more about how coloring and other fine motor play skills can set your child up for success? 💌Contact us today! We have immediate openings for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy!

🍁☔️Fall is here and some days will be too cold or rainy to play outside. 🎶 Movement songs are a great way to practice gr...
10/18/2025

🍁☔️Fall is here and some days will be too cold or rainy to play outside. 🎶 Movement songs are a great way to practice gross motor skills, expend extra energy, and build body awareness. And they’re fun!

Our favorite YouTube channels for movement songs include:
🌟The Laurie Berkner Band
🌟Go Noodle
🌟The Kiboomers

Their catchy songs get kids moving, stretching, and dancing right in your living room. 🕺🏽🪩💃🏻

🐠Get silly with: “The Goldfish” by Laurie Berkner
🧊Learn body awareness with: “Freeze Dance” by The Kiboomers
🐸Imitate new motor skills with: “Jump like a Frog” by The Kiboomers
🦎Calm the body and mind with: “Salamander Yoga” by Scratch Garden

💡Pro Tip from your PT: Join in! Kids love when grown-ups move with them — it turns screen time into connection time.

At Justabout Pediatric Therapy we love finding creative ways to help kids play, move, and grow — no matter the weather! 💙💚

October is AAC Awareness Month! 📢 AAC stands for augmentative and alternative communication. AAC includes a wide variety...
10/14/2025

October is AAC Awareness Month! 📢 AAC stands for augmentative and alternative communication.

AAC includes a wide variety of communication, including
👋🏾Sign language
👉🏾Gestures
🖼️ Picture cards
📱Speech generating devices
💬And more!

Swipe to learn 3 facts about AAC from Miss Tiffany! Have questions about how to support use of AAC? 💌 Contact us to learn more!

🎭✨ We are thrilled to continue our partnership with South Park Children’s Theatre to support their sensory-friendly perf...
10/09/2025

🎭✨ We are thrilled to continue our partnership with South Park Children’s Theatre to support their sensory-friendly performances! We will be providing sensory resources and materials for use during their shows to help make the magic of live theatre more accessible and comfortable for all families!

🗓️This Sunday, October 12th, Miss Heather will be at the 2:00pm sensory-friendly performance, sharing information about sensory processing and how to use sensory tools while watching the show! We hope to see you there!

Head to South Park Children’s Theatre’s Indoor Stage, October 10-19, to check out Dr. Experimenter and the League of Evil!🧪👨🏻‍🔬⚛️

🌟Fridays @ 6:00pm

🌟Saturdays @ 11:00am and 6:00pm

🌟Sundays @ 2:00pm

Check it out! 💚Our website got an update!💙Visit www.justaboutpediatrictherapy.com to 💫Access the patient portal💫Learn ab...
10/07/2025

Check it out! 💚Our website got an update!💙

Visit www.justaboutpediatrictherapy.com to
💫Access the patient portal
💫Learn about the role of PT, ST, and OT
💫Get to know our therapists
💫And more!

Have an animal lover at home? Here’s a simple animal activity to promote language through play! 🐑🐎🐕‍🦺🐇For this activity,...
10/03/2025

Have an animal lover at home? Here’s a simple animal activity to promote language through play! 🐑🐎🐕‍🦺🐇

For this activity, you will need:
🐎Small animal toys
🏠Colorful houses - You can use empty boxes or plastic tupperware if you do not have this toy at home!

To set it up:
🐑Hide each animal in a different container

How to play:
🌈Talk about what color each house is
🐕‍🦺Talk about what animal is inside
🐇Practice your animal noises
🦋Play pretend and be silly!

Think your child could benefit from support to develop language skills? 💌 Contact Justabout Pediatric Therapy to schedule a speech therapy evaluation!

🥳Congratulations to Dean on graduating from speech therapy! Way to go, we are so proud of all your hard work!Dean’s favo...
09/28/2025

🥳Congratulations to Dean on graduating from speech therapy! Way to go, we are so proud of all your hard work!

Dean’s favorite activity to do with Miss Tiffany was playing Connect 4. Miss Tiffany will miss playing with you! 💙

Want to learn more about how Justabout Pediatric Therapy can help your child move, learn, and grow through play? 💌Contact us for more information!

💥Looking for an exciting way to practice your letters? Grab a push pin & get poking! 📌For this activity, you will need:📌...
09/26/2025

💥Looking for an exciting way to practice your letters? Grab a push pin & get poking! 📌

For this activity, you will need:
📌A push pin
📄Paper
🖍️A pencil or marker
🌟A soft surface, such a sheet of foam or the carpet

To set it up:
🔠Draw letters for your child to trace on a piece of paper. You can do the whole alphabet, or just their name!
🌟Place the paper on a soft surface so the push pin can poke through the paper - try having your child lay on their belly with the paper on the carpet!

How to play:
📌Use your “pinchers” (thumb and index finger) to hold the push pin, poking holes to trace each letter
👆🏻Next, use your finger to trace each letter
🖍️Last, use a pencil or marker to trace each letter

By practicing each letter 3 different ways, you are helping your child to use a multisensory approach to learning - feeling the pressure of the push pin, feeling the bumps with their finger, and then writing with a marker!

✍🏻Is your child having a hard time learning to copy their name or write letters neatly? 💌Contact us to learn how occupational therapy can support handwriting and fine motor skills!

🥳Congratulations to Owen on graduating from occupational therapy! We are so proud of you for meeting your goals!🌟Owen’s ...
09/25/2025

🥳Congratulations to Owen on graduating from occupational therapy! We are so proud of you for meeting your goals!

🌟Owen’s favorite activity to do with Miss Heather was making a craft. Today, Owen was able to make an octopus craft, drawing shapes, coloring within the lines, and cutting along lines, without needing any help! 🐙Miss Heather will miss crafting with you! ✂️🖍️📄

🌟Simple craft activities are a great way to build hand strength, practice using efficient grasp patterns, and promote fine motor control for important school skills, such a writing letters, coloring within the lines, and cutting!

Want to learn more about how Justabout Pediatric Therapy can help your child move, learn, and grow through play? 💌Contact us for more information!

⭐ Shout out to our superstar, Georgia, for all her hard work in occupational therapy! ⭐We are so proud of you for master...
09/24/2025

⭐ Shout out to our superstar, Georgia, for all her hard work in occupational therapy!

⭐We are so proud of you for mastering your handwriting goals! Keep up the great work!

👩🏻‍🍳In her OT session with Miss Heather, Georgia was able to neatly copy a recipe from her new cookbook, so she will be ready to follow each step & cook up something delicious!

Have a child who would benefit from extra handwriting practice, but thinks it’s “too boring”? ✍🏻Make it motivating:
🍪Budding baker? Write their favorite cookie recipe!
🏈Football fanatic? Write down their predictions for who will win each game or their dream team roster!
🌿Nature enthusiast? Go on a nature scavenger hunt, writing down everything they find!

Want to learn more about how occupational therapy can support handwriting and success in school? Contact us today! 💌

Address

608 E. McMurray Road
McMurray, PA
15317

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm

Telephone

+17249414414

Website

https://www.justaboutpediatrictherapy.com/news

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