Occupational & Physical Therapy Services

Occupational and Physical Therapies are provided by licensed Occupational or Physical Therapists.  Services are delivered in accordance to a student’s IEP and are provided in the form of individual, group, and/or consultation.

Occupational and Physical therapists endeavor to increase a student’s ability to access his educational curriculum as fully as possible by identifying adaptations and/or solutions to gross motor, fine motor, self-care, visual  motor, visual perceptual, sensory processing, and/or motor coordination barriers in the educational setting.

Occupational and Physical Therapists share information and integrate their specialized knowledge in child development, motor learning and task performance to provide a unique perspective within the educational environment. PHILLIPS contracts out for its Physical Therapy Services.

AREAS OF NEED FREQUENTLY ADDRESSED AT PHILLIPS:

  • Fine/Gross Motor Development

  • Sensory Processing Skills

  • Executive Functioning

  • Self-Help Skills

  • Career and Independent Living

  • Visual Motor Integration

  • Visual Perceptual Skills

THERAPISTS OF THE PHILLIPS SCHOOLS OT/PT DEPARTMENT ARE COMPRISED OF LICENSED OCCUPATIONAL AND PHYSICAL THERAPISTS AS WELL AS A CERTIFIED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT WITH ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS OR TRAINING IN THE FOLLOWING:

  • Autism

  • ADHD

  • Learning Disabilities

  • Behavior Management

  • Sensory Processing/Sensory Integration

  • Therapeutic Listening

  • Pediatric Yoga

  • Neurodevelopmental Treatment

  • Executive Functioning

  • Positioning

  • Wilbarger Brushing Protocol

  • Handwriting Without Tears

  • Vocational Readiness

  • Alert Program

  • Vestibular Processing

  • Brain Gym

  • Zones of Regulation

 

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