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VILLAGE THERAPY SERVICES

Now accepting kiddos 0-5 for in home occupational and physical therapy services

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We provide therapy services for children in the comfort and convenience of their natural environments where they spend majority of their time such as home, school, or daycare. Working with children in their natural environment allows the village therapists to tackle the challenges more efficiently since they are able to observe the skill or behavior in the child's natural environment. Home services are also preferred when a child has medical complexities or they are an infant, home services reduce exposure to infections. We work around families schedules, call us today to make your initial appointment!

Insurances Accepted: PacificSource, Community Solutions, OHP, Providence and BCBS Regence

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Occupational Therapy

Pediatric Occupational Therapists evaluate and provide services to facilitate growth and independence while addressing fine motor skills, visual motor skills, and sensory processing abilities that a child needs to function and socialize.

Helps improve:

  • Upper extremity strength and coordination

  • Fine motor skills such as grasp and release of toys

  • Visual perceptual / visual motor skills such as hitting a ball or copying from the blackboard

  • Self-care skills: brushing teeth, dressing, self feeding

  • Sensory processing and modulation skills: being able to respond appropriately to environmental stimulation

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Physical Therapy

Pediatric Physical Therapists evaluate and provide services to help kids improve their range of motion, strength, flexibility, and coordinated movement patterns. They promote independence in movement facilitating the most efficient movement possible and improving their abilities to access their environment. 

Helps improve:

  • Range of motion

  • Gross motor skills

  • Balance and strength

  • Coordination

  • Functional mobility and gait (walking)

  • Assists with assistive devices such as walkers, wheelchairs, and lower extremity braces. 

Contact us today

If your baby... 

  • Was in the NICU or hospitalized in general

  • Is fussy at the breast

  • Is not gaining weight

  • Has a tongue tie

  • Chokes, coughs, gags, leaks while feeding

  • Strongly prefers one side for nursing

  • Refuses a bottle

  • Has excessive spit up

  • Only looks to one side

  • Only rolls to one side

  • My doctor said something about torticollis or flat head

  • Hates tummy time

  • Is really hard to console

  • Has Colic

  • Will only sleep on a parent

  • Will only sleep for 45 minutes at a time

  • Feels really floppy or stiff

  • Didn’t crawl

  • Scoots instead of crawling

  • Does not smile or look at people 

  • Doesn’t seem interested in toys

  • Sometimes seems deaf

  • Is not babbling

  • Not interested in foods

  • Has a helmet

  • Is being monitored for hip dysplasia

  • Has been diagnosed with a genetic or neuromuscular disorder

If your child...

  • Seems behind kids their age

  • W sits

  • Crashes into everything

  • Hates loud noises

  • Is unable to verbalize their needs

  • Falls all the time

  • Walks on their toes

  • Clumsy and has a hard time balancing

  • Breaks toys

  • Only eats a few foods

  • Prefers to “observe” rather than “do”

  • Hates messy play like mud, shaving cream

  • Is really picky about foods or clothing

  • Does not show pain

  • Unable to self-soothe

  • Has been diagnosed with a genetic or neuromuscular disorder

  • Has a developmental delay

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Feeding Therapy

Feeding therapy can be completed by a pediatric occupational or speech therapist which, can begin as early as birth, after feeding challenges are identified. We also work closely with lactation consultants to maximize feeding success. Prior to treatment an in depth evaluation is completed to determine the kind of feeding challenge, the severity, and interventions to address the challenges. 

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What Therapy Can Address

  • Oral stimulation with infants who cannot yet bottle or breast feed.

  • Tube weaning (for infants who are tube fed)

  • Interventions that promote bottle/breastfeeding

  • Feeding and dysphagia (swallowing) therapy

  • Parent and caregiver education and home exercise programs.

  • Stimulation and oral motor activities to promote the early development of speech

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Signs Your Infant Has A Feeding Problem

  • Not meeting appropriate developmental milestones (ex. babbling)

  • Coughing, gagging, and/or choking during feeding sessions

  • Lacking alertness during feeding sessions

  • Poor weight gain and growth

  • Has trouble breathing while eating and drinking

  • Crying and pulling away from the bottle or breast during feeding sessions

  • Arches back or stiffens when feeding

  • Takes an extended time to eat (more than 30 minutes)

  • Refuses to eat or drink

  • Excessive drooling

  • Spitting up and/or vomiting frequently

  • Has a hoarse or raspy voice during or after feeding

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