What is pediatric occupational therapy?
Pediatric occupational therapy focuses on helping children reach developmental milestones, improve independence with activities of daily living, address concerns with sensory processing skills, motor coordination skills, improve fine motor and visual motor skill development, and better engage with the people in their different environments.
Contact us about one-on-one based OT treatment sessions!
Is your child having trouble with any of the following? An OT evaluation could be beneficial:
Fine motor
Poor handwriting or difficulty coloring
Mixed hand dominance or switching
hands during tasks
Difficulty opening packages
Poor pencil grip
Sensory
Sensitivity to certain sounds such as the vacuum cleaner, sirens, loud noises or unexpected noises
Avoids certain clothing articles or textures
Distressed with messy hands
Can’t seem to get enough swinging, spinning, or climbing
Difficulty with having teeth brushed,
nails trimmed, haircut
Feeding
Difficulty with bottle feeding
Difficulty transitioning to solid foods
Avoiding certain food textures
Selective diet
Gagging
In addition to enrichment classes, Tri-Cities Pediatric OT provides one-on-one based client centered pediatric occupational therapy services. Each session focuses on each individual client’s established goals and provides a fun, play based, and therapeutically supportive environment. The last 10 minutes of each session focuses on parent education and review of the client’s home exercise program to provide carryover of skills. Tri-Cities Pediatric OT is specially trained in multiple areas of intervention, including treating children with feeding concerns/picky eaters, individuals with chronic motor tic disorder, FND, Tourette Syndrome, children with sensory processing disorder, fine motor concerns, cerebral palsy, genetic conditions, and developmental delay. Tri-Cities Pediatric OT sees clients from birth to age 24. We are happy to collaborate and treat adults with chronic motor tic disorder and Tourette Syndrome.
Reimbursement, Insurance & Payment
Tri-Cities Pediatric Therapy is in network with BCBS of TN, BlueCare, BlueCare Plus, and TennCare Select. Contract is pending with Wellpoint/Amerigroup Medicaid plan. Currently the enrichment classes and one-on-one therapy can be applied for reimbursement from the Katie Beckett Waiver program for those that qualify. A superbill can be provided for those individuals with insurances out of network for one-on-one therapy clients to submit to their respective insurance company. It is the client’s responsibility to do so. This does not guarantee reimbursement.
Nicki is currently seeing clients in the school, outpatient office space, daycare, and home settings. Outpatient office location is 2020 Meadowview Pkwy Suite 200 Kingsport, TN.
Private pay one-on-one hour therapy session: $100
OT evaluation (1.5 hours): $200
OT evaluation referrals can be sent to the following fax number, please have your child's doctor fax a doctor's order/referral to (865) 297-4186.