Hearts and Hands Therapy Services, Inc. of New England

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Hearts and Hands Therapy Services, Inc. of New England

Hearts and Hands Therapy Services is a pediatric therapy clinic offering speech, occupational physical, and ABA therapy

10/09/2025

What is Pediatric Physical Therapy?

Pediatric physical therapy helps children build strength, improve movement, and reach their full potential through play and exercise! 💪🏼

Our physical therapists work with kiddos who may have challenges with:

- Walking, running or coordination
- Strength, balance or posture
- Developmental milestones like rolling, crawling, walking or jumping
- Age-appropriate play activities such as ball skills, bicycle riding and jungle gym climbing

The best part? Sessions are fun, play-based, and tailored to each child’s needs—so kids are working hard while having a great time. 🛝

At the heart of pediatric PT is helping children gain the skills they need to move with confidence, enjoy the activities they love most and allow them to play without restrictions!

10/07/2025

There is nothing better than starting out an OT, PT, or Speech Therapy sessions this way! 🙌🏽

It’s a fabulous way to prime the brain and body for learning. This is a fantastic way to pair sensory integration with a motor based task. ��👉🏼 There are so many uses for a vibration plate in the therapy clinic.

Its support organizes the sensory systems and increases body awareness. It’s a flexible and adaptable tool-and you can modify the way you use it to meet the child’s sensory need at that time.��Figure 8 drawing supports bilateral coordination, works on midline awareness and crossing midline, and intehemispheric communication of the brain.

It’s a very simple task that kids find fun and engages both sides of the brain before higher level learning is brought into the session. ��Tasks such as this take only a few minutes to do and they can change the outcome of the session.

When we prime the brain, body, and sensory systems for learning and higher level tasks, LEARNING can happen!

We have to meet those basic needs first. The sessions will flow more smoothly, the child will be more regulated and they will be better equipped to move, learn, retain and connect. �

10/06/2025

What our families are saying…

“My son has been with Hearts and Hands for some time now and I have nothing but amazing things to say about everyone. The staff, the receptionist, and of course the team of therapists, who have gone above and beyond to help my son thrive. Ms. Wendi is absolutely amazing and her level of expertise is invaluable. My son loves going to his therapy sessions and I absolutely love seeing him being so happy!” - Leeza B.

Thank you Leeza! We are grateful to be able to support your son. ✨

10/02/2025

Fun today in occupational therapy!

Inspired by

This is a fun activity to work on sensory exploration as well as finger isolation, grip, motor planning, and motor skills.

We printed a picture of an apple and put some finger paint in a paper bowl. 🍎

This task can be adapted depending on the child’s tolerance to textures.

One way is the child can finger paint, or they can use a Q-tip, offering them a way to paint without getting messy.

At the start of this task, this kiddo was only wanting to use his pointer finger of his right hand. Through encouragement and modeling, by the time we finished, he had his hands full of paint, palms and all! ✋🏽 🎨

09/30/2025

October is PT appreciation month!

Let’s show some love to our amazing clinicians!

Please shout out one of our phenomenal PT’s, or if your child does not receive PT, we’d love it if you would please name another therapist so we can share the words of gratitude with them. 💚

09/29/2025

Tips from our nutritionist!

Is your kiddo picky when it comes to veggies and fruit?

👉🏼 Try a “no pressure” snack plate for grazing after school.

Cut up a few different types of produce - such as carrots 🥕, cucumbers 🥒 and grapes 🍇; put them on a plate on the table where they’re doing homework.

Put the plate on the table and walk away!

You might be surprised by the initiative kiddos take when they feel they are making the choice themselves to try something new.

What’s a new fruit or veggie your kiddo has tried and liked?

09/22/2025

Tips from our nutritionist!

Incorporate fall seasonal fruits and vegetables into snack time. 🥔 🥕🥬

Talk about the changing of the seasons and how the weather impacts what food can grow i.e. how starchy veggies (potatoes, carrots) need a cold ground to grow in.

What’s your family favorite fall meal?

09/16/2025

What is Prompting?

👉🏼 Prompting is the use of assistance or cues to encourage the correct response or behavior.

Some different types of prompting are:

◦ Physical
◦ Model
◦ Gesture
◦ Visual
◦ Verbal
�We use prompting to teach a new skill to a a child, fading or scaffolding the level of assistance as we teach it.

This reduces prompt dependency.

✌🏼 Most-to-Least and Least-to-Most are two common prompt fading strategies used to teach new skills while reducing prompt dependency.

When a child is just learning a skill, more assistance will be needed in oder for the task to be completed.

As levels of independence increase, the number of prompts or types of prompts can decrease or fade.
�How can this be practiced at home? ⤵️

- Across various settings and skills
- Morning routine: getting dressed, face washing, toothbrushing, hand washing
- Communication/Language: requesting preferred (or non-preferred) items/activities/locations, answering questions, labeling items within the environment
- Social interactions: greetings, cooperative play with peers, functional independent play

Address

135 Gold Star Boulevard Suite 103
Worcester, MA
01606

Website

http://www.heartsandhandstherapy.com/

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