Our Services
We offer a variety of fundamental therapies that your child can benefit from including speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy and educational tutoring. Our team will evaluate your child using standardized testing measures, clinical judgement and parent report.
From there, the team will establish long and short term goals to assist your child the maximum growth in what area they are needing assistance with. The team involves parents and caregivers in the process of establishing goals in order implement a strong home program, allowing the child to carryover techniques learned in therapy sessions into their everyday environment. Each of our professional staff is experienced working with a variety of diagnosis including but not limited to:
ADD/ADHD
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Brain Injury
Cerebral Palsy
Down Syndrome
Developmental Delay
Encephalopathy
Epilepsy
Fine and Visual Motor Challenges
Genetic Disorders
Hearing Impaired
Hydrocephalus
Learning Disabilities
Muscular Dystrophy
Neuromuscular Disorders
Oral Motor Dysfunction
Prematurity
Sensory Processing Disorder
Self-Regulation
Social Engagement
Stroke
Insurances Accepted:
Speech and Language Therapy
Our ASHA certified and state licensed Speech Language Pathologists (SLP) provide extensive evaluations and individualized treatment services for children with communication and/or swallowing deficits. This includes treatment for:
Articulation Disorders
Auditory Processing Disorder
Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Cleft Palate
Communication Difficulties Secondary to Autism Spectrum Disorder
Down Syndrome
Fluency (Stuttering)
Neurological Disorders
Phonological Processing Disorder
Pragmatic Disorders
Receptive and Expressive Language Disorders
Swallowing Disorders
Traumatic Brain Injury
Occupational Therapy
Our NBCOT certified and state licensed Occupational Therapists (OT) provide in-depth evaluations and personalized treatment services for children with fine motor, sensory and feeding deficits. This includes treatment for:
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
Feeding Aversions
Fine and Visual Motor Challenges
Learning Disabilities
Oral Motor Dysfunction
Self-Regulation
Sensory Processing Disorder
Social Engagement
Specialized Treatment Methods include:
Talk Tools – Sensory Motor Approach to Feeding: addressing both oral motor and sensory challenges related to eating and drinking
Kay Toomey's Sequential Oral Sensory Approach to Feeding: assessing and treating children with feeding difficulties related to food avoidance, restricted diets, and mealtime meltdowns impacting their growth and nutrition
Learning (Handwriting) Without Tears
Self Regulation (Zones of Regulation, ALERT program, Social Thinking, Social Stories)
Astronaut Training for vestibular challenges
Wilbarger Brushing Protocol- Deep Proprioception For Sensory Integration
Physical Therapy
Our APTA certified and state licensed Physical Therapists (PT) provide thorough evaluations and tailored treatment services for children with gross motor deficits. This includes treatment for:
Balance Deficits
Complex Motor Plans
Congenital Disorders
Developmental Disorders
Gait Training
Muscle Tightness and Joint Contractures
Muscle Weakness
Neuromuscular Disorders
Orthopedic Injuries and Rehab
Plagiocephaly & Torticollis
Return-to-Sport Rehab
Skeletal Acquired Disorders
Strength / Endurance Deficits
Toe Walking
Feeding and Swallowing Treatment
At Fundamental Therapies, your child has access to speech language pathologists as well as occupational therapists who are highly trained and experienced with a variety of feeding and swallowing treatment techniques. The area of feeding and swallowing overlaps between these two professions. The SLP and OT can combine their expertise from each field allowing Fundamental Therapies to create the most efficient and effective plan in order to assist with your child’s feeding and swallowing difficulties. Our SLP and OT are experienced with:
Failure to Thrive
Frequent Mealtime Meltdowns
Infants with Latching / Breathing Issues
Medically Fragile Feeding
Nutrition Concerns due to Severely Limited Food Preferences
Problem Feeders
Our SLP and OT are trained in programs such as:
SOS
Mealtime Miseries
VitalStim
Beckman Oral Motor
Tutoring
Our state licensed teachers provide individualized tutoring to children from preschool through 8th grade. This includes tutoring for:
Reviewing classroom or curricula topics and assignments
Assisting students with homework, projects, test preparation, papers, research and other academic tasks
Working individually with students to help them understand key concepts that have been taught in the classroom
Teaching skills to improve academic performance such as study strategies, note-taking skills and approaches to answering test questions
Providing students with positive and constructive feedback
Offering feedback on progress to students’ parents and teachers where appropriate