Pediatric Rehabilitation

Pediatric Rehabilitation at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System is provided by a multidisciplinary team of experienced therapists who specialize in evaluation and treatment of individuals from birth to 21 years old. Our team consists of occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech-language pathologists with advanced pediatric training.

Occupational Therapy Goals

• Promote sensory processing and calming. 
• Enhance visual motor and visual perceptual skills. 
• Facilitate age-appropriate fine motor control and coordination.
• Improve pre-writing and handwriting skills.
• Promote age-appropriate self-care skills including dressing, bathing, grooming, feeding and toileting.
• Enhance age-appropriate daily living skills, including buttoning, shoe tying, teeth brushing, simple meal prep, etc.
• Train and educate in use of adaptive equipment (devices used to assist with everyday life).
• Recommend, modify, or fabricate upper extremity splints as appropriate.
• Recommend or adapt tasks, toys, or other items for maximum use.
• Facilitate appropriate peer interactions.

Physical Therapy Goals

• Improve muscle strength and joint range of motion.
• Improve balance and coordination to increase independent movement.
• Promote proper body alignment for improved posture.
• Development of age-appropriate gross motor skills.
• Provide gait training for stable walking motion.
• Facilitate the development of reflexes in infants.
• Provide neuromuscular re-education, range of motion and strength training for lower extremities.
• Assess, train, and educate patients for orthotics, prosthetics, and adaptive equipment.

Speech-Language Pathology Goals

• Facilitate receptive, expressive, and pragmatic language skill development.
• Improve articulation and phonological deficits.
• Enhance voice and fluency functions of speech.
• Facilitate improved cognition.
• Treat auditory processing and hearing impairments.
• Create alternative forms of communication.
• Provide comprehensive feeding and swallowing evaluation and treatment.
• Address oral motor and oral sensory deficits.