Occupational Therapy Tips for Kids
Occupational Therapy Tips for Kids you can try at home Does your child have trouble with things like handwriting, zipping, buttoning or sitting up at the table? Core Strength Something MetroEHS Occupational Therapists focus on with children is core strength. Many times, children with decreased core strength have difficulty with handwriting, zipping, buttoning and sitting … Continue reading
Special Education Staffing for Schools
Lori Shaffer, Founder and President, at MetroEHS Pediatric Therapy explains the Special Education Staffing capabilities of the company and how MetroEHS service institutions around Michigan. The company can provide Speech Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, School Social Workers, School Psychologists, Special Ed Teachers for schools. The company is able to deliver services in-person (face-to-face) or … Continue reading
Social Skills CLUB
Social Skills CLUB – Conversation, Listening, & Understanding Basics! Social distancing doesn’t have to keep students from connecting with peers! MetroEHS has created an online social skills group for Elementary,Middle, and High School students in Michigan with Autism, Asperger’s, Pragmatic Language Delay, or other difficulties with social skills. The group is designed to encourage peer … Continue reading
Does Online Speech Teletherapy Work
Teletherapy, also called tele-practice or tele-speech, has become more popular during the uncertain circumstances and stay at home orders of COVID-19. Teletherapy can bring a sense of familiarity in uncertain times, as your child can have a weekly live speech therapy visit with a consistent speech language pathologist (SLP). A relationship is built, and the … Continue reading
3 Benefits of Teletherapy
3 things I’ve learned as my family and I started navigating the new present norm of a virtual world that caused me to see the benefits of virtual systems like Teletherapy. The 3 characteristics I learned are familiarity, relationships & continuity. Due to the new norm, my sophomore college age daughter had to move back … Continue reading
Teletherapy Offers Options & Opportunity
Your child has made great progress with in-person Pediatric Therapy. Then for a variety of reasons, you can’t make it to a therapy center for your child’s next face-to-face session. Teletherapy offers both options and opportunity. Teletherapy, or TelePractice, uses a HIPPA compliant and secure video platform, similar to Skype, to connect a client to … Continue reading