Pediatric Occupational & Speech Therapy (OT/SLP)

How This Therapy Supports Your Child:

Speech-Language Pathology helps children build communication skills so they can express their needs, understand others, and join in socially. In SLP, children learn functional communication, such as requesting, responding to questions, and recognizing social cues.

Target Goals:

The main goals for SLP are expressive and receptive language, articulation, and conversation. These skills help children communicate on their own at school, at home, and in the community.

The Orchid Collaboration:

Working with Sound Children's Therapy, Orchid practices each child's communication goals throughout the day, not only during SLP sessions. Therapy sessions last about an hour, so Orchid's team builds SLP strategies into the rest of the child's daily activities.

How This Therapy Supports Your Child:

Occupational Therapy focuses on developing fine motor skills, sensory processing, and self-care, the skills children need to do everyday things on their own. OT sessions teach life skills like buttoning, zipping, using utensils, and writing.

Target Goals:

Key goals for OT include fine motor tasks, coordination, and sensory regulation. These skills help children complete daily tasks and manage their sensory needs at home and in school.

The Orchid Collaboration:

Orchid works closely with Sound Children's Therapy to carry OT goals past the one-hour therapy sessions. Our team has children practice what they've learned in OT at mealtime, during play, and in academic activities.

How This Therapy Supports Your Child:

Yoga Therapy uses movement, breathing exercises, and mindfulness to help children manage stress, build self-regulation, and focus. With gentle, child-friendly yoga, children gain body awareness and learn ways to calm down.

Target Goals:

Yoga Therapy works on self-regulation, focus, physical strength, and coordination, which give children ways to handle stress and concentrate.

The Orchid Collaboration:

With our yoga therapists, Orchid brings yoga techniques into each child's day. Children use the calming practices from therapy sessions during daily routines, from transitions to quiet moments, until the techniques become habits children use to manage emotions and focus.

How This Therapy Supports Your Child:

Music Therapy uses music-based activities to build emotional expression, social skills, and cognitive development. Through singing, rhythm exercises, and instrument play, children connect with others and practice expressing themselves.

Target Goals:

Music Therapy aims to improve emotional regulation, social engagement, and cognitive growth. Sessions also build confidence and encourage self-expression.

The Orchid Collaboration:

Our music therapists coordinate with the Orchid team so music therapy goals carry through the child's day. Music therapy sessions can be short, so Orchid adds music-based activities to daily routines to practice the same emotional and social skills in different settings.