Pediatric Occupational Therapy in Felton, CA
In-Home Pediatric OT Serving Felton and the San Lorenzo Valley
TheraPeeps brings pediatric occupational therapy directly to families in Felton, serving students throughout the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District — from Felton Elementary through SLV High School. Our mobile model means therapy happens in the real environment where your child’s daily routines, sensory challenges, and skill gaps actually show up, not a clinic forty minutes away.
Redwood mountain living offers a lot — outdoor play, community roots, slower pacing — and TheraPeeps fits right in. We also serve nearby Santa Cruz and Bonny Doon families, and our nature-based therapeutic groups are a natural fit for Felton’s outdoor-oriented families.
OT Services Delivered to Felton Homes and Schools
We deliver the full range of pediatric OT services to Felton families in your home, your child’s school, or natural outdoor settings in the San Lorenzo Valley. Because therapy happens inside real daily routines, skills transfer immediately into the moments that matter most.
Our therapists are familiar with San Lorenzo Valley Unified and coordinate directly with school teams at Felton Elementary, SLV Middle School, and SLV High School to support carry-over across all settings.
- Sensory Processing and Sensory Integration (SIPT and STAR certified)
- Emotional and Self-Regulation Therapy
- Fine Motor and Handwriting Skills
- Feeding Therapy (SOS Approach certified)
- DIR/Floortime Intervention
- Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)
- Autism Support (Board Certified in Autism)
- Nature-Based Therapeutic Groups
- Developmental Skill Building and School Readiness
- Comprehensive Evaluations
What We Evaluate and Address in Felton Children
TheraPeeps works with children across a wide range of developmental and sensory profiles. No formal diagnosis is required to begin. Many Felton families come to us with concerns about sensory meltdowns, handwriting difficulties, or feeding struggles without any formal label — we assess thoroughly and build a care plan from there.
Families in Felton most frequently reach out for sensory processing support, emotional regulation, and fine motor development. Early, targeted OT makes a measurable difference in these areas.
- Sensory Processing Disorder and sensory sensitivities
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- ADHD and attention and impulse regulation
- Anxiety presenting as rigidity, avoidance, or emotional overwhelm
- Developmental delays (fine motor, gross motor, adaptive)
- Dyspraxia and motor planning challenges
- Feeding difficulties and food selectivity
- Handwriting and pencil-skill delays
- Difficulty with transitions and flexible thinking
- Hypotonia (low muscle tone) affecting school and play
What Sets TheraPeeps Apart for Felton Families
We travel to you — whether your home is tucked into the redwoods off Graham Hill Road or steps from downtown Felton, our therapists come directly to your door so your child receives expert care where daily skills need to work.
Our clinical credentials are specialized and hard to find. SIPT and STAR certification for sensory integration, SOS Approach training for feeding, Board Certification in Autism, DIR/Floortime expertise, and Safe and Sound Protocol — these are advanced post-graduate credentials that directly benefit your child and are rarely available this close to home for San Lorenzo Valley families.
Our approach is neuro-affirming and developmental. We draw from DIR/Floortime, sensory integration science, and relationship-based OT frameworks — designed to understand why a child is struggling, not simply to shape behavior. Children build durable skills faster when therapy is grounded in connection and child-led engagement. We are not an ABA practice.
We understand the San Lorenzo Valley school context. Our therapists are familiar with SLVUSD procedures and can coordinate with IEP and 504 teams to ensure consistent support across home and school settings.
Private-Pay Pricing and OON Reimbursement in Felton
TheraPeeps is a private-pay practice. We provide detailed superbills after each session that you can submit to your insurance carrier for potential out-of-network reimbursement. Many Felton families carry PPO plans with meaningful out-of-network OT benefits — call the member services number on your card and ask specifically about out-of-network occupational therapy coverage for pediatric diagnoses.
If your employer offers an HSA or FSA, occupational therapy is typically a qualified medical expense and can be paid using pre-tax dollars.
Please contact us at (650) 204-0677 to ask about current session rates and evaluation fees. We are happy to walk you through the superbill process and help you understand what questions to ask your insurer before your first appointment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. TheraPeeps serves families throughout Felton and the San Lorenzo Valley, providing pediatric occupational therapy in homes and schools. Our therapists travel directly to your location so therapy happens where your child’s daily routines — and challenges — actually occur. From families near downtown Felton to homes tucked deeper into the redwoods, we come to you.
No diagnosis is required to begin. Many families come to us with concerns about sensory sensitivities, handwriting, emotional regulation, or feeding without any formal label. We complete our own comprehensive evaluation and build a care plan based on your child’s individual profile — not a diagnosis code. If something feels off, you don’t need a referral to call us.
We work with children from infancy through adolescence. Whether your child is a toddler showing early sensory sensitivities, an elementary-age student at Felton Elementary struggling with handwriting or emotional regulation, or a teenager at SLV High navigating executive function challenges, our team has the training to support them. The nervous system is most responsive to intervention in the earliest years, so earlier is always better.
School-based OT through SLVUSD is designed to support educational access and is limited to the school setting. TheraPeeps provides private, in-home OT that addresses your child’s full daily functioning — home routines, feeding, self-care, emotional regulation, and play. Sessions happen in your Felton home, so the skills we build transfer directly into the environment where your child needs them most. We also coordinate with school teams when appropriate.
For many children with sensory processing differences or emotional dysregulation, yes — significantly. When therapy happens where the challenges occur, your therapist can observe actual triggers and adjust your environment directly. We coach you as a parent in real time. Skills learned in a neutral clinic setting often don’t transfer as readily as skills practiced where they actually need to work.
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