Address: 5200 Hahns Peak Drive, Suite 210 | Loveland, CO 80538
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About Aveanna Healthcare - Loveland
Aveanna has a heritage of more than 30 years of care for children. We offer at-home nursing services to medically fragile children. Our skilled nursing provides exceptional care to thousands of patients of all ages.
Caring for a child with special needs can be challenging and even stressful. At Aveanna, we work closely with families like yours to meet your needs and incorporate your goals in developing and carrying out your child’s treatment plan. With care, compassion, and clinical excellence, our Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and Aides give each child the greatest opportunity to reach their optimal health and well-being with a focus on providing excellent short- and long-term clinical care up to 24 hours a day. Aveanna’s Pediatric Therapy believes in a family-centered approach to care. Our highly skilled pediatric therapy team provides you a full range of care to help your child reach their highest potential. We offer our industry-leading pediatric therapy for kids of all ages in a clinic and home setting.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The goal of speech therapy is to help your child communicate effectively with other people across all environments. This may take the form of using gestures, simple signs, verbal speech, and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).
Some other common things speech therapists can help with:
Nonverbal skills, such as signs or gestures
Forming speech in a clearer way
Communicating thoughts and feelings clearly
Understanding and responding to questions
Discerning facial expressions and their corresponding emotions
Noticing and understanding body language
Feeding and swallowing
Stuttering
The occupational therapy process includes an OT evaluation before care starts. Here are the four steps your family can expect when starting occupational therapy:
Complete OT evaluation. An occupational therapist first identifies your strengths and needs through a thorough OT evaluation, also known as an OT assessment or screening. You’ll answer questions about you your skills, and you will most likely demonstrate these skills via hands-on activities with the therapist. Evaluations can last 30 minutes to a couple hours.
Approve OT plan. The therapist develops a care plan with individualized goals and customized interventions based on your needs. You can also share any specific goals or concerns before approving the OT plan.
Start therapy sessions. The therapist works directly with you, using various strategies and exercises to systematically improve areas of limitations and to build upon your strengths. If there are others part of your care team, the therapist may teach strategies for supporting your individualized needs at home and may recommend tools and techniques to use at home, in the community, or in the classroom to help you thrive.
Monitor your progress. You can expect ongoing progress monitoring and communication to ensure you're achieving your short and long-term goals.