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To bridge the gap between Center-based therapy and the community, Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region has developed an Outreach Program bringing experienced, highly trained pediatric therapists into the environments where children live and play.
Short-term and long-term consulting and service contracts are available through schools, hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, and early intervention programs in the areas of:
Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Speech and Language Therapy
Audiology
Social Services
Assistive Technology
Specialty Clinics
The Outreach Department has developed several unique therapy programs at sites throughout DuPage County in order to fill various functional needs.
Winter 2010 Outreach Programs
Mighty Movers
Gross Motor Program for Young Children
Watch the ABC7 News Story on Mighty Movers
The Mighty Movers Physical/Occupational Therapy Program enhances gross-motor and sensory organizational skills by walking over various surfaces, climbing, jumping, and negotiating equipment. The open room setting allows interaction with other children without overwhelming young toddlers. Parent instruction on how to maximize therapeutic benefit from gross-motor and sensory play is included. More Information and Registration Forms
Aquatic Therapy
Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapies in the Pool
The physical capabilities of water to both assist and resist movement make aquatic therapy an excellent way to improve independent function. Exercise in water can be used to strengthen weak muscles, relax tight muscles and improve body awareness, coordination and respiration. Children with sensory-processing impairments experience a calming, organizing effect from exercise in the water. Children undergoing orthopedic surgery have a quicker return of movement and function when exercising with the support of water. Our newly expanded Aquatic Therapy program allows the choice of multiple sites and schedules. More Information and Registration Forms
Feelings, Friendships & Fun
A Group to Foster Social and Emotional Development
This group is an opportunity for children to engage in fun activities while focusing on social and emotional development. Social and emotional development is a key component of establishing/maintaining friendships and academic success. This group is led by a Speech-Language Pathologist and a Social Worker, with an emphasis on identification of feelings and teaching vocabulary to label these emotions. Children will also learn beginning strategies to help them handle their emotions in order to successfully interact in an activity with peers. Children will develop many skills through participation in this group including: self-confidence (ability to make friends and get along with others), identify, comprehend and verbalize feelings and constructively manage emotions are incorporated. The group provides children with strategies to initiate friendships with peers and opportunities to practice these skills during the weekly group setting. More Information and Registration Forms
B.E.E.S.S. Club
Bringing Emotions and Excitement to Social Skills
Promotes social skill development while expanding relationships with peers. This program provides an opportunity for children to engage in fun activities while focusing on social and emotional development. Social and emotional development is a key component of establishing/maintaining friendships and academic success. This program is led by Speech and Language Pathologists who emphasize learning how to engage and participate in play with peers. Children will learn basic strategies to help them handle their basic emotions in order to successfully interact in an activity with peers. Children will develop many skills through participation, including: self-confidence (ability to make friends and get along with others), body language, vocabulary choices, problem solving strategies to manage emotions, and ways to join into a group of peers with success. The program provides children with strategies to initiate and maintain friendships with peers and opportunities to practice these skills during the weekly sessions. B.E.E.S.S. Club is designed for children 5-8 years old and is held at the Easter Seals Center in Villa Park.
More Information and Registration Forms
P.A.L.S.S. Club
Practice and Learn Social Skills (PALSS) Club provides children ages 6-10 yeas old an opportunity to learn social skills and practice what they learn in a weekly session led by occupational therapists. Children learn about topics such as personal space, body talk, talking to a peer, team work, thinking of others and good sportsmanship. They are given verbal, auditory and tactile cues to help them understand social actions that they do not naturally know. Parents meet as a group with a member from the social service team to problem-solve how to incorporate PALSS Club concepts at home, school and in the community. More Information and Registraion Forms
Click Here for a PDF Packet of Winter 2010 Outreach Therapy Programs and Registration Forms
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