Therapies and Cooking in Multi-Skills II
Here are the descriptions of the several therapies offered to our students.
Cooking- Our kitchen environment gives budding chefs the opportunity to discover the significance of cooking while building self-confidence and improving math, science, reading, history, and social skills.
Pet Therapy: Helps children focus better improves literacy skills provides non-stressful, non-judgmental environment increases self-confidence, reduces self-consciousness.
Music Therapy: Is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship.
Aquatic Therapy: Is treatment provided by volunteers who use the water and specifically designed activities to achieve functional outcomes.
Speech and language: Language, both understanding what is spoken (receptive) and the ability to communicate (expressive) is an important and essential aspect of life to all people. Student’s language skills are evaluated to determine the most appropriate diagnostic prescriptive individualized program to meet his or her communication needs. Therapists and Staff are skilled in promoting language across all settings; classroom and community. The focus of the Multi-Skills II Program is to provide the “tools” so that each student may become effective communicators.
Physical Therapy- Physical therapy focuses on maximizing mobility, independence and quality of life for each individual child. This can include stretching programs, strengthening through exercises and improving balance with activities such as yoga group. It also includes addressing positioning concerns through modifications to wheelchairs, bracing and other positioning equipment.
Occupational Therapy: In OT, services are provided to students individually, either in the classroom or in the therapy room. Students are seen twice a week to address a variety of goals. Treatments focus on providing range of motion to upper extremities and opportunities to experience sensory input, developing visual, fine motor, and hand skills, and increasing upper extremity strength. In addition, students work on their ability to use school materials. Whenever possible, daily living and vocational-based tasks, such as sorting and folding laundry and filling pizza orders, are used to address the areas listed above. Equipment used in sessions includes medicine balls, various sensory mediums, pencil and paper, hole punches, and staplers.
Cooking- Our kitchen environment gives budding chefs the opportunity to discover the significance of cooking while building self-confidence and improving math, science, reading, history, and social skills.
Pet Therapy: Helps children focus better improves literacy skills provides non-stressful, non-judgmental environment increases self-confidence, reduces self-consciousness.
Music Therapy: Is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship.
Aquatic Therapy: Is treatment provided by volunteers who use the water and specifically designed activities to achieve functional outcomes.
Speech and language: Language, both understanding what is spoken (receptive) and the ability to communicate (expressive) is an important and essential aspect of life to all people. Student’s language skills are evaluated to determine the most appropriate diagnostic prescriptive individualized program to meet his or her communication needs. Therapists and Staff are skilled in promoting language across all settings; classroom and community. The focus of the Multi-Skills II Program is to provide the “tools” so that each student may become effective communicators.
Physical Therapy- Physical therapy focuses on maximizing mobility, independence and quality of life for each individual child. This can include stretching programs, strengthening through exercises and improving balance with activities such as yoga group. It also includes addressing positioning concerns through modifications to wheelchairs, bracing and other positioning equipment.
Occupational Therapy: In OT, services are provided to students individually, either in the classroom or in the therapy room. Students are seen twice a week to address a variety of goals. Treatments focus on providing range of motion to upper extremities and opportunities to experience sensory input, developing visual, fine motor, and hand skills, and increasing upper extremity strength. In addition, students work on their ability to use school materials. Whenever possible, daily living and vocational-based tasks, such as sorting and folding laundry and filling pizza orders, are used to address the areas listed above. Equipment used in sessions includes medicine balls, various sensory mediums, pencil and paper, hole punches, and staplers.