Your Child's Caregiver
A professional that identifies and measures hearing impairment, auditory processing, and other related disorders.
A person working to serve the needs of children in the academic environment.
A pediatrician who has specialized in the evaluation of child development. These specialist often assess and treat children with developmental issues.
A doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the nervous system.
A health-care professional trained to assess and address functional limitations evident in daily activities. Areas addressed by occupational therapists include, but are not limited to, fine motor skills, visual perception, visual motor integration, sensory processing socialization, self-help skills and strengthening.
As defined by the American Optometric Association, doctors of optometry are independent health care providers who examine, diagnose, treat and manage diseases and disorders of the visual system, the eye and associated structures, as well as diagnose related systemic conditions. Optometrists are state-licensed health care professionals. They prescribe glasses, contact lenses, low vision rehabilitation, vision therapy and medications as well as perform certain surgical procedures.
A doctor who specializes in correcting deformities of the skeletal system.
A doctor who specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
A health-care professional trained to assess and rehabilitate movement dysfunctions. Areas addressed by physical therapists include, but are not limited to, balance, locomotion, strengthening, gross motor skills, motor planning skills, neuromuscular functioning, postural strengthening and stability.
A health-car professional trained to assess and address disorders of expressive language, receptive language, speech and communication.
A person trained to teach a person how to improve weak, dysfunctional or non-existent visual skills through a variety of treatment techniques including, but not limited to, lenses, prisms, and special computer programs..
Glossary
Self-help activities like dressing/undressing, grooming, oral hygiene, eating, bathing and toileting.
a brace that is custom fit to properly position the foot and provide support to the ankle.
The processing of auditory signals, particularly speech, into meaningful information. This process occurs within the central auditory nervous system.
The failure of the central auditory nervous system to adequately process speech information resulting in difficulty processing relevant/important auditory information in the presence of non-relevant background noise.
A collection of motor disorders resulting from damage to the brain that occurred before, during, or right after birth. The damage to the child's brain affects the motor system and negatively impacts balance, movement patterns and/or coordination.
When a muscle or group of muscles rapidly alternate between flexion and extension (or tightening and relaxing) causing what appears to be shaking or tremors in all or part of a limb.
Which would include large objects like walkers and wheel chairs.
Period of time between birth and a child’s third birthday. During this time, eligible children may receive a variety of services including but not limited to: OT, PT, Speech Therapy, vision therapy, education services, and services with coordinators to assist with plan of care.
Small motor movements that use the small muscles of the fingers, toes, wrists, lips, and tongue to engage in activities like picking up small objects, writing, bead stringing, typing, etc.
The way a person executes everyday activities. For children, these everyday activities would include: motor development, self-help skills, play skills, socialization, academic performance, etc.
Large motor movements like walking, bike riding, skipping, rolling, crawling, etc.