Are you concerned about your child’s (birth to age three) development? Did you know in the state of Pennsylvania, all children can receive a free developmental screening? And that you can choose your provider! Contact Community Care Connections today to learn more about free screenings. If your child’s evaluation team finds that your child is experiencing a delay in development, he or she can receive free therapeutic services and support through our Infant-Toddler Therapy Services program.
Here are just a few examples of the diagnoses and syndromes our therapists have had experience with:
Apraxia, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Behavioral Disorders, Brachial Plexus Injury, Brittle Bone, Cerebral Palsy, Chromosomal Abnormalities, Cleft Palate, Developmental Delay, Down Syndrome, Drug Exposure/Addiction, Failure to Thrive, Feeding & Swallowing Concerns, Feeding Tubes, Fragile X, Hip Dysplasia, Hydrocephalus, Low Birth Weight, Metabolic Disorders, Microcephaly, Multiple Births (Twins, Triplets, Quadruplets), Multiple Congenital Anomalies, Prader-Willi, Prematurity, Sensory Integration Dysfunction, Speech Delay, Spina Bifida, Torticollis, Traumatic Brain Injury, Various Syndromes
Infant-Toddler Therapy Services
Our Physical Therapists can:
- Assist your child to develop strength, endurance, mobility, flexibility, balance and coordination.
- Assess the need for bracing, positioning equipment and walking aids.
- Help your child become more independently mobile through movement, posture and gait analysis.
- Provide you with exercises and techniques that are specific for your child and will teach you how to use them in everyday activities.
Krissy Hahn, MPT and Jillian Snodgrass, DPT
Our Developmentalist can:
- Focus on your child’s overall development.
- Specialize in helping your child in his/her natural surroundings and everyday routines.
- Address your child’s social and emotional development including attention to task, following directions and interacting positively with others.
- Work to improve cognitive skills through therapeutic play.
- Provide information to increase the awareness of important developmental milestones.
Stacey Bartholic, B.S. Education
Our Occupational Therapists can:
- Assist your child in learning and improving fine motor skills for him/her to draw, play with blocks and other toys, manipulate puzzles and feed/dress own self.
- Assist at mealtimes to coordinate utensil use and drinking skills, as well as to help improve tolerance for and ability to eat different types and textures of foods.
- Use sensory integration techniques to help children who have difficulty with the sensations of touch, movement, sight, sound, taste, and smell.
- Can recommend splints or other adaptive equipment that might help your child become more independent.
Molly Cupler, MSOTR/L
Our Speech Pathologists can:
- Help your child develop the skills and knowledge to communicate with family members and peers.
- Assist your child in developing sounds, learn words and increase understanding of language through therapy and play.
- Incorporate sign language and the use of pictures into your program as appropriate.
- Assess and treat oral motor function related to speech and feeding.
Kendra Bortmas, MSCCCSLP-L, Melissa Murray, MSCCCSLP-L and Dana Uvodich MSCCCSLP-L
Our registered Dietitian can:
- Help you and your child with nutrition or feeding concerns.
- Address weight gain or loss, tube feedings, or issues related to a disease or diagnosis such as Diabetes or Cystic Fibrosis, etc.
- Educate your family about possible solutions to your child’s nutrition-related issues as well as monitor the child’s nutritional status.
Barbara Scotece, RD/LDN
What Our Parent Clients Say
Nichole Merz
Director Infant-Toddler Therapy Services