Radiant Kids Therapy

11/13/2024

Photo op: Most of the Radiant Kids Therapy Clinical Leadership Team in one place! ✨ These stellar professionals are not only at the top of their game clinically; they are a uniquely kind, positive team that prioritizes providing strong support and mentorship to our amazing SLP, SLPA, OT and PT teams. This equips our therapists to be able to provide the highest quality services to hundreds of clients throughout San Diego County. We are grateful for this outstanding leadership team! 🌟 Left to right: Cindy (OT Manager), Janna (SLPA Supervisor), Athena (Clinical Manager), Laura (Director/Founder), Nicole (HR Manager), Michelle (SLP Manager), and Gina (North County SLP Team Lead). 💫

02/05/2024

Meet Radiant Kids Therapy’s stellar clinical leadership team! One of our main roles is to provide strong support for our amazing therapists, enabling them to provide the highest caliber services to each and every client. 🌟 👧🏽 💫 👦🏻 ⭐️

L-R: Laura Agyeman, SLP (CEO/Executive Director), Cindy McMahon, OT (OT Team Manager), Nicole Berney (HR Manager), Athena Bellio, DPT (Clinical Manager & Lead PT), Hattie Fleming, OT (North County OT Lead), and Gina Suggett, SLP (North County SLP Lead). Just missing Michelle McKinney, SLP Team Manager! ☀️ 🌊 😄

01/09/2024

Potty training is a big milestone for you and your toddler. Here are 3 tips from a speech & language perspective to help along the way!

1. If your child is not yet using words to communicate his/her wants or needs, incorporate the ‘potty’ sign or new gesture, such as patting diaper/pull-up/underwear. This is also a great strategy to incorporate long before you begin potty training!

2. Strengthen your child’s understanding (receptive language) of the toileting routine, such as labeling items and actions as you use them in the bathroom (e.g. toilet, water, flush) or letting your child watch you use the bathroom and narrate actions.

3. Read and sing songs about using the potty. You can even role play toileting with dolls or stuffed animals. These are great ways to introduce the concept and new vocabulary associated with the routine!

Reach out to the Radiant Kids Therapy team if you need support helping your little one reaching milestones across daily routines!💫

12/23/2023

Radiant Kids Therapy wishes you & yours a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!! May your heart be full of love, joy, peace and hope this holiday season and in 2024. 🎄✨ 🎉 💚

12/14/2023

12/13/2023

Many families enjoy snowy mornings, days off from school, holiday parties, sweet treats, and less structure than typical❄️🌲👦

👉🏼For children with sensory processing deficits, the holiday season can be hard. It may feel like a season of chaos, frustration and dysregulation. The sweetest of children can also be “off” during the holidays!

🧐Detect when your child Is experiencing sensory overload and reduce negative behaviors.

👉🏼Triggers leading to overload:
loud noises, busy spaces, environmental changes, unwanted physical contact, strong smells, or uncomfortable clothing!

11/27/2023

Strengthen gross motor skills by stomping, throwing and squatting!☀️

🍂Boost fine motor by holding a leaf by its stem or grasping a giant handful with one hand!

🗣️Label items and narrate actions by saying so your child learns the words for what he/she is experiencing! Integrate signs for ‘more’, ‘again’, ‘help’ and ‘all done’.

Expose your child to new textures and sounds as you crunch, roll and throw!

11/22/2023

Gross-Motor Activities—Fall Edition✨🍂

11/17/2023

Meet Hattie, our amazing Occupational Therapist (OT) and North County OT Team Lead. She has provided so many amazing families with care, assisting children in North County hit their therapy goals. We are so thankful to have an OT like Hattie at Radiant Kids Therapy. ☀️

Swipe through to learn more about Hattie, why she chose pediatric occupational therapy, and what she likes to do for fun!😄

!☀️

11/15/2023

Fine-motor skills are so important for your child’s development🏃

The term “fine-motor” is used a lot, but why is it so important for kiddos?

Fine-motor skills give children the ability to control small muscles (particularly in the hands).👐

Underdeveloped fine-motor skill may cause delays in a child’s ability to complete daily tasks. Without the ability to complete every day activities, a child's self esteem can suffer, their academic performance is compromised, and their play options are very limited.

Well-developed fine motor skills can lead to increased independence in self-care, writing/drawing, and play activities.🙌

11/08/2023

Let’s get reading this November!📖✨

Below are 10 fall books to read with your little ones!🍂

YouTube, storline online or vooks are also great options to listen to stories if you don’t have a hard copy of your own.

📔The Golden acorn by Katy Hudson

📔Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson

📔A Very Big Fall by Emmy Kastner

📔📔We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt by Steve Metzger

📔Acorn was a Little Wild by Jen Arena

📔Yum Yummy Yuck by Cree Lane + Amanda Jane Jones

📔Pete the Cat Falling for Autumn by James Dean

📔The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s First Fall by Eric Carle

📔Duck & Goose Find a Pumpkin by Tad Hills

📔😍You’re My Little Pumpkin Pie by Natalie Marshall

10/06/2023

It’s officially AAC Awareness Month AND spooky season!

AAC stands for Augmentative and Alternative Communication and is used to describe any type of communication other than spoken words, such as sign language, communication boards or speech-generating devices.

RKT is here to give you tips and tricks to help your and your little ones use AAC this spooky holiday!

🎃Add vocabulary and/or phrases to your child’s AAC device (e.g. Trick-or-treat, thank you, I’m a ____!, goodbye)

🎃Use picture cards on your child’s halloween bucket

🎃Wear a trick-or-treat communication bracelet
Practice!