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Step Outside OT

Private Practice | In-Home & Nature-Based Occupational Therapy 

✔ Therapy happens where life happens: home, yard, parks, trails and community  
✔ Relationship-centered and neurodiversity affirming practices focused on strength based learning
✔ Focus on supporting nervous system regulation, building functional skills, confidence, and independence in daily living
✔ Family involvement built into sessions with on-going support between sessions
✔ Pay pay with super bills provided upon request

✔ Animal assisted therapy options 

✔ Hour long sessions at agreed upon locations (your home or desired outdoor space)

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🏥 Clinic-Based OT

Medical / Outpatient Clinics

✔ Therapy occurs in a structured clinical setting, typically 50 minutes per session  
✔ Therapist and child have access to specialized equipment 
✔ Goals are tied to remediating deficits often based on a diagnosis  and dependent on insurance authorization
✔ May involve rotating therapists and limitations to family participation  
✔ Insurance-based rates and coverage  ​
 

🏫 School-Based OT

Public School Services

✔ Services are tied to IEP (Individualized Education Plan) goals and eligibility criteria

✔ Provided at no cost through the school system
✔ Focused on academic access and participation in classroom
✔ Sessions are often shorter, may be group-based, or consultative, 
✔ Limited caregiver involvement outside IEP meetings 
✔ Public education funding

✔ Sessions occur during the school day on school campus.