Pediatric Developmental Specialists in Worcester

Coral Care partners with local SLPs, pediatric OTs, and pediatric PTs to help your child hit key milestones and personalized goals. Browse our providers, take our free online screener, or learn more below.

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Speech Therapy in Worcester

Our Coral Care vetted speech-language-pathologists are located all throughout the greater Worcester area. Whether you're in located toward Holden, Westborough, or down south toward Rhode Island, Coral Care should have a match for you.

Speech-language pathologists help with:
  • Delayed speech
  • Feeding and swallowing issues
  • Language delays and disorders
  • Social skills for interacting with others, including play
  • Articulation disorders
Common medical diagnoses for speech therapy:
  • Apraxia
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Down Syndrome
  • Developmental Delay

Find Worcester-based speech therapists

Sarah Aurelio

is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist who enjoys working with elementary age children (3-12 years old). She completed extensive professional development in the areas of Gestalt language processing (echolalia), natural language acquisition, autism, alternative and augmentative communication (AAC), as well as speech sound production. A majority of children she have worked with in the past are pre-verbal communicators.

Carolyn Berlandy

is a pediatric SLP with a passion for child-led therapy and learning from her clients. She loves incorporating music and play into therapy and creating communication opportunities within connection. Her professional interests include neurodivergent-affirming & trauma-informed care, early language learners, AAC, and pediatric feeding.

Pediatric Occupational Therapy in Worcester

Occupational therapists are the generalists of the pediatric specialist world! Our OTs in Worcestercan help your child with things like feeding and swallowing, writing, tying shoelaces, and even navigating complex social situations. Children who have been diagnosed with Down syndrome or cerebral palsy can often benefit from OT services.

Pediatric occupational therapists help with:
  • Feeding and swallowing issues
  • Fine motor skills and reflexes
  • Self-calming and regulation
  • Social skills for interacting with others, including play
  • Visual motor integration
Common diagnoses for occupational therapy:
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Down Syndrome
  • Sensory Processing Disorder
  • ADHD

Find Worcester-based occupational therapists

Ellyn Schmalzer

has been an OT for almost 10 years now. Her experience ranges from ASD, ADHD, reflex integration, feeding therapy, and behavioral challenges. Starting in adult rehab, her journey evolved into a passion for children's development. From working in group homes with children and adolescents with emotional diagnoses, to working in a pediatric outpatient clinic, she works well with all ages and diagnoses.

Rebecca Hendrickson

has been practicing Occupational Therapy for over 20 years, within several settings and age groups. Her passion is working with children ages birth to 18. She specializes in challenges with feeding and sensory as well as motor skills. She also has designed a school-based OT curriculum, myOT4Kids, that can be individualized to assist with working on fine motor and handwriting skills.

Pediatric Physical Therapy in Worcester

Physical therapy for children addresses fundamental strength, balance, and coordination challenges that children can face. For infants, this can be related to rolling, crawling, and walking milestones. For older children, this can be related to balance and coordination issues or recovery from an injury, just like adults!

Pediatric physical therapists help with:
  • Gross motor skills like walking, climbing stairs
  • Poor balance and coordination
  • Muscle imbalances and weaknesses
  • Pain or discomfort during normal activities
  • Missed milestones (walking, crawling, jumping, running)
Common diagnoses for physical therapy:
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Clubfoot
  • Torticollis
  • Hypertonia/hypotonia
  • Prematurity

Find Worcester-based physical therapists

Meghan DeCoste

has been practicing PT for 7 years now, with the majority of her time in pediatrics setting. She has taken courses in and implemented pediatric pelvic health PT as well as DMI and pediatric estim techniques. She has experience working with birth-22 years old, depending on diagnosis and with a variety of populations, such as orthopedic, neurologic, genetic, etc.

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