Specialized Therapy at Cedarcrest
Cedarcrest offers a full range of specialized therapy services, including pediatric physical, occupational, and speech-language therapies and evaluations. Our staff therapists work with parents, physicians, school district staff, clinics, vendor partners, and agencies to ensure well-rounded therapeutic experiences that carry over into other aspects of a child’s life.
At Cedarcrest, we provide comprehensive specialized therapy services for children. Our therapists assess the child and develop a therapy program, employing a range of techniques and equipment to promote optimal function. Each child receives therapy services in the therapy gym, classroom, residence, or on our adapted playground. The therapists work closely with direct care and educational staff to provide programming throughout the child’s day.
Physical Therapy
Using a combination of hands-on therapy, orthotics, and adapted equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers/gait trainers, and special seating, our therapists enhance each child’s gross motor skills and mobility.
- Gross motor skills
- Mobility
- Adapted equipment- wheelchairs, walkers/gait trainers, adapted seating
- Orthotics
Occupational Therapy
Cedarcrest therapists work with your child to improve activities of daily living. Addressing fine motor, oral motor and sensory issues to help your child accomplish all forms of daily living tasks as independently as possible.
- Fine motor skills
- Oral motor and feeding skills
- Activities of daily living
- Splinting
- Adaptive equipment
SPEECH Therapy
Cedarcrest therapists use a wide variety of communication modalities, including eye gaze devices, switches, and sign language. They develop safe oral motor and feeding and work closely with teachers of the deaf and audiology.
- Expressive communication
- Receptive communication
- Augmentative and alternative communication
- Oral motor and feeding skills
“Each child at Cedarcrest is motivated and excited by different activities and interactions. It is so much fun to figure out what each of them likes and to watch them as they grow and evolve in their language skills and preferences.”
