Pediatric Occupational Therapy in Los Gatos, CA
In-Home and Nature-Based OT for Los Gatos Families
TheraPeeps brings mobile pediatric occupational therapy directly to families in Los Gatos. We are a private OT practice founded by Brooke Olson, OTR/L, who holds SIPT and STAR sensory certification, Board Certification in Autism, and over a decade of experience as a DIR/Floortime therapy trainer. Our team delivers therapy in your home, at your child’s school, at private preschools, and in outdoor settings throughout the area.
If your child is navigating sensory sensitivities, emotional dysregulation, feeding challenges, or developmental delays, we are here to help. No formal diagnosis is required to begin services.
OT Services Delivered in Los Gatos and the Santa Cruz Mountains
TheraPeeps serves children ages 0 to 8 across the full range of pediatric occupational therapy needs. We design care around your child’s strengths, whether they thrive in outdoor settings, struggle with daily routines, or need support building regulation and social confidence. Families come to us through school referrals, pediatrician recommendations, or word of mouth. We build a plan that fits your child and your family.
Our services in Los Gatos include:
- Nature-based therapeutic playgroups (our signature offering for this community, small groups in outdoor settings that build sensory tolerance, social confidence, and regulation)
- Sensory Processing & sensory integration therapy (SIPT/STAR certified evaluation and treatment)
- Emotional & Self-Regulation (our most-requested service, practical strategies for meltdowns, transitions, and big feelings)
- Fine Motor Skills (handwriting, scissor use, pre-writing, and tool use)
- Gross Motor & Coordination (core strength, balance, motor planning)
- Feeding Therapy, SOS Approach (picky eating, food refusal, texture aversions)
- Social Skills & Play Development
- DIR/Floortime (relationship-based developmental therapy)
- Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), auditory intervention for nervous system regulation
- School Readiness & Executive Function Support
- Comprehensive Occupational Therapy Evaluations
What TheraPeeps Addresses in Los Gatos Children
Sensory processing, self-regulation, and nature-based therapeutic groups are among the most common entry points for families we work with in Los Gatos. Some children have a formal diagnosis. Many do not. We support children across the full spectrum of developmental and sensory needs. Our approach is neuro-affirming: it respects your child’s neurology rather than trying to override it.
We help children with:
- Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) and sensory sensitivities
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- ADHD and attention regulation challenges
- Anxiety and emotional dysregulation
- Developmental delays (fine motor, gross motor, language-adjacent motor skills)
- Dyspraxia / Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)
- Hypotonia (low muscle tone)
- Feeding difficulties and extreme picky eating
- Handwriting and visual-motor difficulties
- Social pragmatics and peer play challenges
- Twice-exceptional (“2e”) learners navigating school demands
Why Los Gatos Families Work with TheraPeeps
Here is what to know about how TheraPeeps works in Los Gatos:
We come to you. Our practice is fully mobile. We work in your home, at your child’s school (Daves Avenue, Lexington, private programs), or in an outdoor setting. Skills build in the real environments where your child lives, not in a clinic they visit once a week.
Our clinical credentials are deep. Brooke Olson, OTR/L, holds SIPT and STAR sensory certifications, Board Certification in Autism, DIR/Floortime training, and certification in the SOS Feeding Approach and Safe and Sound Protocol. These are the credentials families in Los Gatos ask about, and we welcome questions about the evidence base behind every method we use.
We are neuro-affirming. We do not use compliance-based methods or ABA-modeled OT. Our work is relationship-based, built on your child’s own motivation and curiosity. Development happens when children feel safe and understood.
Our nature-based therapeutic groups are held in outdoor settings. They build sensory tolerance, regulation, and social confidence in small groups. This is a core part of how we work in Los Gatos.
We partner with your school team. We regularly collaborate with teachers, resource specialists, and school psychologists at Los Gatos Union School District schools to keep your child’s support coordinated and consistent.
Netflix and Tech Employer OON Benefits and How Superbills Work
TheraPeeps is a private-pay practice. We do not bill insurance directly. This keeps caseloads small, sessions flexible, and clinical decisions focused on your child.
We provide detailed superbills after each session. A superbill is an itemized receipt with the diagnostic and procedure codes your insurance company needs to process an out-of-network reimbursement claim. Families with PPO plans through Santa Clara County employers, including Netflix, which is headquartered in Los Gatos, often have out-of-network benefits that apply to pediatric OT. We recommend calling your member services line to ask about your OON pediatric therapy benefits before your first session. We are happy to answer questions about our fee structure when you call.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, we regularly see children throughout Los Gatos, including neighborhoods near Vasona Lake County Park and the foothills toward Lexington Reservoir. Because we are a fully mobile practice, your location within Los Gatos does not affect our ability to serve you. We come to your home, your child’s school, or another agreed-upon location that works for your family.
We do, and it is one of the things Los Gatos families ask about most. Outdoor and nature-based sessions are a core part of how we work. For children who are sensory-seeking, thrive in open spaces, or simply do better when they are not cooped up inside, working in a natural setting can unlock engagement that a clinic never could. We also offer small-group nature-based therapeutic programs for children who benefit from peer interaction alongside their sensory and regulation work.
Yes, and we encourage it. We regularly collaborate with classroom teachers, resource specialists, and school psychologists at schools including Daves Avenue Elementary, Fisher Middle School, and other Los Gatos Union campuses. With your written permission, we can share observations, attend IEP meetings, and help your child’s school team implement sensory and regulation strategies that align with what we are working on at home. Coordination between home and school is often the difference between slow progress and real change.
We work with children from birth through age 8. Earlier is almost always better, the younger the child, the more neuroplasticity we have to work with. If you have noticed something that feels off in your infant or toddler’s development, trust that instinct and call us. You do not need a formal diagnosis or a physician referral to schedule an evaluation.
Los Gatos Union School District provides school-based OT, but that service is scoped strictly to educational goals. It addresses what a child needs to access their curriculum, and nothing beyond that. Sensory regulation at home, feeding challenges at dinner, meltdowns during weekend hikes, those fall outside what school-based OT is designed or funded to address. Clinic-based OT asks your child to perform in an unfamiliar environment, and the skills learned there do not always transfer. We work in your child’s real environment, their home, their backyard, their school, which means the strategies stick. We also bring a depth of specialty credentials (SIPT, STAR, SOS, DIR/Floortime, SSP, Board Certified in Autism) that most private practices cannot match.
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