Spring Ahead Pediatric Occupational Therapy

About Spring Ahead Pediatric Occupational Therapy

Spring Ahead Pediatric Occupational Therapy is a New York City pediatric practice offering occupational therapy in a sensory gym and in community-based settings. Its Union Square office is located at 39 West 14th Street, and the website also identifies Bloom OT locations in Williamsburg and Greenpoint. Services may be provided in the clinic, at home, at school, virtually, in camps, and in the Hamptons during the summer. The practice works with children from birth through the teen years and also offers pediatric physical therapy and speech therapy support.

Care is individualized, child-centered, play-based, and informed by sensory integration principles. Therapists build sessions around each child’s abilities, interests, and functional goals, with an emphasis on helping children participate more independently in everyday activities. Areas addressed include fine and gross motor development, sensory processing, self-help skills, handwriting, visual-motor abilities, executive functioning, social participation, and emotional or self-regulation. The clinic’s treatment options include sensory integration therapy, handwriting evaluation and intervention, gross and fine motor evaluations, home and school programs, classroom observation and consultation, therapeutic listening, sensory diets, visual-motor and perceptual work, parent education, and individual or group occupational therapy.

The practice uses a team-based model and collaborates with parents, caregivers, teachers, health professionals, and other members of a child’s support network. Director Jessica Zambito, MS, OTR/L, has experience across schools, early intervention, sensory clinics, and outpatient settings and uses a holistic, sensory-based approach. Senior Lead Therapist Bianca Bartoli, MS, OTR/L, brings pediatric experience in early intervention, home, school, and clinic environments. Other occupational therapists on the team have backgrounds in sensory processing, developmental needs, handwriting, executive functioning, emotional regulation, and functional skill building. Spring Ahead is a private, out-of-network provider and offers evaluations, screenings, and therapy sessions.

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