• Difficulty putting sounds
together and with blends of
sounds, speech is difficult to
understand past age norms.
• Social pragmatics and understanding
social communication.
Feeding Therapy: Appropriate
nutrition is vital to development.
Foods can either help or
harm the gut and brain. Many
behavioral issues and attention
issues are related to a child’s limited
diet. Feeding therapy can
help a child accept new healthy
foods, learn to chew and swallow
properly, and help increase
their food options for improved
nutritional intake.
• A child may benefit from
Feeding Therapy is they have
failure to accept different
textures that are developmentally
normal, have difficulty
chewing, are coughing
a lot during meals or feeding
times, have excessive drooling,
frequent spitting up or
vomiting, recurring pneumonia
or sinus/respiratory issues,
less than normal weight
gain or growth.
• Difficulty with transitioning
from bottle to sippy or with
sucking patterns for a straw.
• Difficulty with transitioning
to new food textures or chewing
skills and/or gagging.
• Severely limited diet to less
than 10-20 foods &/or avoidance
of certain food textures
limiting nutritional intake.
Neuro-Visual Therapy and
Orthoptics: Developmental
Optometrists with a Fellowship
in the College of Optometry
in Vision Development
(F.C.O.V.D. behind their
name) have completed a board
fellowship post doctorate to
specialize in vision care, comprehensive
vision exams and
therapy. These advanced vision
care services develop and address
visual abilities for infants,
children and adults.
• Children or adults that may
benefit include those with delays
in visual attention, poor
reading skills, fidgeting or
negative behaviors increase
when visually attending to
near work and difficulty with
reversals or “Dyslexia”.
• Children or adults with eye
turns, frequent headaches,
avoidance of near focus or
inattention, balance issues or
poor visual motor coordination.
• Children and adults with eye
movement disorders such as:
strabismus (eye turn), amblyopia
(lazy eye), convergence
insufficiency (difficulty with
eye muscles focusing at near)
• Children or adults who have
had a brain injury such as CP,
brain injury (ABI or TBI),
Stroke, Concussion
• Children or adults suffering
from migraines and/or frequent
headaches
Physical Therapy: PT can help
children learn to use their bodies
to achieve motor skills. PT
helps children with gross motor
delays, muscle issues (high
or low muscle tone or muscle
weakness), muscle tightness,
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