
Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy helps an individual achieve age-appropriate functioning and participation in their daily occupations: play, self-care, school or work activities, and social engagement. Occupational therapy evaluations assess a wide variety of skills that are an integral part of development and learning in order to better understand the factors contributing to difficulties during everyday demands. Everyone has different strengths and weaknesses. When those weaknesses start to interfere with how a child or adult is functioning or participating, I want to explore why, and to discover specifically where support and intervention are needed.
My Approach
I approach individuals struggles with curiosity, partnering with themselves, partners and parents to provide the best approach to facilitate change. Behavior is communication, and often is a direct reflection of what is happening in the brain, mind, and body. I work at the level of creating new connections in the brain and nervous system in order to make lasting optimal change as development unfolds.​
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I operate primarily from a sensory integration, primitive reflex integration, and Polyvagal framework, recognizing that input from the environment and our past drives our movements, responses, regulation, and social interaction. Through this multi-tiered framework, I structure sensorimotor and regulation activities to foster confidence, skill-building, and to widen a a person's window of tolerance, allowing them to be more resilient and flexible.
OT Services
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Full Evaluation: Comprehensive assessment of motor skills, visual skills, sensory processing, regulation/behavior, and self-care
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Sensori-Motor Evaluation: Comprehensive assessment of sensory processing and how it impacts engagement in their environment and behavior
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Writing Evaluation: Comprehensive assessment of the components of writing
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One-To-One Treatment: Direct one-to-one treatment in a home based, neighborhood park, or virtual setting
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Safe and Sound Protocol Intervention: 30 day or 90 day SSP Journey within the comfort of your home for improvements in nervous system regulation
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Integrative Listening Services: 60 day intervention within the comfort of your home for improvement in processing skills, focus, regulation, and executive functioning skills
My Specialties
My specialties include the Safe and Sound Protocol, Integrative Listening System, primitive reflex integration, vestibular -visual processing, sensory integration with a Polyvagal Theory approach.
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I have had success nurturing and treating those with:
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Dyspraxia, dysgraphia learning disabilities
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Developmental Delays
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Fine Motor Delays
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Sensorimotor differences
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Anxiety and depression
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Emotional dysregulation ​