Elite Therapy Center's pediatric occupational therapy provides skilled treatment for infants and children who need help developing or regaining functional skills such as self-care and activity of daily living (ADL) skills, feeding and oral-motor difficulties, play and social skills.

Handwriting and fine motor skills with Elite Therapy Center

We can help you address a functional difficulty before it causes a reduction in functional abilities, low self-esteem, poor school performance, or strained peer and family relationships.

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Motor Milestones

Early detection and intervention are KEY

Our Occupational Therapists address the treatment and management of infants, children, and adolescents with a variety of congenital, developmental, neuromuscular, skeletal, or acquired disorders/diseases.

Occupational therapy is also indicated for children having difficulties with:

Upper extremity orthopedic/neurological injury
Splinting and positioning needs
Home accessibility evaluations
Motor planning/ visual motor control, sensory integration dysfunction, school functional assessments including handwriting
Treatments are play-based and are unique to the developmental level of each child

We provide individualized assessment and often early detection of physical challenges.

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Sensory Processing therapy with a child at Elite Therapy Center

Sensory Processing Disorder

Sensory processing refers to the way the nervous system receives messages from the senses and turns them into responses. Those with Sensory Processing Disorder, sensory information goes into the brain but does not get organized into appropriate responses and they perceive and/or respond to sensory information differently than most other people.

People with Sensory Processing Disorder do detect the sensory information; however, the sensory information gets “mixed up” in their brain and therefore the responses are inappropriate in the context in which they find themselves.

Kari McKown, MOT and Bailey Smith, OTS provide a Motor and Sensory Processing seminar and motor lab for students at Valor Preparatory Academy

Sensory Motor Lab

Elite Therapy Center owner and director of Occupational Therapy, Kari McKown, MOT, OTR, works with schools and other pediatric organizations to help build sensory friendly motor labs. This unique lab is designed to provide a safe and dynamic sensory fulfillment for children in the classroom or learning environment.

Each activity area is equipped with sensory items or activities catered to an educator’s specific need. The motor lab is used as an additional tool for kids of all ages and abilities.

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Stephanie Aldridge, DOT, MOT/OTR-L works with a child using Visual Therapy

Visual/Academic Track

Elite Therapy Center specialized OT program is used to assess and treat the ‘underlying causes’ of poor attention, learning difficulties, uncontrolled behavior, and ADHD in the classroom and home.

Without efficient visual skills, a child will show difficulty in reading, writing, attention, organization, math, sports, social skills, attention, coordination and much more.

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Emily Kirby, MOT, OTR-L Vocational Rehabilitation and Transition specialist, trains a youth in counting money for groceries

Elite VRTP

Elite Therapy Center’s Vocational Rehabilitation and Transition Program is an intensive program for you and young adults who have completed preliminary goals and are transitioning in preparing for job training and job placement. Created specifically for youth and young adults ages 17 to 21; this elite quality and focused therapeutic care prepares young people who are close to aging out of pediatric care and ready to enter into the next phase of their lives.

Occupational Therapy Assistant

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Lynnsey Federwisch, OTR/L

Occupational Therapist

Waco Clinic

Danielle Nors, OTD/OTL

Occupational Therapist

Waco Clinic