Summer Programs
These programs focus on developmental skills including play and social interaction skills using a combination of Sensory Integration and Floortime techniques. A major emphasis will be placed on sensory, motor, cognitive, and speech and language development during activities designed to be fun, interactive, and challenging.
If interested in the 2023 Summer Programs please email for more details: rehabforkids@rehabdynamics.com
FM/GM/LANGUAGE/SENSORY:
Summer Fun: This group is appropriate for children who can handle being in a small group while doing fine, gross, and sensorimotor activities with others while also addressing their language skills. The activities have been designed to help with core strength, cutting, coloring, and writing skills. While working on these skills the kids will also be learning to make requests, label things and communicate their wants and needs. We will be learning to play together, share, follow directions, and use many different forms of communication with peers and adults. The goal is to first meet their sensory needs, then work to strengthen other skills that help with school success. Group size will be very limited so personal goals can be addressed.
Preschool 2 ½ -5 yrs.
Length: 8 weeks
Staff: OT/SPEECH
Class Size Limited to 6
Elementary 6-8 yrs.
Length: 8 weeks
Staff: OT/SPEECH
Class Size Limited to 6
WRITING/FM
Ready to Write: Our OT’s will address writing using a sensorimotor approach to help develop the strength and coordination for writing. Many different games and activities will be used to help the kids become more comfortable with writing. We will work on hand strengthening, pencil grip, learning or refining pre-writing strokes and forming upper case letters using strategies from the Handwriting Without Tears and Size Matters curriculums. Activities to do at home to help with learning and progress will also be provided. Group size will be very limited so personal goals can be addressed.
Ages: 4-6 yrs.
Length: 8 weeks
Staff: OT
Class Size Limited to 6
Write On!: This group is designed to address fine motor and visual-motor skills to improve handwriting using the Handwriting Without Tears and Size Matters curriculums. We will use sensorimotor, in addition to gross, fine, and visual-motor activities to help work on capital and lower-case letter formation, as well as sizing, spacing, and alignment. We want to make writing fun for both you and your child. Activities to do at home to help with learning and progress will also be provided. Group size will be very limited so personal goals can be addressed.
Ages: 7-9 yrs.
Length: 8 weeks
Staff: OT
Class Size Limited to 6
Make It/Take It: (NOTE: This class can be done In-person/or via Zoom) Want a group where your child can participate virtually? Our therapists will be putting together kits for activities to be done with the OT in person, or virtually over Zoom. The activities will work on a variety of fine motor skills, as well as following directions, and acceptance of a variety of sensory input while making a variety of crafts and projects. Group size will be very limited so personal goals may be addressed. Materials will be provided one week in advance of the group for those participating via Zoom. Participants may need someone to assist them with projects at home during the session.
Ages: Elementary School and up
Length: 8 weeks
Staff: OT
Class Size Limited to 5
GROSS MOTOR:
Ready to (Bike) Ride: Want your child to learn how to ride a bike? Join us for tips, practice, and to have some fun while learning with other kids. Our therapists will help identify the skills that need to be addressed to succeed, how to work on those skills, practice working on these, and look at options to help them succeed. Group size will be very limited so personal goals can be addressed.
Ages: 5 yrs. and up
Length: 8 weeks Staff: OT
Class Size Limited to 5
Shake it Off!: Join us to have fun stretching, strengthening, and moving to the beat. We plan to encourage movement and exercise in a fun and unique way. Classes will emphasize simple stretching and exercises, as well as timing, coordination and creative movement/dance in a small group.
Ages: 6-10 yrs.
Length: 8 weeks
Staff: OT
Class Size Limited to 6
PICKY EATERS/SENSORY ISSUES
Lunch Bunch: Want to have fun exploring and enjoying food? We have lots of ways to play, paint, and make things with food, and maybe even cook it! We will aim to take the pressure off picky eaters, and kids that are uncomfortable or sensitive about touching or smelling foods or getting messy. Through a variety of fun games and activities, we will be creating paintings and other artwork, making sculptures, pouring, mixing, and making foods for our friends and families. We may even do some science experiments too. All the activities are designed to help them get used to the smell, sight, and feel of different foods and other messy things on their hands, as well as to get more comfortable helping with food prep and serving at home. Group size will be very limited so personal goals can be addressed.
Ages: 5-8 yrs.
Length: 8 weeks
Staff: OT
Class Size Limited to 6
Daily Life Skills
Skills for Life: This group is designed to provide opportunities to improve social and functional daily living skills. The kids will have opportunities to practice social interactions with peers and staff as they learn skills such as reading recipes and preparing their own meals, gardening, and using tools (hammers, wrenches, drills, etc.) while making and finishing projects. This group is for kids that have the ability to listen and follow multiple-step tasks, read and complete basic written directions but need some help developing great independence and confidence. We hope to work together to also make some projects that we can donate or do for others in our community (ex: car wash, plants, painting and sanding, ice cream treats, etc.)
Ages: 6-10 yrs.
Length: 8 weeks
Staff: OT
Class Size Limited to 6
Ages: 11-16 yrs.
Length: 8 weeks
Staff: OT
Class Size Limited to 6