Through play therapy children can act out and learn how to deal with their emotions, which is useful for young children who haven't the ability to use language to express their feelings. Music therapy can be used in an educational way to learn how to begin and stop something or to make a transition from one thing to another. The content of music teaches concepts like loud and soft, and fast and slow. Children also match a sound with something they look at, which is what they do when they learn to read. Occupational therapy often is misunderstood.
People think it's how adults get back to an occupation they used to have.
It's playing, stretching and growing. Grants and tuition we receive come with all sorts of regulations and dictate those who are eligible to receive our services. Children have to meet certain criteria. It's a shame we can't provide services to prevent a disability from getting to a point where it meets that criteria. My dream is that our program and the Child Care Center are housed in one big beautiful building, allowing our children to play, grow and learn together.