Pediatric Therapy of Colorado

Pediatric Therapy of Colorado Our mission is to provide meaningful and individualized in-home pediatric occupational therapy.

We assist children with disabilities and developmental delays in achieving inclusivity and an improved quality of life.

Engaging in outdoor activities can stimulate all eight senses from an occupational therapy perspective. Over the next fo...
03/06/2026

Engaging in outdoor activities can stimulate all eight senses from an occupational therapy perspective.

Over the next four weeks, our social media will feature educational content on each sense, providing actionable tips on how children can optimize their sensory regulation and overall well-being in natural environments.

This week, we will focus on the vestibular system and the sense of touch.

The vestibular system enables the body to gauge its spatial orientation and is most effectively activated through multidirectional movement.

Two outdoor activities that target the vestibular system include navigating obstacle courses, such as a nature walk that involves traversing over and under branches and rocks, and utilizing portable swings or hammocks suspended from trees.

The sense of touch encompasses the reception and processing of tactile information from various parts of the body, incorporating textures, temperatures, and pressure.

Outdoor activities that stimulate the sense of touch include constructing snowmen using diverse materials found in nature and walking barefoot on varied textures and surfaces, thereby exposing children to a range of sensory experiences.

03/02/2026

OT Month is coming!!

Our OT Month walk in 2025 was such a success, we're doing it all over again.

Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 18th at Coal Creek Park in Erie, CO and read on for more details!!

Register here: https://secure.parkinson.org/site/TR/CommunityWalk/General?pg=entry&fr_id=7586

Moving Day Community Walk is coming to Erie, CO at the Coal Creek Park! You don't want to miss this! As one way of celebrating OT Month, OTAC has decided to partner with an organization who works with a population many of us see daily: people living with Parkinson's Disease. Our OTP community is getting together to help raise awareness and funds for the Parkinson's Foundation. This is your chance to speak up about Parkinson's and take action. Your support will help the Parkinson's Foundation advance research, provide educational resources, and fund programs that make life better for people living with Parkinson's disease. To learn more about the Parkinson's Foundation, go to parkinson.org. This year is our Second OT Month Walk, and is being hosted by the Northern District. Who will take the banner and host a walk next year? To accommodate OTPs who cannot make it in person for this walk, there is a Virtual Option as well! We hope you will take time to celebrate the work you do as an occupational therapy practitioner, and also support an organization working on common goals.

Registration
We ask that everyone who plans to attend Community Walk please register by clicking the Register button at the top of this page. There is no registration fee to participate, but a donation is very much appreciated. If you are an *occupational therapy practitioner* who is attending the walk, please consider purchasing a shirt from the "Inspiring Hope, Changing Lives" collection for this year's OT Month merch. We plan to take an epic photo of all the OTPs who show up for this walk to use when we challenge other states and AOTA to adopt a charity for subsequent OT Month's If you are a community member, friend or family of someone with Parkinson's, we encourage you to purchase a T shirt to wear to the walk from this Bonfire website. We'd love to take a photo of the community members who show up to raise money for the Parkinson's Foundation and support OT Month. Please fill out this form if you would like to secure a spot as an exhibitor at this event. This is a FREE exhibition option, to celebrate our inaugural year. If you have questions, please e-mail info@otacco.org.

How To Participate
Throw on your yoga pants, lace up your sneakers and join us at Coal Creek Park in Erie, CO on April 18th to join the fun. As true Coloradans, the event will take place in rain or shine. Check the weather forecast to prepare accordingly. Our Home Base will include a picnic shelter and tables, but be prepared for the unexpected! We hope that the mid April date will avoid anything too wild, but this is still Colorado. Should conditions warrant any change, we will announce it via this website, e-mail, and our social media channels. We're planning for good weather, and even if we have a sprinkle of rain, we invite you to bring a picnic lunch, some chairs and blankets and plan to stay after the walk for socializing, lawn games and time spent celebrating our wonderful community of OTs. This is a BYO situation, so load up on some snacks and beverages and extend the fun of the afternoon. We will also have some exhibitors present, so plan for some time to peruse their offerings and learn more about community offerings.

03/02/2026

Regulation isn’t “calming down.”

It’s about helping your nervous system feel safe enough to change states.

When your system detects safety, it can:
• Shift out of survival
• Reconnect with others
• Access curiosity, play, and learning

That’s why regulation isn’t a mindset.
It’s not willpower.
And it’s not “trying harder.”

It’s working with your biology, not against it.

✨ Start with cues of safety:
– gentle movement
– orienting to your environment
– warm voice & facial expression
– predictable routines

Small signals = real nervous system change.

(And yes, this applies to adults and kids...all of us!)

More on this flow and strategies to help: https://www.theottoolbox.com/what-is-polyvagal-theory/

03/02/2026

POV...you help your child learn to self-regulate through simple games that you played as a kid!!

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Want our printable list of 25 of these? Drop us a "like" and leave a 😀 in the comments and we will send them your way!

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