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Having a child that struggles to develop necessary skills is a worrying and frightening experience. You love your child and want the best for him or her, but you fear they will be left behind.One area your child may struggle in is his or her “occupation,” or the daily activities he or she is expected to participate in. A child’s occupation usually includes playing, socializing with other children, completing schoolwork, and accomplishing hygiene tasks.Play2Learn Pediatric Therapy strives to help children in the Gwinnett & Hall County areas strengthen their developmental skills through the use of occupational therapy. We believe in giving every child a chance to learn and grow and master the skills that may currently seem out of his or her reach. Understanding Occupational Therapy
One of the greatest joys as a parent is seeing your child grow and develop. Each child develops at a different rate. However, mental and physical disorders and other causes can make learning and communication a struggle for many children. Find help with our pediatric speech therapy in Gwinnett & Hall Counties and nearby areas. Our therapists maximize your child’s opportunities for growth with activities tailored to their age and abilities. We treat children of all ages, from infants to teenagers. Our work covers a large range of disorders in children. Often, certain disorders—such as cerebral palsy, autism, or Down syndrome—affect a child’s ability to progress normally in speech. From simple vocalizations to spelling and writing, our team can help. If your child struggles with language skills, choose our pediatric speech therapy in the Gwinnett & Hall County areas. We foster language skills in a fun, safe environment for your child. We center our therapy around the way children work—through play. This helps them feel comfortable and provides a more natural setting for communication. Our therapists use a variety of techniques common among occupational and physical therapists. We also utilize equipment that is suited to your child’s developmental levels. This offers greater opportunities to encourage natural language and speech development. Speech Skills involve our ability to communicate our wants and needs to others. In order to communicate, we need say the correct words, with the correct sounds, as well as understand what others are saying to us. Our speech skills are very closely related to our feeding skills because the same muscles are used for both. These skills develop quickly throughout our growing years. Proper development of speech skills requires strength, coordination, postural control, attention, and cognition. It also requires appropriate function of our sensory system. Speech skills are very important to a child’s overall development, health, learning experiences, and self-esteem. Developing independence with speech skills at an early age is crucial to school performance and social interaction. Speech skills allow a child to express their basic wants and needs. Skills necessary for eating are important for nutrition and overall health. The human body follows a step-by-step process, where one area often relies on another to achieve full function. Each milestone that is achieved throughout the first years of life is dependent on the one that came before it. To be able have a conversation, we must first learn to put two words together. We need to learn how to produce a sound before we form full sentences. We need strong muscles in our mouths to eat healthy fruits and vegetables. The body goes through a complicated movement process. If a child is not achieving a milestone within a reasonable time frame, it is important to ask questions and seek out guidance right away because the next set of skills is coming up fast. The longer you wait, the further behind the child will fall. The earlier an intervention is provided, the more effective it can be.
We use exercise to strengthen muscles, boost coordination, and improve your child’s overall mobility. With age-appropriate equipment and play-based techniques, we inspire creativity and make movement natural and fun.Our innovative playground gym has an array of activities to further develop your child’s physical abilities. In our safe and enjoyable environment, children can feel comfortable and excited to learn.We are here to support you, and we want your child to feel capable and strong. Our pediatric physical therapists celebrate with you over each physical milestone your child makes, however small.Gross Motor Skills are the large movement skills our body develops throughout our growing years. These include rolling, sitting, crawling, walking, jumping, riding bikes, and climbing. Proper development of gross motor skills requires strength, balance, postural control, and coordination. It also requires appropriate function of our joints and muscles.Humans were meant to be upright! Gross motor skills are very important to a child’s overall development, health, learning experiences, and self-esteem. Being able to keep up with peers on the playground encourages social and emotional development. Performing gross motor skills facilitates overall body health because it allows children to be physically active. This leads to a healthier heart, lungs, bones, and gastrointestinal system. The developmental process of gross motor skills affects other skill areas. The human body follows a step-by-step process, where one area often relies on another to achieve full function.Each milestone that is achieved throughout the first years of life is dependent on the one that came before it. To get into the sitting position, we must first learn to roll. We need to learn how to stand before we learn how to walk. We need to walk before we run and jump. The body goes through a complicated movement process. If a child is not achieving a milestone within a reasonable time frame, it is important to ask questions and seek out guidance right away because the next set of skills is coming up fast. The longer you wait, the further behind the child will fall. The earlier an intervention is provided, the more effective it can be.
