by Progressive Pediatric Therapy | Feb 1, 2022 | Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cerebral Palsy, Early Intervention, Gross Motor Skills, Pediatric Orthopedic Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, Special Needs Children, Specialty Programs
Written By: Mary Pengelley, PT, DPT What is Serial Bracing? Serial bracing is a therapeutic intervention used to decrease muscle tightness, change habitual patterns of movement in a single joint, or improve range of motion. It can be used for tight heel-cords...
by Progressive Pediatric Therapy | Oct 26, 2021 | Handwriting, Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Pediatric Speech Therapy, Special Needs Children, Specialty Programs, Speech Therapy, Uncategorized
Written By: Cassandra Hicks, M.A., CCC-SLP Learning to read isn’t an automatic process. Reading and writing is a multi-disciplinary skill that can take years of instruction and practice to perfect. In the minds of practiced readers, seeing a written word activates...
by Progressive Pediatric Therapy | Oct 5, 2021 | Language Therapy, Parenting, Pediatric Group Therapy, Pediatric Speech Therapy, Special Needs Children, Specialty Programs, Speech Therapy, Uncategorized
Written By: Cassie Hicks, M.S., CCC-SLP Stuttering is a disorder that is characterized by an increased number of disfluencies while speaking. There are different types of disfluencies including whole (“I want want want to play”) and part-word (“I wa-wa-want to play”)...
by Progressive Pediatric Therapy | Aug 24, 2021 | Autism Spectrum Disorder, Bilateral Coordination, Cerebral Palsy, Early Intervention, Gross Motor Skills, Occupational Therapy, Pediatric Orthopedic Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, Special Needs Children, Specialty Programs, Uncategorized
Written By: Grace Chang, OTD, OTR/L Occupational therapists at Progressive Pediatric Therapy often use the Galileo whole body vibration platform to augment their therapy by providing low impact, smooth but powerful vibration input to a child’s body. The input of the...
by Progressive Pediatric Therapy | Aug 23, 2021 | Early Intervention, Fine Motor Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Occupational Therapy, Parenting, Pediatric Wheelchair, Physical Therapy, Special Needs Children, Specialty Programs
Written by Namyata Patel, PT, with contributions by Mary Pengelley, DPT, PT. What is Spinal Muscular Atrophy, or SMA? The name, spinal muscular atrophy itself explains that it is a disease related to the spinal cord and muscle. The nerve cells that come from the...
by Progressive Pediatric Therapy | Nov 9, 2020 | Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Milestones, Handwriting, Language Therapy, Pediatric Speech Therapy, Special Needs Children, Specialty Programs, Speech Therapy
Written by: Regina De Canto, M.S, CCC-SLP The approach to writing from a speech therapy perspective When it comes to writing, what exactly are speech therapists looking for and how are they helping their young clients? Speech therapy works on expressive and receptive...
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