Associated Physical & Occupational Therapists

07/25/2025

🎉 And just like that… our summer camp has come to a close! 💛

What an incredible few weeks it’s been—filled with laughter, learning, friendships, and SO much fun. Watching our campers grow, explore, and shine in their own amazing ways has been the absolute highlight of our year.

Today, the halls are quiet and the classrooms are empty, but they’re still full of the joy, energy, and memories our campers left behind.

We’re beyond grateful to Cardinal O'Hara High School for welcoming us into their beautiful, accessible space and making it possible for every child to feel included and supported. A huge thank you as well to our amazing OT and PT volunteers and staff—you brought so much heart, creativity, and care to every single day.

We already can’t wait to see what next summer brings. Until then… keep shining, campers! ☀️🧡

07/22/2025

🌈 July is Disability Pride Month!
At APOT, we’re proud to celebrate inclusion, advocacy, and the strength of the disability community.

🎉 Check out this list of local Disability Pride Month events and join us in showing up and celebrating together:
👉 https://www.facebook.com/share/1AkRYp8GLh/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Western New York’s disability community is celebrating Disability Pride Month this July with events highlighting pride, culture, and the 35th anniversary of the ADA.

07/18/2025

☀️😎 Yay, it’s water day! 😎☀️
Campers at APOT Summer Links to Learning soaked up the sun and the fun today! Splash games, sponge races, and big summer smiles made it the coolest day of the week! 🏖️🌈🌞

07/18/2025

That slo-mo moment when you almost catch the water balloon… but summer has other plans 😂💦
Camp magic = epic splashes, big laughs, and memories that last way longer than the drip drop 💕😎☀️

07/15/2025

🚴‍♀️✨We are wheelie proud of our campers for rocking Bike Riding 101 Camp last week! ☀️💛
From wobbly starts to confident rides, there were so many big wins and even bigger smiles! 💪🏼🚲

APOT Summer Links to Learning Camp is all about growing skills, confidence, and summer joy—one pedal at a time. 🌈💫

06/26/2025

🌟 Our friends at Parent Network of WNY have released their 2025 Recreation & Leisure Directory—and it’s packed with over 200 programs, camps, inclusive playgrounds, and family-friendly activities across WNY!

📍 Includes pricing, locations, and details for everything from camps to day trips!

📘 Download it for FREE here:
https://parentnetworkwny.org/printable-tip-sheets/ -df_28362/1/

If you missed our 3rd annual Recreational Festival in February, our 2025 Recreation and Leisure Directory is now available for download!

The directory has over 200 recreational programs, activities, camps, and inclusive playgrounds in WNY to help keep children active. The directory includes pricing, locations, and information for all things to do and places to visit in WNY with your kids and families.

Download it for FREE today: https://parentnetworkwny.org/printable-tip-sheets/ -df_28362/1/

06/24/2025

🎒✨ Getting Everybody Kindergarten Ready! ✨🎒

We’re teaming up with our friends at Parent Network of WNY for a 5-week FREE parent-child group designed to help kids ages 3–6 get ready for kindergarten — the fun way!

Led by pediatric occupational therapists, this program uses hands-on, play-based activities to build the skills kids need for school — like motor coordination, following routines, social interaction, and independence.

🖐️✂️🧠 It’s fun, functional, and completely free — with sessions in three locations across WNY!

📍 Check the flyers for times & locations
📝 Sign up now through Parent Network of WNY —> ParentNetworkWNY.org/events

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06/21/2025

🚲💙 Just a Few Spots Left — Let’s Get Rolling! 💙🚲

Bike Week is almost here and we’re SO excited! 🎉
Join us July 7–11 for Bike Riding 101 — the ultimate week of wheels, fun, and confidence-building for kids ages 4–12! 💪✨

Whether your kiddo is learning to ride or ready to level up their bike skills, our amazing pediatric OTs & PTs will meet them right where they’re at — with tons of support and smiles along the way! 😊🙌

🕘 9:30–12:30 each day
💵 $375 for the week
👧👦 Ages 4–12
💥 Small groups, big fun!

Spots are flying — don’t miss out!
👉 Sign up now at www.APOT-WNY.com

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06/10/2025

There are still a FEW SPOTS LEFT for our Summer Links to Learning Summer Camp! Sign up today: www.apot-wny.com/summer

06/01/2025

🌈Happy Pride Month from all of us at APOT! 🌈

As a team of pediatric OTs and PTs, we believe in the power of inclusion, kindness, and unconditional love. Every child deserves to be seen, celebrated, and supported for exactly who they are.

This month—and every month—we stand with our LGBTQ+ students, families, and colleagues. Diversity is our strength, and love is at the heart of everything we do. 💖

05/18/2025

🎉 Happy National Speech-Language Pathologist Day to our favorite masters of communication, snack negotiation, and decoding the “I didn’t eat glue” face! 🍎💬 As a crew of school-based OTs & PTs, we just want to say: we walk the walk, but you all help our kids talk the talk! 👣🗣️💥 We can’t find enough words to express our gratitude & admiration for our partners in related services!

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05/13/2025

Looking for some affordable fine motor activities to stock up on for summer break?

Try homemade tactile tracing cards! Use glue and yarn to make some shapes on construction paper & laminate or use packaging tape on the top to make it reusable with dry erase markers.

Adding the “tactile” raised lines with the yarn help new writers feel the lines and makes it easier for them to correct when they hit the boundary.