Peak Performance Pediatrics
Providing children and families the tools necessary to function in their home and community.
Sanford Bemidji Peak Performance’s pediatric outpatient program is comprised of experienced pediatric team members providing specialized services to meet the rehabilitation needs of individuals newborn to age 21. Doctors and therapists, along with input from family, identify goals and intensity of therapy. The treatment plan is individualized and goals are modified as progress is achieved. Services include:
- Physical therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Speech therapy
- Hand therapy
Our suite is located at 1300 Anne Street NW, within the Peak Performance complex.
The suite includes:
- Private pediatric gym with a climbing wall, play loft, and an assortment of child-sized toys and equipment
- Three private treatment rooms
- Secure, fenced-in outdoor play area with a Rainbow Play Gym
- Access to therapeutic pool
Diagnoses
Some of the childhood diagnoses that the physical, occupational, and speech therapist work closely with include:
- Cerebral palsy
- Down syndrome
- Hypotonia
- Static encephalopathy
- Torticollis
- Plagiocephaly
- Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
- Neurological disorders
- Spinal cord injuries
- Traumatic brain injury
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Spina bifida
Pediatric physical therapists work with children that have delays in the following:
- Developmental motor milestones
- Problems with balance or strength issues
- Genetic disorders that interfere with their ability to move or function within their environment
- Vestibular problems (equilibrium or balance)
Pediatric occupational therapists work specifically with children that have:
- Failure to thrive
- Brachial plexus injuries (cervical and thoracic spinal nerves)
- Upper extremity surgery (arms)
- Sensory integration disorders
- Autism spectrum disorders
- Visual/perceptual delays
- Feeding/oral motor disorders
Pediatric speech therapists work with children on the following:
- Articulation (ability to shape the sounds of speech)
- Phonological processes (voice sound)
- Voice quality
- Language
- Fluency
- Apraxia (impaired ability to produce speech)
- Cleft lip and/or palate
- Feeding and swallowing disorders
- Autism spectrum disorders
In addition to providing direct one-on-one therapy to children with speech and language delays, therapists also may utilize the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) to facilitate language.
What happens upon referral?
When a child is referred to our program for a pediatric evaluation, he/she will receive a comprehensive evaluation from one or more members of our experienced pediatric team. We work closely with the family members or caregivers to design an individualized treatment plan that is intended to improve the child's function and physical abilities. The child will receive a home program to compliment the work accomplished during therapy. The home program is reviewed regularly and updated as needed. The ultimate goal in therapy is to give the child and family the tools necessary to allow the child to function to their highest potential in their home and community. The activities and programming ideas they learn during therapy make this possible.
