Physical Therapy addresses a wide variety of diagnoses that present with motor dysfunction and motor skill difficulties. It also can assist with children who struggle with low tone or poor postural delays. Physical Therapy can also support clients who present with orthopedic complications. At Farris Therapy, we utilize various games and fun activities within our Physical Therapy sessions pertaining to the client’s interests in order to engage them in functional goals to address areas of deficit. Most children don’t even realize they are performing strengthening or stretching tasks as they enjoy engaging in these tasks within sessions!

The goal of occupational therapy is to use a child’s occupation, which is play, as well as being a student, in order to help them reach their fullest potential. Occupational therapy addresses skills including fine motor, hand-eye coordination, sensory processing, social interaction and activities of daily living (i.e. feeding, toileting, dressing, bathing). Based on your child’s evaluation performed before they even begin occupational therapy, the Occupational Therapist will review the areas of deficit and use your child’s occupation of play in order to create goals to allow your child to improve within those areas. 

When working in speech therapy, there are a variety of areas a qualified Speech Language Pathologist may address. Some of these include expressive and/or receptive language skills, oral motor skills, pragmatic/social language, voice disorders, articulation, cognition or stuttering. Our Speech Language Pathologist will use fun and engaging activities to work with our clients in order to encourage success. Our goal is to help children effectively interact within their various settings and communicate with others appropriately, while working alongside the families of our clients to teach and implement strategies and ideas to aid in the progress of their child’s skills.