Pediatric Program
Pediatric Therapy Program
Helping your child to thrive at home and in school.
A strengths-based approach to help children facing challenges that affect their ability to function at home and/or in the classroom. Common areas of treatment focus include:
- Infants with oral motor concerns that impact feeding (e.g. tongue ties, poor latch)
- Fine motor coordination
- Sensory integration difficulties
- Developmental delays
- Handwriting issues
- Activities of daily living (ADLs)
- Behavioral concerns
Unique setting and treatment approaches
- Child and family centered environment/sessions
- Interventions directly related to meaningful child and family goals
- Quiet environment in a private practice setting
- Education on practical strategies parents can use at home with their child
Specialized Interventions/Certifications:
Interventions for infants with Oral Motor Concerns
Infant-specific, lactation-focused interventions to help breast and bottle fed babies and their parents address oral motor concerns such as weak or restricted labial or lingual frenulum (tongue or lip ties), difficulty with achieving or maintaining latch or with efficient feeding, torticollis, extra-oral weakness, poor suck-swallow-breath coordination.
Original Strength Reset™
Original Strength™ is a movement system based on the human developmental sequence and design of the human body. It focuses on specific movement patterns that are used to reset and modulate a child's neuromuscular system- allowing them to enjoy improved physical movement, coordination, strength, physiological function, and improve sensory integration.
Astronaut Training Protocol
A precise, powerful,
therapeutic protocol that is designed to develop optimal vestibular function, an essential foundation for all sensory
processing and movement control. Available May 2024.
Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)
The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) is an evidenced-based acoustic treatment based on Polyvagal Theory, that can help children of all ages better regulate their central nervous system in order to reduce issues such as: anxiety, depression, inattention and lack of ability to focus, difficulty with behavioral regulation and resilience, poor physical coordination and balance, trouble with reading and auditory processing, difficulty sleeping, speech and language impairments, trauma, PTSD, and stressors that impact social engagement.
Better Movement Therapy offers the Safe and Sound Protocol to clients both onsite (in-clinic) and in online/ telehealth format (Ohio and West Virginia residents).
