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Coordinated Movements, Inc. has been serving the Southern Maryland community since March 1999. We specialize in pediatric occupational, physical and speech-language therapy. Our staff offers quality and reliable therapy services to your child. In addition, our friendly and professional staff is here to answer any questions you may have about our company or our services.
Coordinated Movements’ pediatric therapy team strives to make a difference in the life of each child by providing skilled intervention and excellent family care to promote child development within a natural, child-friendly environment.
Our therapy team consists of a group of devoted and caring professionals who are dedicated to making a difference by helping children to be their very best.
Therapists at Coordinated Movements pride themselves on the comprehensive narrative evaluations they complete and the one-to-one individualized therapies they tailor to fit each child’s personal needs.
To provide skilled pediatric OT, PT, and speech to residents of Maryland, D.C. and Virginia.
To provide treatment which promotes growth and development in a child friendly environment.
To meet each child at their developmental level and support them as they expand their skills.
To provide support to the families of the children receiving therapy.
Browse our web site for more information about Coordinated Movements, Inc. If you have any questions or would like to speak with a Coordinated Movements, Inc. representative regarding our services, please e-mail us at coordinatedmovementsinc@comcast.net or call us at 301-290-0800.
Pediatric occupational therapists work with children and their families to identify and support a child’s individual differences through a playful learning environment. Occupational therapists can help children achieve their maximum…
For More InformationSigns your child may benefit from physical therapy: Difficulty meeting developmental milestones such as rolling, sitting, crawling, walking, etc. Decreased coordination Decreased balance/trips or falls often when walking Decreased mobility…
For More Information“Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children and adults” - definition taken from www.asha.org Evaluation and therapy may…
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This social skills group is for children ages 2 and up with sensory dysfunction. In this group children work on exploring…
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Social Skills Groups offer your child a fun group meeting where they will learn to socialize and communicate with peers…
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Social Skills Groups offer your child a fun group meeting where they will learn to socialize and communicate with peers…
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Friday Night Friends is a Social Skills group aimed for children ages 5-8 and 9-11. This group focuses on various…
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Homework Helpers is an after school program to support children’s therapy home program as well as their education. This includes…
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The Handwriting Club is designated to improve your child’s handwriting. We will work with your child to improve hand strength,…
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Noelle Welch, OTD, OTR/L Noelle is a Maryland licensed and…
Mackenzie Gardner, OTR/L Mackenzie graduated from Towson University completing her…
Anna Klock, OTR/L Anna graduated from Towson University completing her…
Shara Morales, OTR/L Shara received her master’s degree in occupational…
Arllette Schneider, M.A. CCC-SLP Arllette graduated from the University of…
Charlee Umstead, M.A. CCC-SLP Charlee graduated from the University of…
It comes to mind when I start to recall our history that everything has worked! Our son went from extremes of "shut down" where he seemed to tune out, to "melt down" where he lost control over what seems to be something so small. This went on for many years, the bigger he became, the harder it was to control. He too hated the bath tub, never wanting water over his head. Now he takes a shower. WOW! In just a few weeks after starting the therapy he would allow us to wash his hair without the screaming and slashing. He eventually told us that it used to feel like we were pouring fire over his head. He has had Therapeutic Listening, Occupational Therapy, Brushing, Joint Compression and much more. Most recently we just completed the Interactive Metronome. Our son repeated Kindergarten, since we just realized he must have been in "shut down" most of the year. A Kindergarten classroom can be a sensory child's nightmare. It was a week or two after that first year of Kindergarten when we first came to Coordinated Movements. In a month he became a new child. By fall, he had the same teacher, and she told use that we brought back a totally different boy. We continued therapy and he progressed well. School did become more difficult, as it should. Each time we reevaluated his therapy and he would do much better. By the end of first grade he continued to struggle with reading. He was at the first grade one month reading level. We started Interactive Metronome in the late summer finishing up in early fall. At his first conference he increased his reading level from first grade one month to a full middle second grade level. I was so surprised! The teacher wasn't told before second grade about his struggles. We wanted her to see him as just him, not a child who needs extra help. I went prepared with his therapy binder in hand to show why he wasn't doing well. But, as I said he not only was doing well, he was excelling. We went from reading books that had six word sentences on a page to full chapter books. I attribute the reading success to the Interactive Metronome. In just a small amount of time he gained so much. There are many success stories about his therapy. In his two years of therapy we have seen a boy who couldn't swing on a swing, or go across monkey bars, who can now drive a go-cart like a typical boy. We have other things we continue to work on in therapy, and our family has benefited so much. Our home is more calm. As calm as it can be with out eight year old, five year old, almost four year old and our new addition coming in Spring. I can't imagine how he coped those first six years of life with everything that must have bothered him. I have shared our success story with many parents and especially those with infants that seem to have sensory defensiveness. I wish we started earlier. Share your success stories with everyone...
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My daughter has low muscle tone and has had a lot of trouble with bowel movements. She is now 4 and we have been to numerous GI doctors, and tried several medications for treatment. After starting PT a short time ago, I have found improvement in this area when the PT began using Kinesio Tape. The PT has been taping her abdomen, with the combination of exercise and decreasing the amount of dairy products, has helped. The muscles seem to be stronger and she is passing stools with no problems now. The Kinesio taping has continued to be a huge success.
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My son always had a tough time when a change occurred from what he was doing. Example - he'd be playing in the sandbox at preschool and it would be time to leave. His teacher would tell him to get his bag etc. and he would throw a fit. If friends came to our house and it was time for them to leave the same thing happened. Dinner time, my son would yell and scream because he was busy playing or watching TV. Together with a therapist, I decided that if I counted the time away it would prepare my son for any challenge that we know was about to happen. I would tell him that "We have 10 minutes then we'll be leaving" or "We have 10 minutes then your friends will be leaving." Then "We have five minutes," "One minute," "Okay it's time." He really went along with this and today he's almost eight years old and we still do this. My friends do this with their children or when they come over to prepare my son. If we know a change is happening, and can prepare him, we have no more tantrums. It worked for me!
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