Occupational Therapy

When a parent hears that their child will need “occupational therapy” (OT), it might sound like their child needs help with “work skills.” In reality occupational therapy is focused on skills that help children do well in their daily life. Our therapists help children of all different abilities improve their self-regulation, coordination, handwriting, and even eating abilities. And you can be assured, even though we challenge the children, we never make it feel like “work.”

We draw upon extensive training in many specialty areas to target skills needed for: coordination, school readiness and performance, self-help such as feeding, dressing and grooming, safety, focus and attention, play/social interaction, eye-hand coordination, calming and regulatory behaviors and more. Families receive support to help them apply therapy techniques at home.

Individual and Group Therapy
Meeting Street’s certified Occupational Therapy staff offers individual services and group sessions on all kinds of subjects including handwriting.

If Your Child is Struggling with:

• Fine motor skills
• Handwriting skills
• Sensory Integration/regulation
• Coordination
• Feeding and swallowing

• Self-help skills
• Environmental adaptations
• Play/socialization
• Visual/perceptual therapy
• Therapeutic Listening

Our In-Depth Evaluation Identifies Practical Strategies to Use at Home (Evaluation and Therapy Goals)
Through standardized assessments, parent report, and clinical observation, we identify the difficulties your child may have and develop a thorough evaluation document that can be shared with other therapists, school teachers, special education directors, pediatricians, and others involved in your child’s life. Following the evaluation, we work with you to establish a plan of care that is designed to meet your child’s therapy goals. This plan of care is reviewed with you periodically to assess progress and keep you involved in the process.

Referral process
Our referral coordinator will ask you a series of questions designed to ensure that your child receives the appropriate type of evaluation. You will then receive a packet of information including a questionnaire. Once we receive your completed information packet, we will contact you to schedule an appointment for an evaluation. If you have received a previous evaluation by a school district or other professional, we may accept this evaluation and schedule a therapy appointment immediately.

Self referral/referral through your pediatrician
You will need to obtain a prescription from your pediatrician authorizing the evaluation and/or services unless your school district is contracting with Meeting Street to provide these services. Your pediatrician may fax the prescription to (401) 533-9102, attn: Therapeutic Services.

Referral through your school district
If your child has received a recent evaluation from your school district or another qualified professional, we may accept this evaluation and schedule a therapy appointment immediately.

Who Pays for Therapy?
Meeting Street accepts most major insurance companies and Medicaid. Most insurance companies will pay for “medically necessary” therapy, and they will usually cover the cost of the evaluation — they will then determine funding the services based on the results of the evaluation. There may be a co-pay or deductible based on your insurance. Self-pay is also accepted. For further information, please contact our office at (401) 533-9104 or submit this information request form.