My mom (a pediatric nurse practitioner) describes occupational therapy as tricking kids into doing work through play.
Pediatric occupational therapists are truly magical human beings who can help children with almost any practical problems in their daily lives.
If a patient struggles with handwriting, an OT can work on fine motor skills with them. For a patient with limited physical mobility, an OT could help the patient learn how to bathe and dress themselves. For a child with a sensory disorder, an OT can help them learn self-regulation skills. The possibilities are endless!
My oldest child did OT for six months as a preschooler to help with self-regulation, proprioception, and fine motor skills. He loved OT because he got to bound around the therapy gym, swinging on swings, balancing on stepping stones, and coloring. Of all the therapies he did (and we did lots!), OT was definitely the most fun!
If your child could benefit from OT, give these Albuquerque occupational therapists a call.
ABA Pathways
At ABA Pathways, occupational therapy for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder involves play therapy, functional living skills (such as brushing teeth, getting dressed, cooking), fine motor development, social engagement, sensory integration-based therapies, and feeding development, to name a few.
Climbing Tree Therapy
Climbing Tree is a provider of pediatric occupational, physical, and speech therapy services. Their mission is to help patients reach their full potential and the highest level of function in the places they live, work, learn, and play.
ExplorAbilities
ExplorAbilities provides rehabilitative physical, orthopedic & sports, occupational, and speech therapies to children of all ages and has added counseling and telehealth options.
Functional Playground Therapies
Serving kids across New Mexico, Functional Playground Therapies’ pediatric specialists provide personalized occupational, speech, and physical therapy designed to support each child’s unique strengths and challenges. They also host occasional fun events, like an inclusive skate session at Skate-O-Mania!
High Desert Family Services
High Desert pledges an occupational therapy program that provides a sensory-rich, holistic, client-centered, multi-disciplinary approach to meet the needs of its clients.
Indigo Therapy Services
Indigo Therapy Services offers occupational, speech, and feeding therapy to children. They specialize in helping children who have sensory processing issues, social, emotional, and self-care issues, language and articulation issues, and/or fine and gross motor delays.
KidPower Therapy Associates
Centrally located off the Pan American Freeway, KidPower offers specialized, sensory integration–based pediatric occupational, physical, and speech-language therapies.
Sandia Sunrise Therapy
Sandia Sunrise Therapy provides quality, compassionate, and comprehensive care through an inter-disciplinary and family-centered approach. Utilizing evidence-based practices, they strive to enhance quality of life and participation in everyday life activities. All patients are provided with an individualized plan of care to promote growth, development, and learning.
We Need to Talk and More! LLC
We Need to Talk and More! LLC is committed to providing quality pediatric occupational, speech, and language therapy services. They provide clinic, home, teletherapy, and community-based services.
Juntos Therapy Services
Juntos Therapy Services, LLC is an outpatient speech, physical, and occupational therapy clinic for infants and young adults from birth to 21 years of age.
Skyline Therapy Services
Based in Edgewood, Skyline offers pediatric occupational, physical, and speech-language therapy services.
Southwest Integrated Behavioral Health
SWIBH’s occupational therapy approaches include neurokinesthetic approaches, sensory and motor, to strengthen and fine-tune motor skills.
Are we missing any Albuquerque occupational therapists on this list? If so, send us an email at [email protected].
