Written by Katie Gray, OTR/L Combining traditional therapy strategies with Therapeutic Listening can increase the rate at which changes take place. What is Therapeutic Listening? Therapeutic listening is a sound-based intervention that was developed to support people of all ages who experience difficulties with sensory processing. It provides stimulation to the auditory system through the […]
Therapeutic Gardening Activities for Your Senses
Written by Gabrielle Burns, OTR/L, Early Intervention Manager at CORA Physical Therapy Gardening is an excellent activity for kids of any age. Through gardening children work on gross motor skills (shoveling dirt, using a watering can), fine motor skills (planting seeds, picking flowers), sensory processing (messy play, smelling different scents), cognitive skills (counting, journaling), visual […]
Early Intervention Makes Growing Up Easier
Written by Brittany Edwards, OTR/L, Pediatric Occupational Therapist at CORA Roanoke Early Intervention (EI) is a program for children ages birth to three with developmental delays or medical conditions that may delay typical development. The program uses a family-coaching model and takes place in the child’s natural environment, which is most often the family’s home. […]
Are You Going to Be MY Therapist?
Occupational therapy is a type of care that helps you live better across a lifetime of care. During OT Month, CORA Physical Therapy is celebrating its incredible human impact. Take a quick inventory of your physical abilities. Is there anything that you’d like to do better, or feel better about while doing? Perhaps something that […]
OT Finds Strength in Serving Individuals with Autism
Individuals with Autism have a myriad of strengths. They frequently attend to details that others miss, have excellent memory skills, think linearly and logically, communicate honestly, and are experts on preferred subjects. Occupational therapists, as strength-based practitioners, harness and enhance an individual’s abilities in order to remove barriers to participation in life’s occupations. Occupational therapists […]
Occupational Therapy Month at CORA: Passion, Purpose, Possibility
During the month of April, we’re celebrating occupational therapy, our therapists at CORA Physical Therapy, and the incredible benefits it can have for you or someone you love. Happy National Occupational Therapy Month! There are many reasons why the U.S. News and World Report consistently ranks occupational therapists near the top of its “Best Jobs” […]
