We are excited to be offering  summer groups to teach these principles of self-regulation in a fun, interactive, and engaging peer setting.

The Alert Program

“How Does Your Engine Run?” As described on their website, http://alertprogram.com, “The Alert Program® is an innovative program that supports children, teachers, parents, and therapists to choose appropriate strategies to change or maintain states of alertness. “This program teaches children how to change their “Engine Levels,” as sometimes our engines are running High or Low or Just Right.

Cursive Handwriting Club

Specialized for school-aged kids needing more guidance and practice with handwriting skills.

Returning Summer Programs Include:

Print Handwriting Club

Specialized for school-aged kids needing more guidance and practice with handwriting skills.

Social Skills Group

Improves social communication and social interaction skills in small group settings with peers.

Food Explorers: Feeding Therapy

Addresses a variety of feeding concerns in a fun, social group setting.

Visit our website for further details and registration www.BPandHT.com/summer

Space is limited so please call 425-481-1933 and speak with one of our receptionists about availability.

At Bothell Pediatric and Hand Therapy, we are committed to promoting healthy lifestyles for the children and families in our communities.

Wednesday, December 5th at 6:30pm

Presented By Tatiana Gorsky, MS, OTR/L

REGISTER HERE

Come and get your hands dirty with fun games and experiments that can help your child explore and self-regulate! Come to learn about products that will make great gifts for the holidays and will promote your child’s learning! This is your opportunity as a parent to snatch up some new tricks and fun things to play at home.  Let’s put the knowledge together that we’ve learned throughout the year about self-regulation, social skills, hand strengthening, and so much more, and apply it to FUN! This parent workshop will be a hands-on learning experience with information to take home to help you decide what would be the best additional gift for your child this holiday season. Didn’t come to previous workshops? That’s okay! Come and participate in the fun and find out some of the things that you might have missed! You are an important factor in your child’s relationship with their environment; this workshop will help you help your child.

Come with questions , gain support, and be informed!

Event Details – REGISTER HERE Cost: Free  Registration Necessary Child Care: Free with early registration on a first come, first served basis. There’s limited space so sign up early!

About the Presenter:

Tatiana Gorsky, MS, OTR/L has experience working with a diverse population, including sensory processing, genetic, and neurological disorders, as well as fine motor and social skill delays. She is trained in the Alert Program and “Social Thinking.”

Why Occupational Therapy?

• Occupational Therapists help people throughout their lives participate in the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of everyday activities (occupations)
• Occupational therapy practitioners are trained in the STRUCTURE & FUNCTION of the human body and the EFFECTS of illness and injury.
• They also can determine how the components of the workplace can facilitate a healthy and efficient environment or one that could cause injury or illness.
• This includes skilled task analysis of the body in action at work.

What Can An Occupational Therapist Do?

• Identify and eliminate accident and injury risk factors in the workplace, such as actions associated with:

* Repetition

* Force

* Fixed or awkward postures

* Poorly designed tool handles

* Heavy loads

* Distance

* Vibration

* Noise

* Extreme temperatures

* Poor lighting

* Psychosocial and other occupational stresses.

• Analyze job functions and job descriptions based on job tasks.
• Design pre-hire screenings to determine a candidate’s suitability to a particular job.
• Provide education and training on injury prevention, workplace health and safety regulations, and managing job-related stress.
• Determine reasonable accommodations and worksite accessibility that is in compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act.
• Modify tools and equipment so that they do not enable injury or illness.
• Recommend changes employers can take to minimize injury and accident risk factors.

Common Diagnoses that come to us too late for Prevention Needing Therapeutic Attention:

* Carpal Tunnel: wrist median nerve impingement

* DeQuervain’s: thumb extension, first dorsal compartment

* Cubital Tunnel: ulnar nerve impingement

* Tennis Elbow: lateral epicondylitis

* Golfer’s Elbow: medial epicondylitis

* Tendonitis: (‘mixed bag’)

* Neuritis: fascial restrictions and ‘double-crush’

Skilled hand therapy intervention is often warranted after severe traumatic injury or post-surgery. Hand therapists also work with people to prevent work-related injuries and help those with minor overuse work related injuries before they become a bigger problem. Then contact us for a free consultation Call 425-481-1933!

BPHT’s physical therapists from left to right: Janine Huang DPT, Margaret Bell DPT, Heidi Lee PT

Mobility is a key ingredient to remaining active and independent throughout our lives.  Every October is National Physical Therapy Month, a celebration held every October by the American  Physical Therapy Association (APTA) to raise awareness of and recognize the important roles that physical therapists (PTs) and physical therapy assistants play in people’s lives.

At BPHT, we celebrate the talents and expertise of our Pediatric PTs all month long. This is our unique    opportunity to highlight the fact that we are your trusted experts in developing, restoring and improving mobility in the lives of children. We are your specialists in treating various disabilities from developmental delays and genetic disorders to torticollis and neuromuscular disorders, and we can improve quality of life.

Celebrate with us! Look for the Blue Feet highlighting patient success  stories or share your personal success story; you can submit them by e-mail to KaitlinM@BPandHT.com or at our front desk. Check out Facebook for daily tips and facts from our PTs. 

Do you know how aquatic therapy can help children? No? Then don’t forget to attend Ask the Expert: How to Make Moving Fun for Kids on October 29th! Meet two of our PTs and learn about our Aquatic Therapy program and how to create fun exercises you can use at home to keep children engaged while strengthening their bodies.

At BPHT, our goal is to develop, improve and restore motion in the lives of children.  As you make the important decisions about health care for you and your family, remember the important role that physical therapists play.

Thank you so much for the splint. It is amazing. The one-size-fits-all kind I got from the doctor didn’t work at all.  It was itchy and made my wrist hurt more. The one you made to fit me was so comfortable that I was able to wear it.  When my swelling went down it was nice to be able to get it reshaped to fit the size of my hand and arm as well. It is so lightweight too that sometimes it didn’t even feel like I was wearing one.  Again, thank you so much for having the ability to do this, it is making my recovery so much easier.

Thanks, Tammy Fassett

We are in the process of transitioning our software to Electronic Medical Records.  Thank you for your patience while we go through this transition.  We are endeavoring to improve services.

Your care is of the utmost importance and we are excited to offer this technology to better serve you!

                Beginning to work on dealing with anxieties is first learning about what it means.  As we learn through one of our children’s activity books “Keeping Calm,” by Kim Gallo and Julie Anneberg, sometimes things scare us, make us worry or mad, and in those moments we get anxious and we freak out.  Children then get to work through the stories of friends, like the monkey Zeebu, when they are freaking out, and then your child gets to help Zeebu and his friends make choices of how to get calm.  Once an idea is introduced and identified, the next step is to be able to identify the anxiety in your own life.   This is a good time where parents can help a therapist by identifying a specific time in the week where there was a breakdown or a tantrum.  Since our kids are not equipped to identify anxiety on their own, they have a hard time identifying or remembering moments when their emotions were running a little higher than expected.  Because they cannot identify it, they are unaware of it. 

                Dr. Tony Attwood has also created a program for children and adolescents to help work through and mange anxiety.  He first begins with identifying and noticing what makes the child calm, happy, content, and feeling safe.  Afterwards the exploration begins on what kinds of things bring out opposite feelings, such as anxiety, worry, and fright.  Some items may be being teased, thunderstorms, looking stupid, parents arguing, or hospitals.  The children then have a chance to rate situations on a scale 1 – 10, identify poisonous thoughts (I’m not good at homework) and antidote thoughts (I will be better next time), and create a tool box of calm down strategies. 

                Children learn as they get older that everyone experiences high states of emotions and even anxiety at times.  Who hasn’t felt some level of anxiety when taking that final, getting pulled over for speeding, introducing your significant other to your parents, or presenting in front a room full of people? Everyone has their own story but it is important to teach our children to work through their story and understand that they can have some sort of control. Our children’s difficulties arise when they are overcome by their emotions and have for tools on calming down to make life seem okay again.

When:                      Saturday, September 8^th

Time:                      All Day: 7:00am – 1:00pm

Where:                    Memorial Stadium at The Seattle Center Need Directions? Click here for a map.

Event Description:                          

The Puget Sound Walk Now for Autism Speaks Event generates vital funds for autism research and also raises awareness about the increasing prevalence of autism and the need for increased research funding to combat this complex disorder. 

There will be bouncy houses, kids’ activities, a Resource Fair and much, much more! BPHT will have a booth at the Resource Fair. 

Description
An expert in sensory integration therapy, Christopher Goodman OTR/L, will be discussing Sensory Processing Theory. This presentation will be an introduction to sensory processing theory and how difficulties might contribute to fears, tantrums, and other inappropriate behaviors.  You will learn sensory strategies to help calm, regulate and better organize your child’s day.

Chris has been a practicing Occupational Therapist working with children for the past 12 years.  He specializes in understanding sensory processing dysfunction. You are an important factor in your child’s relationship with their environment; this workshop will help you, help your child. Come and ask questions, gain support, and be informed!

Date: Monday, September 24th

Time: 6:30-8:00pm

Child Care: Provided free with early registration on a first come, first served basis. 

R.S.V.P:

• CLICK HERE to Register
• Event Page