Therapy Services
Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy (OT) is a healthcare profession focused on helping people of all ages participate in the “occupations” that give their lives meaning. In this context, “Occupation” isn’t just a job—it refers to any daily activity, from brushing your teeth to driving a car or playing a sport.
If a physical, sensory, or cognitive challenge makes it hard to do these things, an OT works with you to find a way to make it possible.
Paediatric Occupational Therapy specializes in helping the child with their occupation which is play, Independence in self-care and learning.
PAEDIATRIC OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PROMOTES ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT OF CHILD THROUGH PLAY.
Play and age appropriate play is the most important aspect of a child’s development.
We are using various therapy techniques including NDT AND SI techniques to help the child facilitate active engagement in PLAY and promote learning.
Gross and fine motor skill development is helping children to improve their independence in daily living which in turn facilitates sensory-motor development.
Key Areas of Focus in OT
Fine Motor Skills
Strengthening small hand muscles for handwriting, scissors, buttoning clothes and utensils.
Gross Motor Skills
Improving balance, coordination and core strength for running, jumping or sitting upright.
Sensory Processing
Helping children regulate responses to sensory inputs like sound or textures.
Activities of Daily Living
Teaching independence in brushing teeth, dressing and toilet training.
Visual Motor Integration
Developing hand-eye coordination needed for catching a ball or copying words.
Social & Emotional Regulation
Helping kids manage feelings, routines and peer interactions.
Joint Attention and Play
Helping kids develop eye contact and focusing through floor play.
Oral Motor Skills
Helping develop facial expressions and supporting speech development.
Speech Therapy
Pediatric speech therapy focuses on helping children communicate effectively and gain the oral-motor skills needed for eating and drinking.
Unlike adult therapy, pediatric sessions are play-based, using toys and games to make learning natural.
Almost 3/4 th of parents coming for consultation say ‘My child is not speaking’.
At The Play Podd we insist on eye contacts and non-verbal communication as the first step in communication.
Speech is a unique skill that human beings have with the brain processing highly cognitive information.
We focus on improving communication skills and verbal skills through Speech Therapy.
Speech therapy is deeply tied to behaviour in children because the ability to express reduces frustration.
In this joint venture with occupational therapy we resolve oral sensitivity problems and enable oral muscle movements.
Play and Behaviour Therapy
PLAY THERAPY AND BEHAVIOUR THERAPY ARE TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN.
While they use different methods, they are frequently combined to help children navigate emotional challenges.
If a child has frequent meltdowns, Behavior Therapy gives tools to stop tantrums while Play Therapy addresses the underlying emotions.
Play therapy provides vent out opportunities for children to express anger or frustration.
Behaviour therapy focuses on emotional healing and self-expression through toys, art and stories.
It helps build life skills, discipline and reshape maladaptive behaviour.
Expressive Art Therapy
Expressive Art Therapy is a multimodal therapeutic approach that uses various forms of creative expression—like drawing, music, movement, storytelling, and drama and dance—to help individuals process emotions, communicate thoughts, and heal.
Unlike traditional talk therapy, which relies entirely on verbalizing complex feelings, expressive art therapy recognizes that some experiences and emotions are deeply somatic (felt in the body) or subconscious, making them difficult to put into words.
Core Principles: The “Process over Product” Approach
The fundamental rule of expressive art therapy is that no artistic talent or skill is required. The focus is entirely on the inner experience of creating, rather than the aesthetic quality of the final result.
• The Creative Connection: Developed by pioneers like Natalie Rogers, this principle suggests that one creative medium feeds into another. A person might start by molding clay, transition into moving their body to represent that shape, and finish by writing a few sentences about the experience.
• Externalization: Giving a heavy emotion (like anxiety or trauma) a physical form outside the body—such as a dark painting, a specific rhythm on a drum, or a physical gesture. This allows an individual to look at their challenge objectively and say, “That is the anxiety, it is not who I am.”
• Sensory and Somatic Integration: Because creative acts engage multiple senses (touching clay, hearing a tone, seeing color layout), they help wire connections between the emotional brain and the logical brain, facilitating deeper neurological processing.
Key Modalities & Creative Tools
Therapists often weave between multiple modalities in a single session depending on what the individual needs to explore.
Visual & Plastic Arts
Using paint, markers, collage, clay, or finger paints. This is highly effective for visual-perceptual grounding and externalizing complex internal landscapes. • Example Application: Creating a "Self-Awareness Wheel" or a collage that represents a person's inner strengths versus their external stressors.
Language & Narrative Arts
Using creative writing, poetry, or structured storytelling. This helps reshape personal narratives and find meaning in difficult experiences. • Example Application: Writing "social-emotional stories" or metaphors where characters face and overcome a relatable emotional hurdle, helping the writer reframe their own reality.
Drama & Symbolic Play
Incorporating psychodrama, role-play, puppets, or sandtray therapy. This creates a safe distance (a "psychological buffer") to explore relationships and social dynamics.
• Example Application: Using a puppet or a mini-monoact to express a boundary or a feeling that feels too threatening to say directly as ones
Movement, Sound, & Rhythm
Using somatic movement, dance, or simple musical instruments (like drums or singing bowls). This bypasses cognitive blocks entirely, tapping directly into the nervous system to release stored tension.
Dance and Movement Therapy
Dance and Movement Therapy (DMT) is a psychotherapeutic use of movement to promote emotional, social, cognitive, and physical integration. It operates on the principle that the mind and body are inseparable, meaning that changes in movement patterns can lead to changes in psychological well-being.
