Occupational Therapy Services
OUR SERVICES
Activities of Daily Living
Activities of daily living (ADL) are also called self-help or self-care activities. These activities can include everyday tasks such as dressing, self-feeding, bathing, laundry, and/or meal preparation. Sometimes adaptive equipment is needed to assist with these tasks, which can include items such as a reacher, long-handled sponge, buttonholer, rocker knife, and/or built-up spoon.
We will work with the client to address these skills and assist them with improving as needed.
Pediatric Developmental Assessment and Treatment
Our therapists administer comprehensive assessments. Specific skills that may be assessed include:
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Visual motor and visual perceptual skills
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Fine motor development related to dexterity, strength, grasp efficiency, range of motion, and bilateral use (how well the hands work together)
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Gross motor strength, endurance, and coordination
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Motor planning abilities
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Self-help skills related to dressing, grooming, and feeding
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Executive functioning skills related to attention, organization, flexibility, etc.
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Self-regulation (how a child calms themselves or adapts to their environment)
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Sensory processing abilities (how a child processes what he sees, hears, feels, etc. and produces an appropriate response)
Upper Body Orthopedic Injury Intervention
Brighter Skies Therapy offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment for patients with common injuries and disorders of the shoulders, arms and hands; that need surgery for cumulative trauma disorders; fractures; tendon repairs; joint replacements; or ligament injuries. An individualized treatment plan is established for each patient from injury or surgery through recovery. The plan allows patients to return to optimal functional levels in their daily activities.
Conditions commonly treated are surgical and non-surgical shoulder injuries (rotator cuff tendonitis/rotator cuff repair, total shoulder repair, shoulder impingement syndrome with or without decompression, adhesive capsulitis with or without capsular release), tendon repairs, fractures, arthritis/tendonitis/bursitis, repetitive strain injuries (carpal tunnel syndrome, and elbow lateral epicondylitis).
Holistic Assessment/ Education
Occupational therapy is unique in that it uses a holistic approach. It considers how the client's participation in daily activities has been impacted, as well as the client's social roles and environment. This approach includes wellness promotion, rehabilitation, and habilitation. Our therapists assist the client in regaining function or adapting to changes by assessing and addressing the physical, cognitive, psychosocial, sensory, and environmental aspects of recovery.
Holistic occupational therapy combines mind-body-spirit therapies with the best occupational therapy practices to provide health, wellness, and disease prevention services.
Sensory Integration Therapy
Sensory Integration/ Processing Dysfunction involves problems with touch, smell, hearing, taste, sight, body coordination, and movement against gravity which is common with Autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, sensory modulation disorder, and prematurity. They may also be present in children who do not have medical diagnoses. We work closely with parents of children with these difficulties to tailor the best interventions to help them function by addressing their sensory needs.
Cognitive Rehabilitation
For people with brain injuries and their families, cognitive problems may be the greatest barrier to returning to “normal” life. These difficulties involve memory, attention, social behavior, safety judgment, and planning/carrying out future actions. They affect a person’s ability to care for themselves, keep appointments, complete tasks, or interact with people. Without treatment for cognitive problems, the long-term effects can be devastating.
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*************NEW SERVICES!!!!*************
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We now offer Telemedicine (Online) services for our private pay clients! Hopefully, we will be able to offer these services to our clients with insurance soon.
