The Therapy House, 799 A S Lee Street (2025)

18/08/2025

Our fearless office manager starts her first fall semester of SLP school 🎉

We know she is going to do fantastic! Wish her luck today!

16/08/2025

🌟 Did you know we see kids just for the summer for both OT & ST? 🌟

These sweet kiddos spend every summer with their grandma and come see us while they’re here. Last week, we wrapped up another amazing summer together! 💛

Alex is another one of our kiddos who started with us two years ago. He just needed a different approach—more space, time, and child-led therapy. Fast forward to summer three, and he is absolutely THRIVING at home and at school! 🙌

Summer sessions mean kids can stay consistent with therapy, and we get to send back recommendations and adaptations to help them be successful when school starts again. Watching them grow year after year is the greatest blessing. ✨

**Always shared with permission**

14/08/2025

Happy first day of school for a lot of our kiddos! We hope you have had the BEST day! We have some amazing kids we see and are so proud of all of them!

Parents as the new school year starts remember your child is not a broken version of a neurotypical brain 🧠. They are unique and differently wired! They may need different supports to be successful and that’s okay. We are here to help you every step of the way! Whether you are in public, private or homeschool we are always here for support and resources ❤️

Drop a picture of your kids first day pics in the comments! Swipe to see my kids!

06/08/2025

Here’s why:
🧠 Play helps build brain connections that support language, motor skills, regulation, and social thinking
👣 It meets kids where they are, whether they’re crawling, babbling, or still figuring out how to make eye contact
👐 It creates safety, which is what a nervous system needs in order to learn

Play-based therapy isn’t just something we include. It’s the foundation of everything we do.

And we know you want tools you can actually use at home too, that’s why we created our Parent Support Membership.

If you’ve ever asked:
❓ “How do I know if they’re making progress?”
❓ “What can I do in the in-between moments?”
❓ “Is this delay something to be concerned about?”

We’ve got you.

Inside the membership, we share what we use in sessions, handouts, product recs, short videos, and monthly live Q&As. It’s like having a trusted OT in your pocket, helping you make the most of playtime.

We believe parents shouldn’t have to figure it all out alone.

💬 What does play look like in your house right now, and what would you love to better understand?

05/08/2025

Let’s be honest: most parenting advice wasn’t written with neurodivergent kids in mind.

When a child has ADHD, their challenges with impulse control, emotional regulation, and executive functioning make it nearly impossible to respond calmly in the moment, no matter how many times they've been told the rules.

That doesn’t mean they’re being bad.
It means their brain is overwhelmed and their body is trying to cope.

📌 That’s where occupational therapy comes in.

We help families understand why behavior is happening underneath the surface. And we work directly with kids to strengthen the systems that support self-regulation, attention, and flexible thinking.

Here’s what we focus on in our sessions:
✨ Sensory integration to help organize the nervous system
✨ Movement-based strategies to improve regulation and focus
✨ Play-based activities that build impulse control and body awareness
✨ Parent coaching to support co-regulation and connection at home

When we shift from control-based strategies to connection-based strategies, everything changes.

Instead of asking “How do I get them to stop doing this?”
We start asking “What does their brain need help with right now?”

💬 What’s one strategy that hasn’t worked with your child, and what did you try instead?

04/08/2025

This is a sensory-motor circuit designed to activate the brain and body at the same time. It’s a series of OT-guided exercises aimed at improving coordination, postural control, visual-motor integration, and attention.

From an OT point of view, here’s what’s happening in each movement:

Superman Pose (prone extension):
The child is lying on her belly, arms and legs extended. This builds core strength, postural endurance, and supports body awareness. It’s great for kids who fatigue quickly or slump at a desk.

Cross-body marching / Balance with cross-lateral movement:
Alternating opposite arms and legs challenges midline crossing and bilateral coordination. This supports handwriting, reading, and integrated brain function (think: both hemispheres working together!).

Quadruped crawling or modified “bear walk” position:
Engages the core, shoulders, and hips while building motor planning and vestibular input. This is key for kids with retained reflexes, sensory-seeking behavior, or coordination difficulties.

Jumping jacks or preparatory movement for them:
Increases heart rate, rhythm, and sequencing. It’s great for activating the nervous system and improving body awareness.

Each of these movements helps children with:

Core and postural stability (which supports attention, handwriting, and balance)

Body awareness and spatial orientation

Coordination and timing

Self-regulation through movement-based sensory input

Confidence in physical activities

🏡 Bonus for parents:

Doing a circuit like this, even just 5 minutes before school or homework, can help your child feel more focused, less wiggly, and more confident. It’s not about being “good” at exercise. It’s about giving the brain and body what they need to work together.

02/08/2025

From meltdowns to moments like this. 💛✂️
This sweet boy used to scream and cry at the thought of a haircut. His nervous system saw it as a threat—too much sensory input, too fast, too overwhelming. At a previous place, they told mom to hold him down just to “get it done.” But that didn’t sit right with her. And it didn’t sit right with us either.

So we slowed it down.
We let him lead.
We made space for his body to feel safe again.

This day he tolerated a scissor haircut—no tears, no fight or flight. Just breaks when he needed them, and brave returns when he was ready. ❤️

It didn’t happen overnight. It took time, patience, a supportive stylist, and parents willing to follow their gut even when others didn’t understand.

This is what regulation looks like.
This is what trust looks like.
This is what it looks like when we stop forcing and start listening.

💡Your support system matters—it’s not just doctors. It’s your therapists, nurses, dentists, stylists, teachers, daycare workers, friends, and family. Find the ones who get it. The ones who get you.

And if you’re local and don’t have those people yet—come see us. 💕 We’ve built a whole bank of sensory-friendly professionals who lead with compassion, not control.

Your child is not “too much.” They just need the right kind of support.
And that changes everything.

**shared with permission**

❤️

31/07/2025

⚠️ Poor motor coordination isn’t just about clumsiness, it’s often rooted in how the brain and body communicate. And when that communication is delayed or disorganized, sports can go from exciting to exhausting real quick.

We see this all the time. Kids who desperately want to join in but can’t quite make their body do what their brain is asking. And that disconnect? It’s more than physical, it impacts confidence, relationships, and how kids see themselves.

💡 That’s why our sessions go beyond practice. We look at the full picture: primitive reflexes, sensory integration, core strength, postural control, bilateral coordination, emotional regulation, and yes, motor planning too.

Because when you understand the why, you can finally support the how.

If sports feel frustrating instead of fun, we can help your child build the foundational skills they need to feel capable and confident in movement, play, and life.

💬 Have you noticed your child avoiding physical play? Let us know, this might be the piece no one’s brought up yet.

30/07/2025

Did you know that poor handwriting can be one of the earliest signs of dyspraxia?

We’re not talking about messy letters from a rushed moment, we’re talking about the kind of handwriting that’s persistently hard to read, where the pencil grip looks uncomfortable, letters float off the line, and writing takes a lot of effort (and frustration).

✏️ Why does this happen?
Dyspraxia affects how the brain plans and carries out movement. So when a child with dyspraxia sits down to write, they’re juggling:

Motor planning

Fine motor coordination

Visual-spatial awareness

Postural control

That’s a big load for a little body.

What may look like “sloppy writing” is often a nervous system doing the best it can with a task that feels really complex.

💡 How can we support it?
We always start with regulation and readiness. If the sensory and motor systems aren’t prepped for the task, writing becomes stressful, fast.

We help families break it down:

Building postural support before working on pencil control

Using sensory-motor strategies to organize the brain for learning

Teaching writing in a way that honors pacing, breaks, and confidence-building

👉 And this is exactly the kind of topic we talk through inside our Parent Support Membership.

If you’ve ever wondered if handwriting challenges might mean something deeper, and you’re tired of Googling alone, this space was made for you.

Get real-time answers, therapist-curated resources, and practical support when you need it most. No pressure. No judgment. Just help that actually helps.

Which writing challenge is your child struggling with right now?

28/07/2025

This play activity, golfing in an open field, is more than just a fun summer moment. From an occupational therapy perspective, it’s a dynamic and highly beneficial practice for developing a wide range of skills in children.

Let’s break it down 👇

The child is engaging in a form of structured gross motor play using a golf club to hit practice balls. It may seem simple, but this kind of movement sequence offers a rich opportunity for bilateral coordination, core stability, balance, motor planning, and hand-eye coordination.

It also challenges the vestibular and proprioceptive systems, as the child shifts their weight, scans the field, aims, and follows through with their swing, they’re naturally organizing sensory input and building body awareness.

From an OT point of view, this is a child-led, play-based task that promotes self-regulation and executive functioning. The child is required to problem-solve (where should I aim?), sequence their actions (set up, swing, retrieve), and stay regulated through both success and missed hits.

Activities like this are especially powerful for kids with dyspraxia, sensory processing differences, or motor delays, because it turns skill-building into play. It’s not about the perfect swing, it’s about progress through movement, engagement, and confidence.

And for parents? Letting your child explore this kind of play, even if it’s messy or imperfect, means giving them the chance to try, to regulate, and to connect with you through something meaningful. You’re not just watching golf, you’re witnessing growth in action.

👉 Play like this is exactly what we support through our OT sessions. We believe in functional, outdoor, real-life movement that supports the whole child, and that always starts with regulation, curiosity, and connection.

25/07/2025

Here’s what chewing might be telling you:
🧠 “My body needs more input right now.”
🧠 “This helps me focus when everything feels loud.”
🧠 “I’m trying to organize my energy.”

We look at behaviors like this through a sensory lens, not as problems to fix, but as clues to what a child’s nervous system needs.

And in our Parent Support Membership, we help parents:

Understand what chewing and mouthing really mean

Know when it’s sensory, anxiety, oral motor, or all three

Choose the right tools, like chewies, food textures, and sensory routines

Build compassion and confidence at home, not confusion or stress

Because the more we understand the “why,” the easier it is to support the how.

💬 Have you noticed your child chewing more than usual? What situations seem to trigger it?

22/07/2025

Water play like this isn’t “just summer fun”, it’s powerful sensory regulation in action.

This child is engaging in tactile and proprioceptive sensory play, using a water bin filled with floating letters, scoops, and containers. Activities like scooping, pouring, and squeezing help activate and organize the nervous system, especially after a day full of demands or dysregulation.

💧 The resistance of water provides deep pressure input
💡 The movement of floating letters invites visual tracking and motor planning
🧠 The repetitive scooping and pouring builds body awareness and calm

We use water play and other sensory-rich experiences to support kids in regulating, focusing, and building confidence through play that meets their sensory needs, not ours.

We call this kind of play intentional sensory regulation. And in the heat of summer (or after a long school day), it’s often the first step before attention, learning, or transitions are even possible.

Parenting a sensory child requires creativity, compassion, and so much grace. And sometimes, it starts with a bucket of water and permission to just be.

Need help figuring out what regulation looks like for your child?
Send us a DM, we’re here to support you. 💬

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