Pediatric Occupational Therapy Program
Help your child to thrive
at home and in school
Program Advantages
- Ayres Sensory Integration® Therapy provider with 15 years of experience in OT
- Treatments conducted with the evaluating therapist for excellent continuity of care
- Interventions directly related to meaningful child and family goals
- Quiet environment in a private practice setting
- Incorporation of practical strategies parents can use at home with their child
Specializations/Certifications
Ayres Sensory Integration® Therapy
Ayres Sensory Integration® therapy is an internationally well-established and evidenced based specialty in Occupational Therapy practice. ASI goes beyond the level of basic sensory-based strategies and is designed to help children achieve an adaptive response to their environment to improve sensory perceptual abilities, self-regulation, motor skills, and praxis. The technique also supports improved behavior, learning, and social participation. Occupational therapists certified in Ayres Sensory Integration® are qualified to administer the Evaluation in Ayres Sensory Integration® (EASI). The EASI is a comprehensive standardized assessment that consists of 20 tests that measure key sensory integration functions which underpin development, behavior, and participation in activities of daily life. The EASI will be available this summer (2025).
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. The protocol integrates targeted auditory stimulation, rotary and linear movements, and eye exercises. It can help children whose daily activities are affected by visual perceptual issues, hyper or hypo activity, attention/level of arousal, and emotional instability. Astronaut Training also provides overall support for movement tolerance, sound and visual localization, oral motor control, and cognitive sensory processing.
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).
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, and poor suck-swallow-breath coordination.
