About Us
Our Mission
School Therapy Specialists
Our Mission
To provide school based Occupational, Physical, and Speech Therapy services to create supportive learning environments for all students in which they can succeed both at home and at school. Identify the components that may be limiting a student's ability to access the curriculum, school routines, participate socially, and play.
Services
School Therapy Specialists
Our Mission
Occupational, Physical and Speech Therapy services may include but are not limited to:
- Evaluation to identify strengths and areas of need
- Consultation with other team members and educators in the development of an IEP or 504 plan
- Development for specific skills needed to participate in a school environment
- Modifications/ adaptations of classroom materials or the learning environment
School Therapy Specialists
School Therapy Specialists
School Therapy Specialists
Thera Fit has been providing school based therapy services to school systems in the state of Missouri since 2004. Our team has 107 combined years of experience, helping hundreds of kids each school year. Our staff collaborates with educators, parents, guardians, and other school professionals to problem solve and support each student individually.
Different Types of Therapy
Occupational Therapy
OT works to improve the areas of fine motor, visual motor, visual perception, self-care, eye-hand coordination, and sensory processing to improve function for participation with daily activities. Occupational therapists assist children in developing their strength, coordination, sensory processing, visual processing, and physical/motor skills to function at their highest level. Environmental adaptations and/or compensatory strategies are implemented as needed to improve a child's level of independence.
Learn more about school based OT.
Occupational Therapy in a school setting may include:
- Fine motor testing and treatment
- Grasp/prehension and in-hand manipulation skill development
- Visual motor and perceptual skill testing and treatment
- Handwriting remediation and keyboarding skills
- Reflex integration
- Sensory processing assessment and treatment
- Upper body strength and coordination
- Self-care skills: feeding, dressing, grooming, and hygiene
Physical Therapy
Physical therapy works to improve the areas of gross motor, strength, endurance, range of motion, mobility, and balance for safety, transfers, locomotion, and participation in play. When necessary, physical therapists make recommendations for types of braces, walkers, seating and positioning, wheel chairs, and other mobility devices to assist the child to function at their highest level of safety and independence.
Learn more about school based PT.
Physical Therapy in a school setting may include:
- Gross motor testing and treatment
- Pre-gait and gait training
- Mobility and locomotion assessment and treatment
- Strength, endurance, and range of motion
- Coordination and motor planning
- Ball skills
- Balance and postural control
- Seating and positioning
- Reflex integration to improve gross motor skills
- Environmental adaptations when necessary
Speech Language Pathology
Speech Therapy works to improve communication for literacy and learning for success in the classroom. Speech Therapists assist children with language disabilities, voice impairments, stuttering, articulation, and swallowing. They address language disabilities, voice impairments, stuttering , articulation and swallowing impairments. Speech therapists also work with children that are hearing impaired or have cleft palates to produce words for clearer communication. Through speech therapy, children can understand more material in class.
Learn more about school based Speech Therapy.
Speech Therapy in a school setting may include:
- Articulation skills and speech intelligibility
- Receptive language
- Expressive language
- Speech fluency and stuttering
- Voice disorders and resonance
- Cognitive-communication skills
- Social/pragmatic language
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Feeding or swallowing issues