Benefits of Pediatric Occupational Therapy Occupational Therapy or OT helps children reach their fullest potential! Therapists work with children to become more independent with daily tasks, address sensory difficulties, promote academic success, and much more. At...

Important Social Skills and How To Practice Them While developing social skills is a vital part of any child's development it can also be complex and confusing to help them to learn and practice them. Does your child struggle with sharing, working with others, or...

For parents with special needs children, the holiday season can be a daunting time of the year. From October to January, there are many holidays and festivities to contend with. From dressing up for Halloween to socializing with family and friends for Thanksgiving and...

It’s easy to take for granted when you’ve been doing it for your whole life, but it’s important to keep in mind that handwriting skills are learned and not natural. You should be keeping tabs on what kind of progress your child is making with both skills, and if...

With your child back in school and the dog days of summer behind us, it’s about that time of year to break out your pumpkins and work on your child’s speech therapy at home with these fun fall activities! Speech therapy doesn’t end once you walk out of Allcare...

Organizational skills are in large part a result of the habits you form every day, and it’s crucial to instill a healthy routine into children at an early age. Attention to detail is important when it comes to organizing, and that falls under the larger umbrella of...

Turn your free time at home into speech development time with your children! There’s always an opportunity to enrich and develop their speech and language skills with at-home games. Try some of these games from the Allcare Therapy Speech Language Pathologists. The...

The occupational therapists at Allcare Therapy Services love summer, and so do your kids! There’s plenty to do outside that is both fun for your children and a great way to improve things like physical abilities, motor skills, and mental enrichment. Make Obstacle...

If your child has autism and is struggling to excel in social settings with their peers, Allcare Therapy Services can help with proven techniques to help them feel more comfortable in those environments, but you can help at home too! Social Skills To Look For in Young...

Parents of children with autism can be overwhelmed with managing an already hectic life, and sometimes, it can just be easier to do things like tie your child’s shoe for them or zip up their jacket when they have difficulties with some fine motor skills. However, at...

At Allcare Therapy Services, our Speech Language Pathologists love working with children to help them master the speech sounds and vocabulary they need to confidently handle any social or academic situation. However, we’re not with them all the time, and it’s...

Articulation Disorders Articulation speech disorders are named as such because they affect the way someone is able to articulate certain sounds. Speech is a complex function, and it involves the precise coordination of the lips, tongue, teeth, palate, and respiratory...

Sensory Processing Disorder, or SPD, is a neurological condition that affects the way a child perceives and reacts to external stimuli. This can often manifest itself in an overreaction to loud sounds or bright lights, a picky diet or aversion to getting dressed, or,...

For children with autism, maintaining a consistent and productive method to assist in their development of motor skills and behavioral cues is a key factor in giving them the quality of life they deserve. Our occupational therapy professionals work tirelessly with...

Going to therapy doesn’t have to be hard work! At Allcare Therapy Services, we encourage our kids to play just as hard as they work. While it may seem like play is just that, it’s really a chance for children to develop in all aspects–socially, physically, and...

Delays in speech development can be worrisome for parents, and especially for first-time parents, who may not know the speech milestones that children should be meeting at certain ages. Allcare Therapy Services is staffed with SLPs that have decades of experience in...

Making the decision as a parent to take your child to therapy is an important one, and one that should happen sooner rather than later. If you sense that your child is having developmental delays, early and consistent therapy can work wonders. Even without an official...

Applied Behavior Analysis, or ABA, is a widely-recognized method of improving behaviors in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. A licensed practitioner of ABA has spent years studying and mastering the method, and are vital resources to use for helping your child...

Many parents of children who are developmentally delayed recognize what fine motor skills are, and how they come into play in daily life–things like buttoning and unbuttoning clothes, holding a pen, tying shoes, brushing teeth, and dialing a phone are all considered...

Activities of Daily Living, or ADLs, are the activities defined by occupational therapists as the common tasks we all do to live an independent life. For children who are developmentally delayed for any number of reasons, these ADLs can be more difficult to achieve...