Services & Facilities

Diagnoses treated, including, but not limited to:
• Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
• Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Autism Spectrum Disorders & Pervasive Developmental Disorders Spectrum
• Brachial Plexus Injuries
• Congenital Hand Deformities
• Craniofacial disorders
• Developmental Delay
• Down Syndrome
• Dysgraphia/ fine motor delay
• Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Learning Disabilities
• Motor coordination disorders- apraxia, dyspraxia
• Neuromuscular Disorders: Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, Muscular Dystrophy, etc.
• Osteogenesis Imperfecta
• Sensory Integration Dysfunction
• Sports Injuries- bone and soft tissue

The pediatric occupational therapist at Gold Coast Pediatric Therapy is trained to provide specialized services in many areas. These include:
• Daily living activities— self-care, feeding, dressing, assistive devices
• Fine-motor skills and hand function rehabilitation—motor control, writing skills, bilateral integration, Handwriting with Tears, Loops & Other Groups
• Neuromusculoskeletal—functional and protective splinting, positioning and adaptive equipment, taping, soft-tissue integrity, functional joint mobility, strengthening, endurance
• Perceptual processing—body scheme, spatial relations, position in space, eye-hand coordination, motor planning
• Sensory Integration—sensory processing (visual, auditory, oral, proprioceptive, vestibular), sensory discrimination, sensory modulation, regulation and attention span, The Alert Program
• Social Functioning—social interaction, play skills, environmental exploration, adaptive behavior