Pediatric Therapy Services
At Innovis Health we know that as a parent, your child comes first. That’s why we offer a variety of pediatric therapy services for our patients, so that you feel comfortable with treatment options and have peace of mind knowing your child is getting the best possible care. Our team of providers works together to create a treatment plan that is personalized to your child’s needs.
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Pediatric Therapy Team
A child’s ability to communicate and perform basic daily living skills can impact their life immensely. These skills lay the foundation for future progress in social, family and academic activities. In some instances, when children are not reaching developmental milestones, pediatric occupational or speech therapy, or the combination of both, is needed.
Our team of specialists consists of a combination of both speech language pathologists and occupational therapists that will partner with you to create a treatment plan specific to your child’s needs.
Jill Booth, MS/CCC-SLP
Sherrey Stich, MS/CCC-SLP
Off-Site Services
Although many children are seen in the clinic with much success, but for those who are hesitant, great success can be made through therapy in a familiar environment such as the home or daycare setting, customizing and adapting treatments to their routine. Our Pediatric Therapy team recognizes that need and that’s why we also offer off-site personalized therapy care in addition to clinic visits.
Pediatric Occupational Therapy
Our goal is to see a child function as fully as possible in all daily activities. Most commonly recognized in routine “well-checks,” a pediatrician or a family medicine physician may see issues that range from a lack of development in fine motor skills to a delay in daily living skills. When these issues are encountered the child is then referred to a pediatric occupational therapist.
Services Offered
- Evaluations: To determine any delays
- Treatments: Provided to improve delays and increase a child’s participation in daily activities
- Home Programs: Provided to families to extend the treatments beyond the actual therapy session
- Family/Caregiver Training: Allowing parents and other caregivers to participate in the child’s therapy and maximize results
- Consultation: Available for consultation in regard to concerns related to child development
- Variety of Settings: In-home therapy, as well as day cares, schools, etc
- Child Passenger Safety: Issues related to car seat and transportation safely
Treatments
- Self-Care Skills: Assisting children in increasing participation in daily living tasks (ex: dressing, bathing, grooming, etc)
- Visual-Perceptual Skills: Understanding what is seen
- Sensory Integration Therapy: Specific treatment which addresses the child’s sensory systems (touch, smell, taste, child’s orientation in space, and perception of body parts) to increase function in daily living
- Neurodevelopmental Treatment: Preparation of the body to improve control of movements
- Positioning: For abnormal tone and other issues related to other activities of daily living
- Fine and Gross Motor Development: Addresses delays affecting a child’s performance in daily activities
- Oral Motor Development/Feeding: Assist with any feeding concerns, delays, and sensitivity to foods
- Therapeutic Exercise: Exercises designed to increase muscle strength and endurance
Pediatric Speech Language Pathology
In instances where a child is not communicating with or understanding other children, also known as “expressive” and “receptive” language, a speech therapist may be needed. Diagnoses and treatments vary in accordance with the severity of the issues a child is encountering, but most treatments follow along the lines of language articulation and fluency or the development of fine gross motor skills, sensory integration and visual motor skills or a combination of both.
Services Offered
- Articulation Therapy
- Autism Therapy
- Dysphagia Therapy (difficulty swallowing)
- Stuttering Therapy
- Language Therapy
- Child Study Team Member
- Sign Language programs
- Speech Reading Programs
- Speech/Language Testing
- Speech/Language Evaluations
- Hearing Screenings
- Language-Based Learning Difficulties
Treatments
- Evaluate speech and language skills: speaking, listening, reading, writing, and phonological awareness skills
- Assist with: expressing ideas, learning new vocabulary words, understanding questions and following directions, recalling numbers in sequence, understanding and retaining the details of a story’s plot, enhance reading and comprehension, improve spelling skills
- Evaluate language delays
- Evaluate receptive and expressive language
- Analyze a child’s utterances in various situations
- Determine factors that may be slowing down language development.
- Offer stuttering treatment exercises
- Evaluate speech and language skills
- Teach strategies to improve flow of speech: rate management, easy onsets, lessen the impact upon communication when they occur, giving alternate responses, relaxation techniques
With such a large spectrum of the degrees of necessity, available treatments and the ability to serve patients from infants to teenagers, we see to it that each child learns and adapts in his or her own way, resulting in a lifelong beneficial program that paves the way for future progress.
For more information or to schedule an appointment with one of our specialists, please call 701-364-6247.
Innovis Health Pediatric Therapy Services
1702 South University Drive
Fargo, ND 58103
701-364-6247 • 800-437-4054
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