Coastal Kids Physical Therapy

12/28/2025

This holiday season, Coastal KIDS was honored to give back in a meaningful way.

Our team selected nonprofits close to their hearts, and Coastal KIDS made donations on their behalf — supporting organizations focused on cancer care and research, ALS awareness, childhood chronic illness and autism advocacy, family housing during medical stays, food insecurity relief, and access to essential community resources.

Giving back is an extension of our mission and reflects our commitment to compassion, inclusion, and community — not only through the services we provide, but through the values we live every day.

We are proud of our team and grateful to be part of the communities we serve.

12/27/2025

We’re Hiring! 🌊
Coastal KIDS Pediatric Therapy is looking for a part-time Social Media Marketing professional to support our team.

✨ Details:
• 2–3 hours per week
• Virtual role
• Local candidates preferred
• Experience with MetaBusiness Suite and Canva preferred

This role focuses on editing, organizing, and scheduling content using existing templates and team-generated ideas (testimonials, staff spotlights, community posts). We’re looking for someone who values consistency, connection, and aligns with our mission of supporting children and families.

💙 Must share our values and enjoy community-centered work.

📩 Interested? Send a brief intro, your experience, and examples of accounts/content you’ve managed to contact@coastalkidsphysicaltherapy.com.

12/13/2025

Stop scrolling—this testimonial is why we love what we do and what sets Coastal KIDS Physical Therapy apart!

contact@coastalkidsphysicaltherapy.com

12/10/2025

As we enter the winter season, it is a great time to pull out those books and cozy up for some joint book reading with your little ones! We have shared some of our favorite winter book recommendations along with ways to incorporate your child’s language and literacy skills!

What is your favorite winter book? We would love to hear from you!

🧤The Mitten by Jan Brett

- Naming animals

- Describing attributes (size, color, texture)

- Location words (in, on, under)

❄️Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner

- Winter themed vocabulary and concepts (e.g., hibernation)

- Action words (e.g., glide, ski)

- Educational profiles on each of the forest animals encountered in the book!

⛄️Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright

- Basic concepts (hot vs cold)

- Winter themed vocabulary

📚Literacy Skills for all Books:

- Making predictions

- Story sequencing

- Answering questions

- Story Elements

Want to learn more about our speech and language therapy services? contact@coastalkidsphysicaltherapy.com or (203)518-8447

11/19/2025

Today is a reminder of how powerful community can be.
With the help of the Deep River Fire Department and a caring group of community firefighters, this incredible teen received a home ramp that allows him to safely get outside and ride the school bus again. is grateful to play a small part in supporting his mobility journey.

When we give, support, and work together — lives change.

11/17/2025

🍁Try these fun and simple fall activity ideas to incorporate your weekly practice toward your child's speech therapy goals! Check out how you can target speech and language skills with each activity below!

🍂 Nature Wands:
Adjectives: Describe the color, size, and shape of the objects (e.g., red leaf, big piece, little stick)
Location Words: Describe where each piece should go on the wand (e.g., on, off, up, down, top, bottom, middle)
Labeling: Name the objects your child chooses to put on their wand to build fall themed vocabulary

🎨 Leaf Painting:
Adjectives: Describe the color, texture, and shape of the leaves (e.g., yellow paint, bumpy leaf, wet, sticky, crunchy)
Following Directions: "Pick a leaf", "first paint the leaf, then press it on the paper", "put the red leaf under the yellow leaf"
Vocabulary Building: Label the names of each of the types of leaves you find

🐦‍⬛ Scavenger Hunt:
Wh Questions: "Where is the bird?", "What color is the leaf?", "What is the squirrel doing?"
Verbs: Look, Pick, Walk, Run, Catch, Crunch
Following Directions: "Stomp on the leaves", "Point to the pinecone", "Give me the orange leaf"

Let us know if you try one of our activity ideas! Don't forget to "like" and "follow" Coastal KIDS!
contac@coastalkidsphysicaltherapy.com
(203)518-8447

11/04/2025

🌟 Is feeding time with your baby a struggle? We are here to help you! 🌟

We want feedings to be a positive, joyful, and bonding experience for both you and baby. Sometimes, feeding your baby can be harder than expected!

If you and your baby are struggling during feedings due to:
Difficulty latching or staying latched
Long or stressful feeding sessions
coughing, choking, or frequent spit-ups
Gassiness, arching or fussing during feeds
Limited intake during feedings
Consider scheduling a feeding evaluation with one of our skilled feeding therapists.

During the evaluation, we will be able to assess your baby's oral motor skills, suck-swallow-breathe coordination, and overall feeding patterns to determine how we can best help you and your baby achieve your feeding goals.

contact@coastalkidsphysicaltherapy.com
(203)518-8447

10/25/2025

Shout out to, Anne Koba, one of our talented Occupational Therapists in being a presenter at the CONNOTA Conference in Mystic, CT this week! Your team at Coastal KIDS is proud!

10/24/2025

Please welcome Melissa Biondi, LCSW, to our Coastal KIDS team! She brings loads of expertise and experience to our adolescent and young adult population!

We are excited to expand our robust talent at Coastal KIDS!

10/24/2025

Coastal KIDS is so proud to know this truly selfless, kind-hearted, driven individual to make positive change in our shoreline community. Laura Francis was one of the winners of the BEACON AWARD for her passion and devotion to improving accessibility and inclusion in our schools, parks and playgrounds! Congratulations to Laura and all the winners this year at the Beacon awards for reminding us the importance of volunteering to make positive change at a local level that has a global impact!

10/22/2025

10/18/2025

Some days it feels like our kids’ big feelings are bigger than us, doesn’t it? 💭 The meltdowns, the tears, the fiery little tempers… and the guilt we feel when we’re not sure we handled it “right.”

That’s why we’re so excited for this upcoming Managing Big Feelings Workshop with Dr. Michelle Fanciullo .little.minds on Monday, Oct 27 from 7–8 PM at Mother Luna in Guilford. It’s a chance for us parents to sit together, learn some gentle strategies, and remind ourselves that we’re not alone in this.

If you’ve been craving fresh tools, new perspective, or just a safe space to talk about the tough stuff—this night is for you. 💛

Link in bio to sign up. 🌙

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