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Movement Matters offers a wide variety of pediatric services in the areas of:

    OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

    PHYSICAL THERAPY

    SPEECH THERAPY

We provide assessment and intervention services for individuals with:

  • Birth injuries or birth defects
  • Fine & gross motor delays
  • Sensory processing/integrative disorders
  • Autism Spectrum/ Pragmatic Language Disorders
  • Developmental delays
  • Broken bones or other orthopedic injuries
  • Multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, and other chronic illnesses
  • Mental health or behavioral problems
  • Traumatic injuries (brain or spinal cord)
  • Language, Learning, Literacy Disorders; Cognitive Communication
  • Apraxia / Dyspraxia
  • Language, Learning, Literacy Disorders
  • Feeding and Myofunctional (Tongue Thrust) Disorders
  • Hearing Impaired / Post-Cochlear Implant
  • Fluency Disorders / Stuttering; Oral–Motor Disorders
  • Central Auditory Processing Disorders

Our clinicians are trained in:

  • The Listening Program ® (TLP)
    • The Listening Program ® (TLP) utilizes psycho-acoustically filtered music to facilitate auditory processing, as well as increasing attention, improving body awareness, stimulating language and improving sensory processing skills. Movement Matters is a certified TLP provider.

  • Interactive Metronome (IM)
    • Interactive Metronome (IM) is both a therapeutic and evaluation tool to determine levels of motor planning. It has been proven as an effective way to improve motor planning and sequencing for children.

  • Yoga for the Special Child ®
    • Yoga for the Special Child ® is a comprehensive program of yoga techniques designed to enhance the natural development of children with special needs. These methods provide an effective treatment for children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder, Cerebral Palsey, Autism, and Learning Disabilities.

Please contact our Administrative Director, Florence Liu, at: florence@movementmatterstherapy.com for more information.

Other therapeutic classes we offer are:

SENSE-ational Summers
An alternative to your traditional summer camp, we use sensory modalities during art, drama and play to build self-confidence, academic skills, social awareness and emotional competence in a small and fun environment.

The Write Stuff!
Handwriting classes utilizing the Handwriting Without Tears program.

Yoga for Kids
ball Yoga classes to increase strength, flexibility and coordination, in addition to increasing the ability of a child to attend whild decreasing stress.

Infant Massage
Gentle and loving infant massage has many benefits for children, including: relaxation, improves muscle tones and circulation, stimulates brain development and promotes communication with parents.

FREE Summer Book Club
Our Summer Book Club program is designed to address crucial social and academic skills. The program will allow children to engage in language and reading activities that are enjoyable, interactive, and stimulating. Participants of this program will benefit and learn to develop their receptive language skills, expressive language skills, and literacy skills. Scaffolding will be provided for all students so that they are appropriately challenged, while reducing frustration. Children will have the opportunity to engage creatively with all texts. Additionally, participants will be given the opportunity to respond creatively to reading materials, via dramatic and/or visual arts activities.

Movement Matters!
Movement and motor coordination group classes for various age groups with an emphasis on strengthening and coordination while improving social interaction skills.

Community Services
Movement Matters takes part in helping the community. We offer free screenings to new patients. We deliver these screenings in doctors' offices and in our clinics.

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