Services
Individualized Pediatric Occupational Therapy Services
At Forget Me Not OT LLC, we strive to provide individualized in-clinic and in-community occupational therapy services to children and families in the South Central region of Alaska and via teletherapy to children and their families who live in rural areas.
Clinic
Our clinic features a spacious lobby equipped with toys for families and siblings. Our sensory gym is equipped with a wide range of swings, gym equipment, stimulating games, and related gross motor activities. We also have a spacious area to complete visual-motor and perceptual activities, fine motor activities, stimulating games, arts and crafts, ADLs, and much more. Our primary objective is to offer a secure and enjoyable atmosphere for children to enhance their executive functioning, sensory processing, self-regulation, and motor abilities.
Community
We see clients in the community every week. Some common locations include swimming pools, libraries, grocery stores, gyms, climbing gyms, trampoline parks, parks, preschools, and ski areas. We have also met families at restaurants for feeding therapy, bowling alleys, the museum, ice skating, the zoo, birding, and more! We teach children how to ride bikes every summer and ski in the winter. We also work with clients in high school and older to navigate around the community, complete pre-employment opportunities, go grocery shopping, and learn other important independent living, pre-employment, and community participation skills to promote a successful high school transition.
Teletherapy
Teletherapy is a convenient and effective way to receive occupational therapy services from within the home environment. This is a great way to provide support during routine tasks such as nighttime routines, meals, and play. This is also a great option if there are transportation concerns, bad weather, or for children and families in rural areas.
Areas of Expertise
Here are just some of the areas in which we support children and their families. We also provide support with executive functioning and more! Click the Contact Us button or fill out the box below to ask us more about what we can do for your child and your family!
Sensory Processing
Sensory processing is the way our nervous system receives and interprets information from our environment. We work with a variety of children and families regarding sensory processing concerns such as feeding concerns, difficulty wearing clothing and/or tolerating certain fabrics, constantly seeking deep pressure, motion sickness, difficulty with motor planning, difficulty understanding where the body is in space, limited tolerance for new sensory experiences, and many more.
Emotional Regulation/
Behavior Management
We support many children and families with emotional regulation and behavior management. This includes teaching the children we work with to identify, develop, and effectively utilize positive coping skills, as well as supporting children with developing techniques to be able to recognize when they are feeling certain emotions. We also collaborate with families to develop strategies to use at home.
Activities of Daily Living
Activities of daily living (ADLs) include basic self-care tasks such as bathing, dressing, and grooming, and more complex ADLs such as budgeting, problem-solving, sequencing, doing chores, cooking, and any other daily activities that fill someone's time. We work with children of all ages and their families to promote increased skills and independence with ADLs that may be challenging. This also includes high school transition and developing independent living and pre-employment skills.
Motor Skills
We provide support for developing and refining visual-motor, fine motor, and bilateral motor coordination skills. Visual-motor skills are used for activities such as handwriting, catching/throwing/dribbling a ball, and cutting paper. Fine motor activities include tying shoes, demonstrating an increasingly mature handwriting grasp, playing cards, and doing legos. Bilateral motor coordination skills include riding a bike, playing sports, skiing, rock climbing, and activities requiring more complex motor planning, balance, etc.