Therapy Center
Occupational And Physical Therapy
Abilis therapists help children from birth through young adulthood develop play, academic, sensory processing, and self-help skills to achieve greater independence and self-esteem.
Occupational Therapy
Abilis works on a wide range of skills, including: bilateral coordination; emotional regulation; fine and gross motor skills; motor planning; muscle strengthening; sensory processing; and visual perception and motor skills.
As children get older, the Abilis therapists work on self-help skills, such as buttoning and tying laces, and school readiness skills, including cutting and handwriting, and later keyboarding.
Empowering Parents
and Caregivers
For the Early Intervention/Birth to Three program, most therapy sessions take place in children’s homes. This way the Abilis therapists can teach family members and caregivers how to practice and reinforce skills and integrate them into their daily routines.
The Abilis coaching model helps educate and empower parents and caregivers, enabling them to be more confident advocates for their children.
Some of the signs that your child might benefit from occupational therapy include:
Overly sensitive or under-responsive to sensory stimulation, including touch, textures, tastes, sounds, and movement
Easily distracted and unable to stay on task
Poor body awareness
Difficulty learning new tasks or figuring out how to play with unfamiliar toys
Trouble with transitions between environments and activities
Appears disorganized most of the time
Impulsivity and lack self-control
Inability to calm down, once “wound up”
Trouble with fine motor tasks such as buttoning, tying laces, cutting, and writing
Difficulty learning gross motor skills such as riding a bike, skipping, or hopping
Physical Therapy
Abilis provides physical therapy for children of all ages, as well as young adults. The goal is to help individuals develop the gross motor skills they need to be as independent as possible.
Abilis works on a wide range of skills, including strength, coordination, balance, endurance, body awareness, motor planning, and reflex integration. The Abilis therapists have extensive experience across environments and have delivered services in homes, in schools, and in natural environments in the community, such as local parks and playgrounds.
Play-Based &
Age-Appropriate
The Abilis physical therapy services are play-based and focus on age-appropriate skills and school readiness. Parents and caregivers are involved in the therapy sessions and work in tandem to achieve desired goals and objectives.
Therapists address skills that are needed to navigate new environments and participate in social and recreational activities with family, friends, and peers.
