Fairfax Pediatric Therapy

Fairfax Pediatric Therapy Support your child’s abilities and make them thrive! We are a pediatric clinic providing occupational therapy, speech therapy, and music therapy.

🌟 Clinic Life & Community: Client Spotlight 🌟🛠️ Today, one of our clients built a robot by following a step-by-step inst...
08/20/2026

🌟 Clinic Life & Community: Client Spotlight 🌟

🛠️ Today, one of our clients built a robot by following a step-by-step instruction guide, then challenged himself to design one of his own.

Activities like this are a fun way to work on executive functioning skills, including planning, sequencing, sustained attention, and problem-solving. They also encourage flexible thinking when something doesn't fit quite right the first time.

It was wonderful to see how much more independently he approached today's project. Every challenge became an opportunity to think, adjust, and keep going—and that's exactly where meaningful learning happens. 🤖💙

Parent Tip Tuesday!! 🏫 Helping children cope with transitions and new school routinesStarting a new routine in a new env...
08/18/2026

Parent Tip Tuesday!! 🏫 Helping children cope with transitions and new school routines

Starting a new routine in a new environment can be stressful for children. Here are some emotional regulation tips to help children feel safe, organized, and ready for what's next!

👀 Make It Visual
Use pictures or a checklist to show what's coming next.

🕙 Start Routine in Advance
Don't wait until school starts to begin the routine! Start waking up early and working out morning routine before the first day of school.

🏫 Check Out School
Meet the teacher and see the classroom before the first day.

⏰ Give a Heads-Up
“5 more minutes, then it's time for shoes!”

💪 Move Before You Transition
Jump, stretch, push, pull, or carry something

If you have concerns about your child’s emotional regulation or ability to navigate daily routines and transitions, contact us to schedule an evaluation with one of our Occupational Therapists! 💛

Communication Milestones Monday: 7–9 Months 💙Did you know that around 7–9 months, babies begin understanding more of wha...
08/17/2026

Communication Milestones Monday: 7–9 Months 💙

Did you know that around 7–9 months, babies begin understanding more of what they hear and become more intentional communicators?

During this stage, many babies begin to:
✨ Respond to their name
✨ Look toward familiar people or objects when they are named
✨ Look for loved ones when they are upset or distressed
✨ Use gestures, such as reaching to be picked up
✨ Babble in longer strings of sounds, like “mamama” or “babababa”
✨ Push objects away when they’re not interested in them

This is often when communication starts to feel much more interactive! Understanding these milestones can help you celebrate your baby's progress and recognize when additional support may be helpful.

If you have questions about your child's speech or language development, our speech therapists at Fairfax Pediatric Therapy are here to help!

💙 Which new communication skill has your little one started doing recently? We'd love to hear in the comments!

🌟 Clinic Life & Community: Client Spotlight 🌟Today was a milestone worth celebrating! 🎉For the very first time, our clie...
08/13/2026

🌟 Clinic Life & Community: Client Spotlight 🌟

Today was a milestone worth celebrating! 🎉

For the very first time, our client climbed all the way to the top of the rock wall completely independently!

His journey has been incredible to watch. When he first started, he had limited body awareness and found it challenging to coordinate the strength and movements needed for climbing. With determination, consistent hard work, and lots of practice, he progressed from needing assistance to confidently reaching the top all on his own.

💙 We couldn't be prouder of his perseverance and everything he's accomplished.

Tuesday Tip: Reading Builds Language! 📚One of the best ways to support your child's language development is by reading t...
08/11/2026

Tuesday Tip: Reading Builds Language! 📚

One of the best ways to support your child's language development is by reading together every day! While choosing engaging books is helpful, it's not about finding the "perfect" book—it's about how you interact with the book.

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) recommends making reading an interactive experience by:
-Talking about the pictures
-Asking simple questions
-Pointing to and naming objects
-Following the words with your finger
-Encouraging your child to turn the pages
-Repeating favorite phrases
-Letting your child help tell the story

💡 Try this next time you're at the library: Set out 5 board books in front of your child and see which ones they naturally gravitate toward. Following their interests helps make reading fun and engaging!

Here are some of our favorite books by age:

👶 Toddlers
-The Pout-Pout Fish series
-Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
-Little Blue Truck series
-Peek-a-Who?
-Noisy books
-Dear Zoo
-Goodnight Gorilla
-Books that name everyday objects
-Where's Spot?

🎒 Kindergarten & Elementary
-Caps for Sale
-The Mitten
-The Snowy Day
-The Gruffalo
-The Rainbow Fish
-If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
-The Cat in the Hat
-Where the Wild Things Are
-Duck & Goose series
-Llama Llama series

Comment below your child's favorite book!

👶 Communication Milestones Monday! 4-6 Months Did you know that by 4–6 months, babies become much more social and intera...
08/10/2026

👶 Communication Milestones Monday! 4-6 Months

Did you know that by 4–6 months, babies become much more social and interactive through communication?

During this stage, many babies begin to:
✅ Follow objects with their eyes
✅ Laugh and giggle
✅ Babble using sounds with a consonant and a vowel, like "ba," "da," “um”, or "ga"
✅ Responds to facial expressions
✅ Blow raspberries

These playful sound combinations are an important step toward saying real words.

If you have questions about your child's speech or language development, our speech therapists at Fairfax Pediatric Therapy are here to help!

💙 Which new communication skill has your little one started doing recently? We'd love to hear in the comments!

Speech therapy is not only for children who are late talkers. It also supports kids with stuttering, articulation challe...
08/05/2026

Speech therapy is not only for children who are late talkers. It also supports kids with stuttering, articulation challenges, fluency differences, and language comprehension. Therapists work with children across a wide range of communication needs, using play-based approaches that feel natural and engaging rather than clinical.

Did you know that sensory integration refers to the way the brain organizes information received through the senses? Whe...
08/05/2026

Did you know that sensory integration refers to the way the brain organizes information received through the senses? When this process works smoothly, children can focus, move comfortably, and respond to their environment with ease. Understanding sensory processing is a meaningful first step for many families navigating developmental differences.

💡 Welcome to our new weekly series, Parent Tips Tuesday!Today, we're sharing a few simple, everyday ways to encourage yo...
08/04/2026

💡 Welcome to our new weekly series, Parent Tips Tuesday!

Today, we're sharing a few simple, everyday ways to encourage your baby's communication development during the first year of life.

1) Talk throughout your day. Narrate everyday activities like diaper changes, bath time, meals, or walks. Hearing language helps build your baby's understanding of words.

2) Respond to your baby's sounds. Smile, make eye contact, and imitate their coos and babbles. These back-and-forth "conversations" help teach the foundations of communication.

3) Play interactive games. Peek-a-boo, pat-a-cake, waving bye-bye, and blowing kisses all help babies learn turn-taking, gestures, and social communication.

4) Read, sing, and tell stories every day.

5) Speak the language(s) you use at home. Talking, reading, and singing in the language(s) you're most comfortable using supports your baby's language development.

These tips are adapted from recommendations by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

Comment below ways you promote language growth and communication with your child!

Fine motor skills are the small movements that make a big difference. Turning pages, fastening buttons, using scissors, ...
08/03/2026

Fine motor skills are the small movements that make a big difference. Turning pages, fastening buttons, using scissors, and gripping a crayon all depend on the coordination of tiny muscles in the hands and fingers. These abilities develop gradually and form the foundation for many academic and self-care tasks children face every day.

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