Empowering Kids Pediatric Therapy

Empowering Kids Pediatric Therapy Empowering Kids Pediatric Therapy is a private practice owned and operated by Melissa Philippsen.

Empowering Kids Pediatric Therapy offers a fun and welcoming environment geared toward assisting your child in achieving their Speech, Language, and Fine Motor skill goals. Our goal is to individually work with your child in order to best support him or her in achieving their communication and fine motor skill potential. We use play based therapy to keep your child engaged and encourage generaliza

tion of skills to his/her natural environment. Our team is dedicated to creating a safe, welcoming, and engaging environment for your child. It is our goal to provide your child with high quality, individualized therapy sessions. We are honored to work with children in our community to achieve their highest potential in their speech, language and fine motor skills. Our speech and occupational therapists will engage your child in a friendly, fun way as they challenge them to work towards their goals. We enjoy working alongside families in order to teach them strategies to use at home, so that the child can work on their skills throughout the week, and make gains more quickly.

Most children experience a dip in reading skills over the summer—and for struggling readers, that dip can be bigger. Our...
04/29/2026

Most children experience a dip in reading skills over the summer—and for struggling readers, that dip can be bigger.

Our Reading Bootcamp helps prevent that slide while building confidence and keeping learning engaging.

Want your child to build their reading skills over the summer instead of lose them? We do too! 💙 Contact us today to find out more about how our bootcamp can help your child with their reading skills!

Join our team! We are looking for a part time OT or COTA who wants to join our upbeat and authentic team! See details be...
04/28/2026

Join our team! We are looking for a part time OT or COTA who wants to join our upbeat and authentic team! See details below and reach out Melissa!

We are excited to host our Reading Bootcamps this summer! Our camps are intentionally small with a maximum of 4 students...
04/25/2026

We are excited to host our Reading Bootcamps this summer!
Our camps are intentionally small with a maximum of 4 students per camp.
Focus areas will be phonics, phonemic awareness, encoding and decoding. Our teacher will use Science of Reading backed techniques and ensure students are engaged with tactile learning opportunities.
We are starting with one camp on our books and plan to add more!
Contact us for more information! We'd love to help your little one boost their reading skills this summer!

PRC-Saltillo's App Sale started yesterday! Save 50% on AAC apps and let communication shine. LAMP Words for Life® TouchC...
04/23/2026

PRC-Saltillo's App Sale started yesterday! Save 50% on AAC apps and let communication shine.
LAMP Words for Life®
TouchChat®
Dialogue®
Unity®
Predictable
Scene & Heard Pro Lifetime
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Right on, it’s here!

The App Sale starts today. Save 50% on AAC apps and let communication shine. LAMP Words for Life®, TouchChat®, Dialogue® AAC, Unity® AAC, Predictable, Scene & Heard Pro Lifetime

Shop now: https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/prentke-romich-company/id474446992

Happy Earth Day!  We all have the responsibility to love and care for this planet we are on. We love the quote from "The...
04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day!

We all have the responsibility to love and care for this planet we are on.

We love the quote from "The Lorax":
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”

We can all take small steps to care for Earth and together, our small steps work together to make a big difference!

Fun, hands-on, small group, certified-teacher-led reading instruction that will help build your child's confidence with ...
04/21/2026

Fun, hands-on, small group, certified-teacher-led reading instruction that will help build your child's confidence with reading, improve their reading fluency and help your child to ENJOY reading!

Our Summer Reading Bootcamp is designed for children 5-10 years old who could use a boost in their reading, phonics and decoding skills.

Are you concerned about your child passing iRead? Does your child struggle with letter sounds? Do you simply want your child to feel like a more confident reader? Then this camp is for YOU!

Our teacher, Kyley Pelley, comes to us with a world of experience. She is a current teacher in the local school system, has a Special Education background, and has helped students of all skillsets pass iRead! She is passionate about helping children learn! Kyley will use science of reading backed techniques, tactile learning strategies and she will bring the FUN!

Details:
• 4 weeks (12 sessions)
• Small group (3–4 students)
• $310 per child

This camp must have 3 students enrolled in order to run; it will have no more than 4 students to ensure focused, small group instruction.

Interested in this camp? Find out all the details here: https://empoweringkidspediatrictherapy.janeapp.com

Contact Melissa at: melissa@empoweringkidsspeech.com

Rain or shine, we’re making big things happen over here ☔This weekend we’re starting a much anticipated project:  Adding...
04/18/2026

Rain or shine, we’re making big things happen over here ☔

This weekend we’re starting a much anticipated project: Adding a small fenced-in outdoor space so our clients can safely enjoy sessions outside. Our therapists are so excited about it! There's just something about being outside that lifts our spirits!

A HUGE thank you to my husband and my dad, who are out there working in the rain to bring this vision to life 💛 Your hard work means more opportunities for play, learning, and growth for the kids we serve.

We can’t wait to share this space with you soon!

When parents come to us with concerns about their child's handwriting, we are here to help! This is a great visual to he...
04/16/2026

When parents come to us with concerns about their child's handwriting, we are here to help!

This is a great visual to help understand all the components that go into handwriting! Because there are so many skills that need refined to improve handwriting, it can feel like your wheels are spinning when helping your child improve!

OT works on ALL of these skills! If your child has trouble with their handwriting, contact us and we can get you going in the right direction!

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As therapy providers, we are specialists in development, motor skills, visual processing, self-awareness, spatial concepts, kinesiology, sensory processing, regulation, and all of the other areas that really make a big difference in a child’s functional ability to write.

There are many skills that kids need for handwriting!

Handwriting is SO much more than crossing t’s and dotting i’s.

Did you know handwriting development starts at birth. Yep, it’s true! When babies are swaddled, reach for mama’s face, and crawl, they are developing the postural stability and visual motor skills needed waaaaay down the road when they write their ABCs.
MORE> https://www.theottoolbox.com/a-complete-guide-to-handwriting/

Do you have a child who loves to tear paper? Let them! 🤣Tearing paper actually has fine motor benefits. Check out this p...
04/10/2026

Do you have a child who loves to tear paper? Let them! 🤣
Tearing paper actually has fine motor benefits. Check out this post from The OT Toolbox to see the MANY ways pinching and tearing paper can help strengthen and refine your child's fine motor skills.

📄 Tearing paper 📄
When a child tears a piece of paper, they improve hand strength and endurance in the small muscles in the hand. These intrinsic muscles are important in so many fine motor skills, including those important to handwriting and coloring, managing buttons and zippers, manipulating pegs, and more.
📄
Activities and tips to use just paper in building skills: https://www.theottoolbox.com/torn-paper-art-awesome-fine-motor/

During April, we will be showcasing how Occupational Therapy can help children increase and fine tune their skills. One ...
04/08/2026

During April, we will be showcasing how Occupational Therapy can help children increase and fine tune their skills.

One way OT can help a child is with Motor Planning.

Motor planning is the problem solving, moving around spaces, and use of fine and gross motor skills to complete an action.

Some signs that a child may have difficulty with motor planning include:
*Taking small steps
*Moving at a slow speed
*Demonstrating weakness
*Pausing to think while attempting to complete certain movements
*Poor coordination
*Clumsiness
*Difficulty completing physical tasks

Have questions for us about your child? Reach out to Melissa at: Melissa@empoweringkidsspeech.com or send us a message here!

April is Occupational Therapy Awareness Month!We are sure grateful for our OT, Miss Patia! She helps families and the te...
04/06/2026

April is Occupational Therapy Awareness Month!

We are sure grateful for our OT, Miss Patia! She helps families and the team to understand how all of the systems in the body work together to help kiddos to meet their goals!

Miss Patia especially enjoys working with children to improve their sensory processing skills. She enjoys working with kiddos who have coordination difficulties and loves to make challenging-and fun-obstacle courses for them!

This month, we will make a few posts about what OT helps children with. If you have questions for us, feel free to reach out!

Wishing all our little bunnies a blessed Easter today!
04/05/2026

Wishing all our little bunnies a blessed Easter today!

Address

5442 25th Street, Suite B
Columbus, IN
47203

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 2pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 2pm
Thursday 9am - 2pm
Friday 9am - 12pm

Telephone

+18122026242

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