Services
Our Occupational Therapy Specialties
Feeding
Toilet Training
Emotional Regulation
Emotional Regulation is such an important aspect of every day life, we make it an integral part of our therapy. We use the Interoception Curriculum along with a combination of other well-known programs, including Slumberkins, Zones of Regulation, Generation Mindful, and Little Spot, we give your kids the tools they need to deal with big emotions in a positive way.
Handwriting
We identify the underlying causes to why handwriting is difficult for your child such as difficulties with processing visual information, hand and overall weakness, or motor coordination issues. We then work on specific goals that fit your child’s needs. Because we use evidence-based approaches, such as The Size Matters Handwriting Program, we can track the progress of your child’s handwriting skills as they become confident writers.
Autism
We use the Learn Play Thrive approach to help your child embrace what makes them special while giving them the tools they need to become more independent and gain important skills.
Scissors
The Cutting Program is a structured way to work on scissor skills by meeting your child at their current skill level. Progressively building on those skills, your child will gain confidence in their own scissor skills.
Childhood Skills & Common Issues
We also offer common Occupational Therapy services to help your child in these areas:
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- Fine Motor Skills
- Balance
- Developmental Delays
- Sensory and Vestibular
Our Physical Therapy Services
Movement Strategies
Pediatric physical therapists use movement strategy and gait training to improve children’s walking patterns and overall mobility. Through targeted exercises and activities, they help kids develop efficient, stable movement techniques, enhancing their ability to navigate various environments and perform daily tasks independently.
Strength
Our physical therapy services utilize strength-building exercises to improve children’s functional abilities. Therapists design fun activities that target core, leg, and arm muscles, enhancing stability, mobility, and coordination for daily tasks and developmental milestones.
Balance
Physical therapy uses balance exercises to improve stability and body awareness. Therapists employ activities like standing on one foot, walking on uneven surfaces, and core strengthening to enhance children’s ability to maintain equilibrium during daily tasks.
Coordination
Therapists use coordination and motor planning exercises to improve children’s ability to sequence and execute movements efficiently. Through targeted activities, they help kids develop smoother, more controlled actions, enhancing their performance in daily tasks and physical activities.
Our Speech Therapy Services
AAC Systems
Speech therapists help individuals who have difficulty with traditional speech by implementing Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems. This enables non-speaking or minimally speaking children to express their thoughts, needs, and ideas effectively.
Articulation & Fluency Disorders
Speech therapists work on improving a child’s ability to produce speech sounds correctly. They use evidence-based techniques to target specific error patterns and help achieve age-appropriate speech. In cases of fluency disorders like stuttering, speech therapists provide strategies to improve speech flow and rhythm, while also boosting the patient’s confidence in their communication abilities.
Gestalt Language Processing
Speech therapists help children break down and understand larger units of language, teaching them to extract meaning from phrases and sentences as a whole. They use specialized Gestalt Language Processing strategies to assist children to develop more flexible, functional communication, ultimately improving their ability to engage in meaningful conversations and express themselves effectively.
Language & Developmental Delays
Speech therapists work on improving both receptive and expressive language skills. They use tailored interventions to help children understand and use spoken or written words more effectively. They also focus on enhancing social communication skills and implementing appropriate interventions based on the individual’s specific needs.
HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices
This notice describes how medical information we obtain about you may be disclosed and used, and how you can get access to this information. Please expand each section to learn more.
Your basic rights and our basic responsibilities under HIPAA.
Patients of this practice have the right to obtain a copy of paper or electronic medical records, make corrections to the record, request confidential communication, request that we limit the information we share, get a list of entities with whom we have shared your information, get a copy of this notice, choose someone to act on your behalf, and file a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated.
Ask us to correct your medical record.
You can ask us to correct health information about you that you think is incomplete or incorrect.
Limit what we share or use.
You can ask us not to share or use certain health information for our operations, treatment, or payment, although we can refuse your request if it affects your care. If you pay for a service out of pocket in full, you can ask us not to share that with your health insurer, and we will comply unless a law requires us to share that information.
Get a hard copy of this privacy notice.
Upon request, you can receive a paper copy of this notice, if you have previously received this electronically.
File a complaint if you think your rights have been violated.
If you feel your rights have been violated, please contact our Privacy Officer (contact information provided in the consent form). You can file a complaint with the US Dept of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights by visiting http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints, calling 877.696.6775 or writing to: US Dept of H and H Services, Office of Civil Rights, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
Our use and disclosures of your health information to treat you, run our practice or bill for your services.
We may use and share your health information to treat you and share with others who are treating you. For example, we may share information with other therapists or physicians that are treating the same child to coordinate care. We can use and share your health information to run our practice, improve your care and contact you when necessary. We can use and share your health information to bill and get payment from health plans or other entities. For example, we give information to your insurer so they will pay for services rendered.
Comply with the law, respond to any legal action.
We will share information about you if state or federal law requires it, including any audits conducted by the Dept. of Health and Human Services. We can share information about you in response to a court or administrative order or in response to a subpoena.
Summary of our responsibilities.
We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information. We will let you know promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information. We will give you a hard copy of this notice upon request and follow the duties and privacy practices described in this notice. We will not use or share your information other than as described here unless you tell us we can in writing. You may also change your mind at any time and let us know in writing if you do. Additional information is available at www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/consumers/noticepp.html.
Get a copy (paper or electronic) of your records.
We will provide a copy of your records, and can charge you a reasonable, cost-based fee.
Request preferred confidential communications.
You can ask us to contact you by a preferred method (i.e., home, office, or cell phone) or ask us to send mail to a specified address.
Get a list of those with whom we have shared information.
Upon request you are entitled to receive a list of the times we have shared your health information, who we shared it with, and why for up to six years prior to the date you asked. We will include all the disclosures except those about treatment, payment and health care operations, and certain other disclosures, such as any you requested. There is no charge for a yearly request of this list, but there is a reasonable cost-based fee if such list is requested more than once in a 12-month period.
Choose someone to act on your behalf.
If someone is your legal guardian, or has medical power of attorney for you, that person can exercise your rights and make choices about your healthcare information. We will verify that any person has the authority to act on your behalf before taking any action.
Your basic choices and our basic responsibilities to share information.
For certain health care information, you can tell us your choices about what we share. You can tell us whether to share information with your family, close friends, or others involved in your care. You can tell us whether to share information in a disaster relief situation. We will never share your information for the sale of the information or for marketing purposes unless we have express written permission. We can contact you in the case of fundraising, but you can tell us not to contact you again.
Other ways we may share or use your health information.
We are required upon request to share your information in other ways that contribute to the public good, such as public health and research. These conditions are stringent and regulated by law before any information can be shared.
Do research.
We can use or share your information for health research.
Comply with worker’s compensation, law enforcement, and other government requests.
Information about you can be shared for worker’s comp claims, law enforcement purposes, health oversight agencies for activities authorized by law, and for special government functions such as military, national security, and presidential protective services.
Changes to the terms of this notice.
We can change the terms of this notice, and the changes will apply to all information we have about you. The new notice will be available upon request, on our website and in our office.
Effective date: August 22, 2022
Any questions or concerns regarding our Patient Privacy Practices can be addressed with our Privacy Officer, Marguerite Sorensen, at maggie@poweruptherapy.com or leaving a voicemail at 505-980-4871.
