Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapies
Forms of Therapy
Physical Therapy
Therapists work with patients to achieve optimal function in one or more of the following areas:
- Gross motor development
- Balance and coordination
- Gait training
- Strength, endurance and exercise training
- Lower extremity and trunk range-of-motion activities
- Functional independence, including bed mobility, transfers and wheelchair mobility
- Weight management
- Burn care and follow-up treatment
- Evaluation for equipment to increase independence and enhance performance
- Family and patient instruction and education
- Coordination of care, including discharge needs
Occupational Therapy
Therapists work with patients to achieve optimal function in one or more of the following areas:
- Fine motor skills and coordination development
- Activities of daily living, such as feeding, swallowing or dressing
- Bathing/hygiene and use of equipment to increase independence and enhance performance
- Upper extremity and trunk range-of-motion activities
- Visual perceptual/visual motor skills
- Sensory integration
- Burn care, including scar management and pressure garments
- Family and patient instruction and education
- Coordination of care, including discharge needs
Speech Therapy
Therapists work with patients to achieve optimal function in one or more of the following areas:
- Expressive and receptive language disorders
- Articulation disorders (including PROMPT technique)
- Fluency and voice disorders
- Swallowing and feeding disorders
- Cognitive and rehabilitation skills
- Aural rehabilitation including cochlear implant rehabilitation therapy and sign language
- Therapy for patients with craniofacial anomalies, cleft lip/cleft palate and velopharyngeal insufficiency
- Patient and family education and instruction
- Coordination of care, including discharge needs