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Infant and Toddler Development

3 Months

  • Pushes up with arms on tummy

  • Holds head up in tummy time​

  • Watches objects move from side to side

  • Opens and closes fists

  • Brings hands to mouth

  • Smiles 

4-6 Months

  • Hold up head in tummy time for longer (a minimum of 2 minutes)​

  • ​Starts grabbing toys in tummy time

  • Brings hands to feet

6-12 Months

  • Sits independently

  • Rocks back and forth on hands and knees

  • Starts to crawl

12 Months

  • Crawls with reciprocal arm/leg pattern

  • Stands with support

  • Claps hands​

  • Holds cup with two hands

18 Months

  • Walks independently

  • Uses utensils with little support

  • Scribbles on paper

24 Months

  • Jumps with two feet

  • Uses utensils and drinks from a cup

  • Removes socks and shoes with little help

  • Completes a 3 piece puzzle

  • Imitate a vertical and horizontal line

Baby Reaching Mobile

Areas that can affect development:

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  • General Motor Delay​

  • ​Torticollis

  • ​Neurological Conditions

  • Genetic Disorders

  • And More

Preschool Services

3 Years

  • Uses a fingertips grasp on crayon (with 3-4 fingers)

  • Imitates a circle

  • Strings beads

  • Snips paper with scissors

  • Zips up once attached for them

  • Drinks from a cup

  • Puts socks and shoes on

  • Uses appropriate force when playing

  • Walks around a room without bumping into people or walls

  • Tolerates loud noises with a warning

  • Participates in messy play 

  • Can calm self to rest/go to sleep

  • Maintains balance when bumped into

  • Has adequate strength to play with peers

  • Propels self on a scooter board on tummy for 1 minute

  • Can catch and throw a medium sized ball

Children Playing Together

4 Years

  • Uses a tripod grasp on crayon (with 3 fingers)

  • Imitates a cross

  • Traces letters

  • Cuts a straight line with scissors

  • Zips a zipper

  • Buttons medium sized buttons

  • Gets self dressed

  • Uses appropriate force with toys, people, and pets

  • Transitions away from preferred activities with little help

  • Tolerates changes in routine with little help

  • Identifies simple feelings​

Preschool

School Aged Services (Ages 5+)

Focus Areas:

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  • Sensory Processing​

  • Emotional Regulation

  • Motor Planning

  • Bilateral Integration

  • Reflex Integration

  • Core Strength and Postural Control

  • Fine and Visual motor skills

  • Handwriting

  • And more!

Children Playing Together
School aged

Feeding

Focus Areas:

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  • Increasing Food toleration

  • Increasing the variety of foods your child will tolerate

  • Improving overall nutrition

  • Oral Motor development

  • Chewing patterns

  • Utensil Use and independent feeding

  • Cup and straw use

Kids Eating Pasta

Picky Eaters

vs.

  • Can have limited foods, but eats at least 30 different types

  • Can tolerate the food being on their plate

  • Can tolerate touching or licking a new food, even reluctantly

  • Can tolerate at least 1 food from each texture group

  • May eat a different meal than others, but will sit with others to eat

Problem Feeders

  • Tends to have less than 20 foods in their repertoire

  • May have a meltdown when introducing new foods/putting a new food on their plate

  • Struggle to tolerate touching or licking new foods

  • Refuses entire textures or food groups

  • Almost never eat what others are eating

  • May eat in a separate location or at a different time than the family

Feeding
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