Contact Me:
As your child's physical therapist I value your input and encourage communication between home and school. If you have questions regarding your child's therapy program, home suggestions, or concerns regarding his/her motor functioning, please contact me. Updates from your child's doctor visits will assist us in considering medical status to develop optimal intervention. I greatly appreciate feedback regarding suggested motor activities for home - what works and what doesn't - so that home programming may be modified to best meet the needs of your child as well as your family. If you would like to review suggestions for carryover of activities at home and/or further instruction for exercises or use of adaptive equipment (such as walkers, crutches, braces, adaptive positioning devices), and would like to meet with me or observe your child's therapy session, you may contact me to set up an appointment.
The best way for parents to reach me is via school email: [email protected], especially since I am at multiple schools during the week. I check my email regularly as possible throughout the school day as well as at home in the evenings, weekends, and school vacations. You may also call me at Burgess and leave a voice mail message at 508-347-7041 EXT 3111.
The best way for parents to reach me is via school email: [email protected], especially since I am at multiple schools during the week. I check my email regularly as possible throughout the school day as well as at home in the evenings, weekends, and school vacations. You may also call me at Burgess and leave a voice mail message at 508-347-7041 EXT 3111.
FAQs:
Q: What should my child wear on therapy days?
A: Clothing that allow students to be active participants at school will likewise allow students to engage in activities during therapy. Generally, your child can wear whatever he/she typically wears for school, as therapy supports your child's school participation and performance. If your daughter likes to wear skirts or dresses to school, it would help if she wore lightweight shorts under them to allow her to be more active - this is particularly helpful for younger students (preschool through 3rd grade) who still spend time on the floor in the classroom for instruction and/or motor activities. In the winter when students wear boots, it is important for them to bring shoes/sneakers to school to change into so that they may be active and move indoors about the school and classrooms better. Some people find it helpful to keep an extra pair of shoes/sneakers at school, as students also need sneakers to participate in the gym for physical education classes.
Q: Does my child always go to the therapy room for therapy?
A: Depending upon your child's needs, he/she may also work with therapists in the classrooms, gym, playground/outdoor areas, cafeteria, and on the stairs. In special cases as needed, the therapist may also accompany classes on field trips to assist students' participation.
Q: What does my child do in therapy?
A: Your child's therapy program addresses his/her specific needs. For students that receive therapy in the therapy room, a typical session may consist of specific therapeutic exercises and activities designed to improve areas such as strength, flexibility, endurance, balance and coordination. Most sessions end with "adventures" or games, which incorporate target areas in fun activities. Students may also work on the stairs, in the cafeteria, in hallways, the playground, or other areas of the school to work on carryover of skills and strategies, transitions, and navigation of the school environment. We try to make sessions as enjoyable and as meaningful as possible for the student to motivate and encourage carryover of skills into their daily lives.
A: Clothing that allow students to be active participants at school will likewise allow students to engage in activities during therapy. Generally, your child can wear whatever he/she typically wears for school, as therapy supports your child's school participation and performance. If your daughter likes to wear skirts or dresses to school, it would help if she wore lightweight shorts under them to allow her to be more active - this is particularly helpful for younger students (preschool through 3rd grade) who still spend time on the floor in the classroom for instruction and/or motor activities. In the winter when students wear boots, it is important for them to bring shoes/sneakers to school to change into so that they may be active and move indoors about the school and classrooms better. Some people find it helpful to keep an extra pair of shoes/sneakers at school, as students also need sneakers to participate in the gym for physical education classes.
Q: Does my child always go to the therapy room for therapy?
A: Depending upon your child's needs, he/she may also work with therapists in the classrooms, gym, playground/outdoor areas, cafeteria, and on the stairs. In special cases as needed, the therapist may also accompany classes on field trips to assist students' participation.
Q: What does my child do in therapy?
A: Your child's therapy program addresses his/her specific needs. For students that receive therapy in the therapy room, a typical session may consist of specific therapeutic exercises and activities designed to improve areas such as strength, flexibility, endurance, balance and coordination. Most sessions end with "adventures" or games, which incorporate target areas in fun activities. Students may also work on the stairs, in the cafeteria, in hallways, the playground, or other areas of the school to work on carryover of skills and strategies, transitions, and navigation of the school environment. We try to make sessions as enjoyable and as meaningful as possible for the student to motivate and encourage carryover of skills into their daily lives.