Taylor Physical and Occupational Therapy

Taylor Physical and Occupational Therapy Taylor Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy provides rehab services in Waverly, Wartburg College, Nashua, Parkersburg, Denver and Sumner, Iowa.

Taylor Physical and Occupational Therapy is owned by Jerod Gayer, Deb Gayer, and Ron Ragsdale. Taylor Therapy has been providing therapy services since 1971 when Bill Taylor opened his practice out of the Waverly Memorial Hospital. Taylor Therapy currently employs 28 Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists and 12 PT/OT assistants. We have 5 outpatient clinics and offer services in local nursing home and assisted living facilities.

A big Taylor Therapy WELCOME to Marissa Stalder who recently joined our team! Marissa will be seeing patients at Taylor ...
07/23/2025

A big Taylor Therapy WELCOME to Marissa Stalder who recently joined our team! Marissa will be seeing patients at Taylor Therapy, located in the Waverly Health Center.

Today at Taylor Physical Therapy we are celebrating 57 years of service between Terry Singewald and Ruth Mick. Thank you...
07/22/2025

Today at Taylor Physical Therapy we are celebrating 57 years of service between Terry Singewald and Ruth Mick. Thank you for being wonderful examples of dedication and for giving top-notch care to our patients.

Happy Retirement to Terry and Ruth!! We will miss you!!

Introducing new foods to your child can be an overwhelming experience, especially if their initial response is not what ...
07/15/2025

Introducing new foods to your child can be an overwhelming experience, especially if their initial response is not what you expect! Children may not be willing to explore a variety of new foods right away, don’t panic! This can be normal. Engaging with new foods is an entirely new sensory experience for your child and we want to allow them time to explore and engage with new foods prior to expecting them to eat them. But how can we do this?

🔹Engage them with the foods in fun new exploratory ways! Allow them to experience this food with different parts of their sensory system without pressure to eat it. (Touching, smelling, licking, biting, etc).

🔹Present the food in a visually appealing way. Try presenting the foods in muffin tins, organized on their plate in fun ways, used as ‘finger paint’, or allowing them to construct their meal on their own plate!

🔹Be PATIENT! This can take time for your child to get comfortable enough with a new food in order to eat it. Encourage independence and positive communication around the foods presented.

🔹Present different types, colors, textures, temperatures, and flavors of foods early on! It is important we expose children to a variety of foods early to prevent narrowing their view and acceptance of foods, even if they are not ready to eat it.

If you have further concerns about your child’s feeding development, call or visit our website: https://www.taylorphysicaltherapy.com/pediatric-therapy/pediatric-clinic

Tune in to KWAY, Y99.3, Monday, July 14, at 7:30 am! Our pediatric physical therapist, Kristin Kahler, will be offering ...
07/12/2025

Tune in to KWAY, Y99.3, Monday, July 14, at 7:30 am! Our pediatric physical therapist, Kristin Kahler, will be offering information regarding the Center for Pediatric Therapies Free Pediatric Screenings

Introducing: The Hypervibe! Level up your child's therapy with this amazing tool available at the Center for Pediatric T...
07/02/2025

Introducing: The Hypervibe!

Level up your child's therapy with this amazing tool available at the Center for Pediatric Therapies. Kids love the fun and calming vibrations that help build strength, balance, coordination, and independence while having a blast! Read more about the Hypervibe below, or visit our website for more information on our outpatient pediatric therapy services : https://www.taylorphysicaltherapy.com/pediatric-therapy/pediatric-clinic

We would like to welcome Madelyn Nederhoff to the Taylor Physical Therapy family!!
06/09/2025

We would like to welcome Madelyn Nederhoff to the Taylor Physical Therapy family!!

Set your alarm to hear about the new services being offered at Waverly Industrial Rehab!Monday, June 9, at 7:30 am on KW...
06/07/2025

Set your alarm to hear about the new services being offered at Waverly Industrial Rehab!
Monday, June 9, at 7:30 am on KWAY Y99.3

🔹ANALYTIC LANGUAGE PROCESSING🔹 & 🔹GESTALT LANGUAGE PROCESSING🔹are the two main paths most children follow when acquiring...
05/28/2025

🔹ANALYTIC LANGUAGE PROCESSING🔹 & 🔹GESTALT LANGUAGE PROCESSING🔹are the two main paths most children follow when acquiring language. So many areas of a child's life and learning are impacted when adults around them have a good understanding of which way they acquire language. It is important to be on the lookout for the different characteristics of each language acquisition style:

🔹Analytic Language Processing (ALP) is the more commonly known language developmental pattern that most of us assume our children follow. Common indicators of ALP include:
- Words are the building blocks of language.
- A child learns single words first (e.g., "park", "play").
- Language progresses by putting the single words together to form more complex strings of words, phrases, and sentences (e.g., "Play + park" ➡️ "Let's + play + at + park" ➡️ "Let's + play + hide + and + seek + at + the + park!").

🔹Gestalt Language Processing (GLP) is a lesser known, but just as important, pathway to learning language. Common indicators of GLP include:
- "Gestalts" (or "groups of words") and intonation are the building blocks of language.
- A child begins their language development by imitating phrases they have heard before (e.g. "Let's get ready to rumble!"). This imitation is referred to as Echolalia and can be immediate or delayed.
- Favorite gestalts or scripts are repeated over and over in a variety of contexts that may not always make sense to the listener.
- The child progresses through language by breaking down the phrases to eventually discover that each word within the phrase has its own meaning.
- In later stages of GLP language acquisition, a child breaks down multiple phrases, combines parts of one phrase with parts of others, and eventually uses individual words to form new, unique phrases! (e.g., "Let's get ready to rumble!" ➡️ "Let's get ready" + "to" + go" ➡️ "Let's" + "go" + "to" + "the" + "park").

While most people understand analytic language development and see it as "typical", gestalt language development is not atypical or disordered. It is actually quite common! Because it is lesser known, you may need to seek assistance from a speech therapist if you suspect your child might be a GLP! Call us at (319)-483-1375 to speak to one of our therapists with specialized GLP training!

We are forever grateful. Thank you to all service men and women - past, present and future.
05/26/2025

We are forever grateful. Thank you to all service men and women - past, present and future.

05/01/2025

May is National Better Speech and Hearing Month!!! We are so grateful for our speech therapists that open a world of opportunities to their patients and families. Each of them is making a big difference in little lives!!

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Waverly, IA

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Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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