We are committed to excellence. We strive to provide highly skilled therapists, who can ensure our patient"s will receive the most effective and up to date therapy available. Our licensed therapists, are vastly trained and have advanced degrees in their areas of specialty. They are dedicated to ongoing continuing education and the acquisition of advanced pediatric skills. Pediatric Therapy of Aiken"s main objective for each child is focused on abilities and recovery potential. Respect and love for children motivates our staff to provide fun and refining therapy during each visit, whether at the office, home, school and other community sites. Here is a description of the services we provide: Physical therapy: addresses postural and motor control, balance and equilibrium skills, gait, muscular strength and endurance, range of motion and flexibility, coordination skills, and developmental delays. Occupational Therapy: They evaluate and treat patient"s with whom may have one of the following deficits: Activities of daily living skills: dressing grooming, hygiene, feeding. Fine Motor skills: coloring, handwriting, cutting Groos Motor skills: balance and coordination, motor planning and execution. Sensory Modulation: Touch, Hearing, Vision Speech Therapy: Evaluate and treat patient"s with whom may have one of the following deficits: Aphasia- inability to utilize language appropriately due to neurological disorders. Apraxia- difficultly planning executing the motor movements for speech production. Auditory- processing and perception Articulation disorders- problems producing some sounds Dysarthia- slurred speech typically related to a neurological impairment Hearing impairment Language Disorders- receptive, expressive, and cognitive Non-verbal individuals- assessed for alternative augmentative communication Stuttering, Swallowing, and /or Voice Disorder |