Pediatric Rehabilitation Services
At Active Development Therapies, L.L.C., we are committed to providing comprehensive and compassionate care for children. Our experienced therapists specialize in a range of services designed to promote independence, enhance skills, and support overall development.
Alternative and Augmented Communications
Alternative and Augmentative Communication: Our licensed Speech Language Pathologists conduct comprehensive evaluations to assess your child’s ability to communicate their wants and needs in the least restrictive manner at home, school, and in the community. These assessments range from low tech picture communication boards/books, to high tech individualized software applications for iPads, or custom speech generating communication devices.
Durable Medical Equipment Evaluations
Our licensed Physical and Occupational Therapists conduct a variety of assessments to determine you or your child’s durable medical equipment needs to access their environments in the least restrictive manner, helping to enhance their independence and functionality at home, school, and in the community.
Typical Assessments: Walkers, Gait Trainers, Crutches, Manual Wheelchairs, Power Wheelchairs, Hoyer Lifts, Adaptive bikes, Dressing aides, Bath, Shower, Toilet equipment, Feeding aides, etc.
Orthotic and Prosthetic Evaluations
We offer thorough evaluations by licensed clinicians to identify the best orthotic or prosthetic devices that will improve stability and mobility in everyday environments.
Pediatric Therapy Services
As a leading Pediatric Rehabilitation provider since 2004, our dedicated therapists are passionate about helping our clients achieve their goals through personalized care.
Common Diagnoses Treated:
- Neurological: Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Ataxia, Transverse Myelitis, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asperger’s Syndrome, Sensory Processing Disorders
- Genetic: Down Syndrome, Angelman Syndrome, Rhett Syndrome, Muscular Dystrophy, Other genetic syndromes and/or malformations
- Orthopedic: Torticollis, Scoliosis, Sports injuries
- Communication Disorders: Speech and Language delays, Apraxia, Articulation deficits, Hearing loss, Aphasia
- Feeding and Swallowing Disorders: Dysphagia, Tongue-tie/Ankyloglossia, Oral Motor planning deficits
- Other Diagnoses: Muscle weakness, coordination deficits, toe walking, gait abnormalities, gross motor delay, fine motor delay
Therapy Services
Occupational Therapy
Our Occupational Therapy team focuses on:
- Promoting independence in Activities of Daily Living (e.g., dressing, toileting, feeding)
- Enhancing sensory integration and processing skills
- Supporting developmental growth
- Encouraging appropriate social interactions and behaviors
- Improving eye-hand coordination (visual-motor integration)
- Teaching handwriting and fine motor skills
- Building strength and coordination in core and extremity muscles
Physical Therapy
Our Physical Therapy team aims to:
- Address muscle tightness or weakness
- Promote gross motor skill development
- Encourage mobility (rolling, sitting, crawling, standing, walking)
- Enhance overall stability and strength
- Improve balance and coordination
- Address postural control and alignment
- Teach mobility with assistive devices
Speech Language Pathology
Our Speech Language Pathology team works to:
- Increase speech intelligibility and articulation skills
- Develop global language skills (receptive, expressive, and pragmatic)
- Teach reading skills and promote independent communication
- Address sensory-motor feeding difficulties
- Enhance swallowing function and respiratory support
- Improve voice quality and reduce stuttering
Intensive Physical Therapy Program
Program Phases
The Intensive Physical Therapy Program is structured into three distinct treatment phases, each targeted for specific focus throughout the program.
- Phase I: Warm-Up
- Lengthen soft tissue
- Improve joint and body awareness
- Enhance postural alignment
- Phase II: Strengthening
- Focus on isometric, isotonic, and resistive training to address strength deficits
- Phase III: Functional Application
- Engage in activities that mimic daily living tasks
- Improve mobility, balance, coordination, and gross/fine motor skills
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Our owner, Kim Loving, PT, DPT trained under the founders of the TheraSuit Method® and Universal Exercise Unit, Izabela and Richard Koscielny, who are based in Michigan. The TheraSuit Method® is an Intensive Neuro Functional Strengthening (INFS) program which is based and validated by research and science from Epigenetic, Neurology, and Exercise Physiology, for more information on this training visit https://suittherapy.com/
Our Intensive Physical Therapy Program is uniquely designed to your child’s needs whether your child has low muscle tone or high, spastic muscle tone. It is structured into three treatment phases and consists of 3-hour treatment sessions, 4 days a week for 3 weeks.
The TheraSuitTM is a soft Dynamic Proprioceptive Orthotic that is FDA registered, sometimes referred to as “suit therapy”.
TheraSuitTM Applications: Cerebral Palsy, Developmental delays, Traumatic Brain Injury, Post Stroke (CVA), Ataxia, Athetosis, Spasticity (increased muscle tone), Hypotonia (low muscle tone), and other neurological disorders.
Universal Exercise Unit (UEU), can be used for a variety of activities: strengthening exercises, transitional movements, balance activities, coordination drills, and gross motor skill training.