2810 W. US Hwy 64 Suite 2
Fax 828-516-1701
KidsinStride2@gmail.com
Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 - 5:30
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We offer therapeutic skilled services that focus on independence for a child and their family. If a child is having difficulty with cognitive, physical, sensory and motor skills, our therapy services can help.
List of common diagnosis we treat but are not limited to:
ADD -Attention deficit disorder is a neurological disorder that causes a range of behavior problems such as difficulty attending to instruction, focusing on schoolwork, keeping up with assignments, following instructions, completing tasks and social interaction.
ADHD -Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is a chronic condition that affects millions of children and often continues into adulthood. ADHD includes a combination of persistent problems, such as difficulty sustaining attention, hyperactivity and impulsive behavior.
Asperger Syndrome - Describes a group of symptoms in children who have difficulties with social, behavioral and communication skills who have only mildly abnormal/good language (more frequently) and cognitive skills with average/above average intelligence.
Autism Spectrum Disorder - It is a problem that affects a child's nervous system and growth and development. It often shows up during a child's first 3 years of life. Some children with ASD seem to live in their own world. They are not interested in other children and lack social awareness.
Cerebral Palsy -It is a problem that affects muscle tone, movement, and motor skills. Often is caused by brain damage that happens before or during a baby's birth, or during the first 3-to-5 years of a child's life.
Developmental Disabilities - Is a group of conditions due to an impairment in physical, learning, language, or behavior areas. About one in six children in the U.S. have one or more developmental disabilities or other developmental delays.
Down syndrome -Also called Trisomy 21, is a condition in which a person is born with an extra chromosome, with Down syndrome, the extra chromosome causes delays in the way a child develops, mentally and physically.
Dyslexia - It is a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words (decoding). Most children with dyslexia can succeed in school with tutoring or a specialized education program. Emotional support also plays an important role.
Dysgraphia -It is a learning disability that affects writing abilities. It can manifest itself as difficulties with spelling, poor handwriting and trouble putting thoughts on paper. Because writing requires a complex set of motor and information processing skills, saying a student has dysgraphia is not sufficient.
Feeding Difficulties - Is an umbrella term encompassing all feeding problems, regardless of etiology, severity, or consequences? It includes any problems that affect the process of providing food to the child.
Fine Motor Skills - achieved when children learn to use their smaller muscles, like muscles in the hands, fingers, and wrists. Children use their fine motor skills when writing, holding small items, buttoning clothing, turning pages, eating, cutting with scissors, and using computer keyboards.
Genetic Disorder -It is a category of diseases that includes certain types of birth defects, chronic diseases, developmental problems and sensory deficits that are inherited from one or both parents.
Listening therapy - It is to be used as part of a daily home program, in combination with additional sensory integrative activities, to achieve goals and skills. The Therapeutic Listening program uses a variety of music, chosen specifically for each child to meet his/her particular needs.
Neurological Disorder - This occurs when something is abnormal in the brain, the nervous system or the muscle cells. These disorders can vary from epilepsy to migraine headaches to tic or movement disorders and more.
Sensory Processing Disorder - This occurs when a child has a difficult time receiving and responding to information from their senses. Children who have sensory issues may have an aversion to anything that triggers their senses, such as light, sound, touch, taste, or smell.
Traumatic Brain Injury - It is a form of no degenerative acquired brain injury resulting from a bump, blow, or jolt to the head or body or a penetrating head injury that disrupts normal brain function.
Visual Motor Delays - Early signs of visual-motor problems in children can include missed milestones and delays in gross motor skills, such as crawling, standing, and walking or fine motor skills, such as grasping and manipulating objects or gripping crayons.
Speech and Language Pathology provides treatments that can aid in the diagnosis of many disorders including but not limited to:
Craniofacial Myology
Pediatric feeding aversion
Cleft left lip and palate
Receptive language disorders
Expressive language disorders
Aural habilitation/rehabilitation
Dysphasia disorders
Pragmatic language disorders
Our Sensory Processing Systems are:
1. Visual is responsible for seeing
2. Auditory is responsible for hearing
3. Olfactory is responsible for processing smell
4. Gustatory is responsible for the sense of taste
5. Tactile is processing touch information
6. Vestibular contributes to balance and orientation in space. It is the leading system informing us about the movement and position of the head relative to gravity
7. Proprioceptive informs us of sensations from muscles and joint movement
8. Interception is sensations related to the physiological and physical conditions of the body.
When these Sensory Processing Systems are all working correctly we are balanced and can adapt to our surrounding environment. But, when there is a Disorder in any of these processing systems, it is up to the parent or teacher to find which sensory system is being affected. By careful observation and discussing behaviors with parents and caregivers, we are able to enter into their world and learn what it takes to create balance in these systems again. Our goal at Kids in Stride is to help find the limitation and help them to create order in their world working together towards their independence.
Information:
Ages: Birth through 18 years of age
Services to counties: Cherokee, Graham, Macon, Clay, Union, Fannin, Polk, Monroe and any other county you are willing to travel here from.
Insurances Accepted: NC Medicaid, BCBS Healthy Blues NC Medicaid starting 2020, Crescent, Cigna, Aetna, Tricare, Medcost, Humana, ChampVa, Core Source, and NC Wellcare Medicaid as of 2020 and we are working on accepting more.
We are currently working to be able to provide care to children with:
If your child is receiving therapy services in the school setting, we may still be able to provide services: We work closely with the school system/therapists to ensure all goals are being addressed for home and school needs. If your child is receiving services in the school for school-related tasks, however, continues to have difficulties with tasks at home such as dressing, following directions, etc. we may be able to help. If your child did not qualify for school therapy it doesn’t mean your child does not qualify for Occupational therapy.
We specialize in working with children for a variety of needs:
Self-dressing
Handwriting
Attention difficulties
Balance, coordination
Coping/regulation skills
Core strengthening
Fine motor skills
Upper body strengthening
Self-help skills
Positioning
Adaptive equipment
Following directions
Problem-solving
We are creating the perfect space for your children.
Please call us today @ 828-516-1700 we are accepting new patients
How We Got Started
We were approached by an OT that was retiring her business and knew there was a need for Therapy for Kids in our area. We did a soft opening on June 1st, 2017. In a short time period, we were growing and officially opened our door on October 5th, 2017. And then moved to our new location and opened full time on February 13th, 2018. Today we have expanded into a 4,000 square foot facility and growing.
