Occupational Therapy Services

Noor Pediatric Therapy offers specialized treatment approaches in occupational therapy which are rooted in reflex integration, nervous system regulation, and overall holistic wellness. Besides providing individual services to children, we also offer parent coaching.

We have experience with children and adolescents with a variety of needs and diagnoses including, but not limited to:

Developmental Delay

  • Delay/difficult in life skills such as self-feeding, dressing, toileting, sleeping

  • Delay in social interaction and social emotional learning

  • Delay in motor milestones and lack of coordination/postural control

    Decreased Emotional Regulation

  • Frequent and/or long lasting tantrums

  • Inability to self-cope

  • Defiance/behavioral issues

  • Decreased frustration tolerance

  • Difficulty with transitions/flexibility

    Sensory Processing challenges

  • Hyperactivity and lack of body/spatial awareness - in constant motion, clumsy, falls often, likes to crash into things and be squeezed, lack of safety awareness (will jumps off high surfaces), spins often, likes to be upside down a lot

  • Tactile sensitivities - avoidant to touch, disliking certain textures, resisting grooming such as nail trimming/hair brushing and washing/teeth brushing

  • Auditory hypersensitivities - avoiding loud sounds, crying in busy environments

  • Oral seeking - licking or mouthing everything, prolonged thumb sucking, biting

    Anxiety

  • Lack of self esteem/overly critical of self

  • Avoids social interaction

  • Fears impacting daily life

  • Constantly in fight/flight/freeze

  • Negative thoughts

  • Need for constant reassurance/coregulation

Independence in daily tasks (sleep, personal hygiene, dressing, mealtimes, etc)

  • Planning and executive functioning

  • Self care management

  • Motor planning

  • Visual schedules

    Fine motor deficits

  • Lack of endurance for handwriting and fine motor tasks

  • Unable to manipulate fasteners, zippers, containers

    Common diagnoses seen:

  • Autism (ASD) and Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)

  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)

  • Sensory Processing Disorder

  • Anxiety and Phobias

  • Down Syndrome

  • Cerebral Palsy

……and more!

Parent/Caregiver Coaching

Noor Pediatric Therapy provides both in person and virtual coaching services to parents and caregivers. Family coaching involves, but is not limited to:

  • Navigating day to day life such as: morning routines, mealtimes, play, and bed time routines.

  • Guidance towards reaching milestones such as: sleeping in a new room, potty training, traveling for the first time, introducing a new sibling, starting daycare or school

  • Navigating difficult behaviors such as: challenges with transitions, aggression towards others, complaints from school

…. and more!

Insurance and self pay

  • We are in network with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO plans and Aetna commercial plans. We offer a courtesy benefits check for you for a “good faith estimate” of cost. We also offer self-pay options for out of network plans.

  • Our in person and virtual coaching services are not reimbursable through insurance and are self pay only. We offer 30 minute, 45 minute, and 60 minute options for sessions.

  • We offer small fine motor and sensory groups for pre-school age children and kindergarteners. We also offer social skills and therapeutic activity groups for pre-teens/teens. Groups have limited capacity and are not reimbursable through insurance.