Occupational Therapy

@ Mangold Speech

Occupational therapy is a client-centered, clinically based health intervention.  It’s main focus is to help enable people of all ages and abilities to participate in the activities that are important to them and their families.

Occupational Therapy can help

  • Motor planning and gross motor skills

  • Fine motor skills

  • Feeding and eating difficulties

  • Sensory processing difficulties

  • Visual motor skills

  • Executive functioning skills

  • Self care skills

  • Play skills

  • Social participation skills

  • Academic skills

Lauren

What is the Occupational therapy process?

First, our occupational therapist will utilize a free, brief phone call to gather information about whether or not occupational therapy is an appropriate service for your needs,

An informal assessment will be completed (typically about 1 hour in duration).  From this our occupational therapist writes an assessment report with proposed frequency, duration, and goals for treatment.

After the assessment report is completed, a schedule for visits will be created.

Who is our Occupational Therapist?

Lauren is a Sacred Heart University Alumni, mom of 2, and has been an Occupational Therapist for 7 years. Lauren has worked primarily with the pediatric population throughout her career.  She has worked in birth to three, and she also opened and ran an Occupational Therapy department at an ABA company that services Tolland and Hartford County.

Lauren has special training and certifications in feeding and eating as well as Autism assessing and treatment strategies.  Her passions include feeding and eating, family training, motor planning, and primitive reflex integration difficulties.