Aligned Wellness

About Aligned Wellness

Aligned Wellness is a mobile outpatient occupational therapy practice serving individuals across the lifespan in and around Baltimore, Maryland. Services are provided in natural settings to help increase access to care, including the client’s home, an assisted living facility, a child’s daycare or preschool, and other community locations. The practice notes that it is currently not available to accept new clients.

Aligned Wellness is owned and operated by Kiana Dillard, MS, OTR/L, CAS. Kiana is a licensed and registered occupational therapist based in Baltimore. Her stated clinical focus includes pediatrics (birth through age 21) as well as midlife adults and geriatrics, with additional emphasis areas that include feeding deficits, sensory processing concerns, and mental health. Aligned Wellness offers occupational therapy in 1:1 or group formats and describes an approach grounded in best practices and evidence-based research, with treatment designed to be a “just right” fit for each client. Kiana also describes using client-centered care and play-based therapy to work toward individualized goals, and emphasizes positive reinforcement to support skill development and confidence.

For children, Aligned Wellness highlights support for skills related to play, fine motor and gross motor development, school performance, executive functioning, and activities of daily living. The practice also notes pediatric specialization areas that include Autism, Developmental Delay, sensory processing concerns, and ADHD. For adults, Aligned Wellness describes using a combination of physical and cognitive exercises to help clients perform daily activities more easily and to address physical, cognitive, or emotional challenges that affect everyday function. Kiana’s background includes an Associate in Science, a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from George Mason University, and a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from Howard University. She also notes prior work as a CNA in a skilled nursing facility, Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) certification, and recognition as a Certified Autism Specialist (CAS).

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