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The Therapy SP/OT A Pediatric Speech and Occupational Therapy Clinic

11/06/2026

Yesterday was The Therapy SP/Ot’s 8️⃣th Birthday!!! 🎉🎂🥳

Cannot believe it has been eight years of fun, play, learning, growing, and silly antics! We are so grateful to be a support to our community and have such fulfilling work with a fantastic like-minded staff.

Thank you for celebrating with us! Cheers to #8! 💜💚

Chaining: Building Strong Spelling & Phonological Awareness Skills!Word chaining can be apowerful way to support both sp...
10/14/2026

Chaining: Building Strong Spelling & Phonological Awareness Skills!
Word chaining can be apowerful way to support both spelling patterns AND phonological/phonemic awareness? 🧠✨
With chaining, we make one small soundor spelling change at a time to transform one word into another.
For example:
Chin → shin → ship → chip → chop
As children move through the chain, they practice:
👂 Hearing and identifying individual phonemes
👄 Segmenting and blending sounds
🔤 Connecting sounds to letters and spelling patterns
✏️ Noticing how one sound/letter change can change a word
🧠 Strengthening phonemic awareness while applying it to spelling
Chaining is especially helpful because it encourages children to think about the sounds in words, rather than simply memorizing spellings.
It’s a simple activity that can pack a LOT of language and literacy practice into a few minutes!

10/08/2026

Fun with character friends! Preschoolers in our Play & Language group are learning about descriptive vocabulary, matching skills, and visual scanning with this puzzle scavenger hunt.

Preschool Play & Language Group meets weekly on Thursdays and provides a language-rich environment to strategically support peer interaction skills and social communication. Each week’s activities are centered around a theme which guides vocabulary discussion, songs, stories, sensory exploration, crafts, gross motor movement, building peer relationships, and so much more!

Game on! How can we make breathwork a fun and engaging activity for our kiddos? Give Puff Ball Soccer a try!Breathwork i...
10/05/2026

Game on! How can we make breathwork a fun and engaging activity for our kiddos? Give Puff Ball Soccer a try!

Breathwork is a calming tool often used in Occupational Therapy sessions to encourage building emotional regulation skills and improving the connection between the mind and body.

Lying prone (on the stomach) encourages the engagement of the trunk muscles to keep the head upright during an activity. It also can improve shoulder strength, supporting the development of fine motor and visual motor skills.

Engaging in breathwork activities while lying prone can be regulating for the following reasons:
- Creates a stable base for the diaphragm to contract against, improving breath pressure and control
- Encourages deep diaphragmatic (belly) breathing rather than shallow chest breathing
- Gives your body sensory feedback, making it easier to develop awareness of breath movement throughout the body

Materials Needed for Puff Ball Soccer:
- Pom poms or cotton balls
- Straws
- Tape or chalk
- A flat surface (e.g. table or the floor)

How to Play Puff Ball Soccer:
1. Use tape or chalk to set up a boundary for your soccer field as well as the goalposts at each end on a table or a flat surface such as the ground.
2. Each player lies or sits at one end of the soccer field.
3. Place a pom-pom in the center of the field to start the game.
4. Use a straw to blow air and move the pom-pom towards the opponent's goal without using your hands
5. Aim to blow the pom-pom into the opponent's goal to score a point

Special interests are a built-in bridge to connection, motivation, and skill-building. Instead of asking a client to set...
10/01/2026

Special interests are a built-in bridge to connection, motivation, and skill-building. Instead of asking a client to set aside what they love, we build therapy around it. Think: a Pokémon get-ready visual, feeding Usher his favorite snack, having Michael Jackson ride a firetruck, taking Mario-themed brain breaks, or making Minecraft origami!

This is neuroaffirming care because we believe our clients’ passions are valid, valuable and welcome at all times!

It’s therapeutic because:
1. Motivation increases engagement—kids are more present when it involves things they care and are passionate about
2. Comfort supports regulation—familiar topics, activities, and toys can help reduce anxiety
3. Shared interests builds rapport—this is the foundation for trust and connection.

When we follow our client’s lead instead of expecting them to follow ours, therapy feels client-centered, strengths-based, and meaningful!

We are so proud to be connected with this wonderful and impactful organization. And we are happy that SSFNC is The Thera...
09/24/2026

We are so proud to be connected with this wonderful and impactful organization. And we are happy that SSFNC is The Therapy SP/OT's first school contract!

Back to school is hard! No matter what a child's learning looks like (public, private, Montessori, homeschool, unschool,...
09/13/2026

Back to school is hard! No matter what a child's learning looks like (public, private, Montessori, homeschool, unschool, etc.), children do not have access to or opportunities for movement and natural sensory input like the world once provided; yet they are required to do more and cognitively manage more than ever.
More often than not movement = regulation. No matter how big or small your living situation or the space you need regulation tools, these are some of the top 5 sensory items from a pediatric occupational therapist that can be implemented basically anywhere.

1) Peanut Ball
2) Lycra Tunnel
3) Theraputty or Playdough
4) Straws
5) Bubbles

PRO TIP: Incorporate sensory activities that are goal-oriented as open-ended activities can actually be more dysregulating for our nervous systems
Ask your therapist about all the ways you can use the above tools for your child and family, and for more information on how these tools have the powerful benefit that they do, check out Harkla - one of our favorite places to learn alongside: https://harkla.co/blogs/podcast/408-proprioception-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters?srsltid=AfmBOoq9FG…

Everyone deserves a seat at the table! 💜
05/18/2026

Everyone deserves a seat at the table! 💜

Trust us when we say.... THIS NEVER HAPPENS!!! If you have been hoping to get in but gave up with our long wait... right...
05/14/2026

Trust us when we say.... THIS NEVER HAPPENS!!! If you have been hoping to get in but gave up with our long wait... right NOW is the time. We just added two OTs to the team, got through our long waitlist, and we truly can't remember a time when we did NOT have a long OT wait. Call or fill out our intake forms today! We'd love to have you, and we know it won't be long before we fill right back up again!

It's Manifesto Monday! And your reminder not to forget to go outside and play. ☀
05/11/2026

It's Manifesto Monday! And your reminder not to forget to go outside and play. ☀

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1216 Selby Avenue
Saint Paul, MN
55104

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Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
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