CTS Services   Coastal Therapy Services provides Occupational, Physical, and Speech Therapy services to children who have or are at risk for developmental delays or disabilities. Our practitioners, as part of the multidisciplinary team, provide services to children and their families in a variety of settings through early intervention programs, our two out-patient clinics, child care settings, schools, and at home.   Below are some of the services we offer:   Occupational Therapy Feeding Skills Fine Motor Skills Handwriting Skills Self Care Skills Sensory Integration Therapy Visual-Motor Development Physical Therapy Balance and Coordination Craniosacral Therapy Myofascial Release Neurodevelopmental Treatment Orthotics Therapeutic Massage   Speech Therapy Articulation and Language Assistive Technology Auditory Processing Auditory-Verbal Based Speech Fluency Motor Speech Disorders Oral Motor Development Social Relationship Development   Specialty and Group Services Aquatic Therapy Baby Sign Language Fit Kids Program Handwriting Camps Picky Eaters Groups Social Skills and Pragmatics Therapeutic Horseback Riding Therapeutic Listening Yoga   Who are Occupational Therapists? Occupational therapists are concerned with a child’s ability to participate in Who are Occupational Therapists? Occupational therapists (OTs) are skilled professionals who are concerned with an individual's ability to participate in daily life activities or “occupations.”  Occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants use their unique expertise to help infants, children, adults, or older adults with physical, social-emotional, cognitive, communication, and adaptive behavior challenges. Occupational therapists design interventions that promote healthy development, establish needed skills, and/or modify environments to support participation in daily activities.  Through an understanding of the impact of disability, illness, and impairment on living skills and overall occupational performance.  Occupational therapy practitioners also play a key role in educating parents, caregivers and program staff about child development, and they provide information about disability and diverse learning needs. --Paraphrased from the American Occupational Therapy Association website   Who are Physical Therapists? Physical therapists (PTs) are health care professionals who diagnose and treat individuals of all ages, from newborns to the very oldest, who have medical problems or other health-related conditions that limit their abilities to move and perform functional activities in their daily lives.  PTs examine each individual and develop a plan using treatment techniques to promote the ability to move, reduce pain, restore function, and prevent disability. In addition, PTs work with individuals to prevent the loss of mobility before it occurs by developing fitness- and wellness-oriented programs for healthier and more active lifestyles.   Physical therapists provide care for people in a variety of settings, including hospitals, private practices, outpatient clinics, home health agencies, schools, sports and fitness facilities, work settings, and nursing homes. --Excerpt from the American Physical Therapy Association website   Who are Speech Therapists?    Working with the full range of human communication and its disorders, speech therapists/speech-language pathologists: Evaluate and diagnose speech, language, cognitive-communication and swallowing disorders. Treat speech, language, cognitive-communication and swallowing disorders in individuals of all ages, from infants to the elderly.   The practice and work of speech-language pathologists may take place in various settings:  Public and private schools, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, short-term and long-term nursing care facilities, community clinics, colleges and universities, private practice offices, state and local health departments, state and federal government agencies, home health agencies (home care), adult day care centers, centers for persons with developmental disabilities, research laboratories. --Excerpt from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association website