THERAPY FOR REAL LIFE.
Pediatric Occupational & Speech Therapy in Apollo Beach
Children don't live their lives sitting at a therapy table. At Apollo Beach Therapy Center, they don't have to.
Our therapists use our unique 7-acre campus, including indoor therapy spaces, sensory gym, playgrounds, gardens, outdoor areas and swimming pool, to help children build skills where they naturally learn best: through movement, play and real-life experiences.
OT • Speech • Aquatic Therapy • Feeding •Social Skills •Handwriting
Bilingual OT & Speech Services Available
Could your child use some extra support?
Occupational Therapy
We help children become more independent and confident with:
Dressing, buttons, zippers and shoe tying
Handwriting and fine-motor skills
Coordination, balance and motor planning
Sensory processing and regulation
Feeding and daily routines
Attention and executive functioning
Play and social participation
Speech-Language Therapy
We help children communicate and participate more successfully through:
Speech sound development
Expressive and receptive language
AAC and alternative communication
Social communication
Feeding and oral-motor skills
Fluency
Executive functioning
Early communication development
I'm Not Sure What My Child Needs
Not Your Typical Therapy Clinic
7 Acres. Endless Opportunities to Grow.
A therapy room is useful. Real life is bigger.
Our therapists can move beyond the treatment room and use environments throughout our Apollo Beach campus to help children practice functional skills in meaningful situations.
POOL
Aquatic therapy • Strength • Coordination • Regulation • Motor planning
PLAYGROUND
Gross motor • Social participation • Confidence • Problem solving
GARDENS
Sensory exploration • Fine motor • Feeding • Life skills
BIKE TRACK
Balance • Bilateral coordination • Motor planning • Independence
SENSORY GYM
Regulation • Strength • Body awareness • Primitive reflex integration
TABLETOP & CLINICAL SPACES
Handwriting • Fine motor • Visual motor • Feeding • Communication
“We don’t just teach the skill. We create opportunities to use it.”
Therapy for Real Life
-Apollo Beach Therapy Center’s Philosophy
Learning a skill is only the beginning
Tying a shoe during therapy is great.
Tying your own shoes before going outside to play is better.
Practicing conversation with a therapist is important.
Using those skills with another child on the playground is where they become meaningful.
Working on balance in the sensory gym matters.
Using that balance to ride a bike builds independence.
Our goal is carryover.
We want children to take the skills they develop in therapy and use them at home, at school, on the playground and throughout their everyday lives.
Parents Are Part of the Therapy Team
Meaningful progress doesn't happen in the therapy room alone. At Apollo Beach Therapy Center, we believe parents and caregivers are an important part of the therapy process.
Our therapists work alongside families to create consistency between therapy and everyday life. The same language, strategies, exercises, and routines used during therapy can be carried over at home, helping new skills become familiar, functional, and part of your child's daily routine.
Every therapy session is one hour, with approximately 10 minutes dedicated to parent education and collaboration. During this time, your therapist may review progress, demonstrate activities, discuss strategies, or help you understand how to practice a skill at home.
Can't be there in person? That's okay. When appropriate, we use session notes, photos, and videos to help families see what we're working on and provide practical tools for carryover at home.
Therapy is one hour. Progress happens all week.
Our goal is to give families the tools and confidence to make therapy part of real life.
Getting Started Is Easy
1. Talk With Us
Not sure whether your child needs therapy? Schedule a complimentary 15-minute screening.
2. Evaluation
A licensed therapist evaluates your child's strengths, challenges and functional needs.
3. Individualized Plan
Together, we establish meaningful goals based on the activities that matter in your child's everyday life.
4. Therapy Begins
Your child works with their therapist through engaging, developmentally appropriate activities designed around their individual goals.
5. Practice It in Real Life
Whenever appropriate, we use our campus environments to help your child apply those skills in meaningful situations.
Group classes and programs.
Group classes offer clients the opportunity to have peer-to-peer interaction in a clinical setting. Classes include social skills and handwriting. Students learn and apply skills in a fun and engaging group environment. Each class is tailored to the needs of the group.
