Children, adolescents & young adults

Pediatric OT that connects skills to everyday participation.

Suncoast provides individualized occupational therapy for functional challenges that affect school, home routines, self-care, regulation, and community life. Services are mobile/community-based and virtual rather than centered in a traditional outpatient clinic.

Services for children & families

Areas occupational therapy may address

Suncoast serves children beginning around age 3/preschool through adolescence and young adulthood, including transition-age clients when appropriate.

OT Evaluations

Occupational therapy evaluations and re-evaluations to understand how functional skills are affecting meaningful participation.

Executive Functioning

Task initiation, planning, organization, time management, attention, working memory, self-monitoring, and independent follow-through.

Dedicated specialty page

Fine Motor & Visual-Motor

Dexterity, visual-motor integration, handwriting, and functional use of school and everyday tools.

Sensory & Regulation

OT-informed support for sensory processing, self-regulation, transitions, and participation in routines.

Daily Living Skills

Self-care, functional routines, task completion, and increasing independence in meaningful daily activities.

Collaboration & Coaching

Education and consultation with parents, teachers, ABA teams, and other professionals when appropriate.

Parent Coaching & Consultation
Care where life happens

A mobile, community-based + virtual model

Suncoast does not currently operate from a traditional outpatient clinic. The delivery model allows occupational therapy and consultation to connect with real routines and environments through mobile/community-based and virtual services.

Service location depends on the child’s needs, scheduling, geography, and appropriateness of the setting. Sarasota County is the primary local service area, with Manatee County served selectively.

Home
Preschool / Daycare
School
ABA Center
Community
Virtual / Teletherapy
A distinct service need

Executive-functioning-only clients are welcome.

A child, teen, or young adult does not need a concurrent fine-motor or sensory concern to seek Suncoast’s executive functioning support. This is a core clinical emphasis for students who may understand what to do but struggle to begin, organize, plan, remember, manage time, or follow through independently.

Learn how OT approaches executive functioning

Not sure which service fits?

Use the free 15-minute consultation to talk through the functional challenges you are seeing and whether Suncoast may be an appropriate fit.