St. James Healthcare's specialized pediatric staff is available to assess and meet the needs of children from birth to adolescence who have medical conditions or syndromes that may interfere with normal development.
Our pediatric rehabilitation services may benefit children who have:
- Delays in motor development
- Brain injury
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cognitive deficits
- Delays in speech or language
- Difficulty swallowing or feeding
- Genetic disorders
- Spina Bifida
- Physical disabilities
- Autism
- ADHA
- Symptoms from premature birth
Sensory processing difficulties Occupational therapists focus on:
- Strength and fine motor coordination such as reaching, grasping, and writing
- Sensory processing, including tolerance of touch, movement and noise
- Daily living skills such as feeding, dressing and toileting
- Cognitive skills, including problem solving, organization, attention span, and following directions
- Feeding
- Special equipment needs
- Visual motor organization/integration
- Family/caregiver education and training
Physical therapists focus on:
- Increase flexibility of muscles and joints
- Balance and coordination skills
- Gross motor skills such as rolling, crawling, running, jumping
- Posture, positioning and equipment needs
- Lower extremity serial casting and orthotic fabrication
- Inhibiting abnormal tone and/or facilitating normal tone
Speech/language pathologists focus on:
- Improving the ability to produce speech, put words together, and understand language
- Evaluating and treating swallowing problems and feeding disorders
- Oral/motor treatments
- Voice disorders
- Stuttering
- Sign language and other communication systems
- Cognitive skills, including memory and reasoning
For more information, or to schedule an appointment, please call 406-723-2540.