Tampa Kids Therapy

About Tampa Kids Therapy

Tampa Kids Therapy is a pediatric clinic in Tampa, Florida, that provides occupational therapy and behavioral services for children, with its main location on South Manhattan Avenue. The practice is dedicated to helping children reach their potential through fun, meaningful learning experiences, with a strong emphasis on play, sensory-rich activities, and interactive teaching. Services are designed for infants through school-aged children and focus on building skills needed for success at home, in school, and in the community. The team offers individual and group occupational therapy alongside behavior coaching, applied behavior analysis (ABA), social and sensory programs, educational enrichment, writing workshops, and seasonal day and summer camps with small therapist-to-student ratios.

Occupational therapy at Tampa Kids Therapy targets a wide range of developmental areas, including motor milestones, handwriting, fine and visual motor skills, body awareness and coordination, sensory processing, social and emotional development, classroom and home behaviors, and everyday living skills. Programs also support school readiness, executive functioning, and peer interaction, often using structured curricula such as Handwriting Without Tears, The Zones of Regulation, and other evidence-based approaches. Children work in a dedicated sensory gym environment that supports movement-based and multi-sensory learning. The practice was founded in 2009 by owner and certified occupational therapist Lori Kersting, who has more than two decades of pediatric experience and training in neurodevelopmental techniques, sensory integration, feeding therapy, social-emotional development, and other specialized methods. She is joined by a large team of pediatric occupational therapists, including clinicians such as Cathy Daly, Alyssa Dodge, Amanda Dodge, Paige Draper, Nicole Ring, Courtney Newell, and Jenna Mauer, who collectively bring expertise in developmental therapy, sensory integration, handwriting, motor development, social skills, emotional regulation, feeding, and executive functioning. Many of the therapists have extensive experience working with children with diagnoses such as Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, sensory processing disorders, developmental delays, dysgraphia, and gifted profiles, and they collaborate closely with families, educators, and ABA professionals to support each child’s individual goals.

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