Services

 

Speech Therapy

If your child is a later talker, has trouble making sentences, displays sound or articulation errors, stutters, or experiences difficulty with processing, understanding, or expressing language, pediatric speech therapy can help. Pediatric speech therapy treats communication challenges, both expressive and receptive, that cause children to have difficulty with verbal communication. Speech therapy also treats oral motor concerns, such as chewing and swallowing, as well as articulation, auditory processing and social skills.

 

Physical Therapy

Physical therapy might be needed any time a problem with movement limits someone's daily activities. Physical therapists use a variety of treatments to help build strength, improve movement, and strengthen skills needed to complete daily activities.

Physical therapists help children with:

  • Developmental activities, such as crawling and walking
  • Balance and coordination activities
  • Adaptive play
  • Aquatic (water) therapy
  • Improving circulation around injuries by using heat, cold, exercise, electrical stimulation, massage, and ultrasound
  • Training to build strength around an injury
  • Flexibility exercises to increase range of motion
  • Instruction on how to avoid injuries
  • Safety and prevention programs

Occupational Therapy

A child's main job is playing and learning, and occupational therapists can evaluate kids' skills for playing, school performance, and daily activities and compare them with what is developmentally appropriate for that age group.

Occupational therapists are able to:

  • Help kids work on fine motor skills so they can grasp and release toys and develop good handwriting skills
  • Address hand–eye coordination to improve kids' play and school skills (hitting a target, batting a ball, copying from a blackboard, etc.)
  • Help kids with severe developmental delays learn basic tasks (such as bathing, getting dressed, brushing their teeth, and feeding themselves)
  • Help kids with behavioral disorders maintain positive behaviors in all environments (e.g., instead of hitting others or acting out, using positive ways to deal with anger, such as writing about feelings or participating in a physical activity)
  • Teach kids with physical disabilities the coordination skills needed to feed themselves, use a computer, or increase the speed and legibility of their handwriting
  • Evaluate a child's need for specialized equipment, such as wheelchairs, splints, bathing equipment, dressing devices, or communication aids
  • Work with kids who have sensory and attentional issues to improve focus and social skills

The Occupational Therapy checklists below are a general guideline to help determine any potential skill areas to address and focus on:

Occupational Therapy Suggested Toddler/Preschool Milestones

Occupational Therapy Suggested School-age Milestones

Occupational Therapy Suggested Sensory Processing Difficulties

Tutoring

Our reading tutors help struggling reading get ahead. Our tutors work with kiddos with dyslexia and phonological awareness difficulties as well as children who just want to become better readers. They instill a love for reading that will last a lifetime.

Math tutors help children and adults learn the skills they need for success. Our math tutors have extensive experience and want our kids to love numbers!

Math tutors are available to help children and adults learn the skills they need for success. Our math tutors have extensive experience and enjoy working with learners to improve math skills. Math tutoring sessions could include enrichment, remediation, or test prep. Any adults interested in a refresher math course? Maybe you want to review Algebra before your child takes the class at school or just miss doing fun math problems...if so, let us know. We are happy to set up some lessons with you.

The Dimond Difference

All of our therapy services include:

  • A comprehensive assessment that includes a parent/family interview, patient-observation, and formal standardized testing
  • A written assessment report and therapy plan
  • Consistent therapy services
  • Personalized, one-on-one therapy sessions
  • Continuing family support and education
  • Consultation with other professionals who are involved; such as a teacher or psychologist

 

We specialize in:

  • Articulation/ Phonology 
  • Receptive and Expressive Language
  • Feeding and Swallowing
  • Social (pragmatic) Language
  • Early Intervention (birth to three-years-old)
  • Oral motor function
  • Written expression and Spelling
  • Decoding and Encoding for Reading Comprehension
  • Auditory language processing
  • Stuttering
  • Apraxia
  • Torticolis 
  • Sensory Integrative Disorder
  • Autism/Asperger Syndrome
  • Neuromotor Dysfunction
  • Gross and Fine Motor Delays
  • Motor Coordination Disorder
  • Attention Deficit Disorder
  • Feeding Difficulties
  • Unspecified Neurological Disorders
  • Orthopedic Disorders