Occupational Therapy

Los Pasitos provides Early Intervention services to children ages birth to three years, that are at risk for, or that have a developmental delay or disability, get the support they need to reach their full potential. Los Pasitos partners with families to nurture and advocate for their child’s development through coaching and modeling in their natural environment so that parents and caregivers can shine while helping their child reach their full potential. All early intervention services are free to families

Serve infants and toddlers under the age of 3, and pregnant women. EHS programs provide intensive comprehensive child development and family support services to low-income infants and toddlers and their families, and to pregnant women and their families.

Region 9 Developmental Services Program provides comprehensive developmental/early intervention activities that benefit the families and children from birth through age three who have or may be at risk for developmental delays. Some options of this program include family counseling and education; health services; Child Find and screening services; assessment and evaluation services; special instruction provided by developmental specialists; nutritional consultation; occupational, physical, speech, and language therapy; transportation; family service coordination; and respite care services. An Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) is developed for each child/family based upon determined needs.

Roundtree Children’s Developmental Services provides early intervention to all San Juan County families with children birth to three who exhibit a delay, may be at risk for a delay, or who are involved with the New Mexico Children’s Youth and Families Department. Roundtree’s services include family service coordination, developmental instruction, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, nutritional services, and outreach services in conjunction with the New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired as well as the New Mexico School for the Deaf. Services are provided at no cost to families.

Mi Via, which means “my path”, “my way” or “my road”, is designed to assist you in managing your own services and supports to live your best life. Mi Via is about choosing self-direction over your home and community-based services, support and goods within your approved plan and budget. The Mi Via Waiver program provides an array of living supports (for adults only), community membership supports, health and wellness supports and other related supports and goods.

Services include Consultant/Support Guide Services, Personal Plan Facilitation, Community Membership Supports, Living Supports, Health and Wellness Services, Other Related Goods and Supports, and Services for Children.

The Medically Fragile Waiver Program is a Home and Community Based Medicaid Waiver. The program is designed to serve children and adults with case management, home health care, respite care, private duty nursing, physical, occupational and speech therapies, behavior support consultation, nutritional counseling and specialized medical equipment and supplies.

Blue Star's Therapy provides premier home, community, and center-based early intervention therapy services for young children with Autism and other developmental delays using the Early Start Denver Model Curriculum.

Services include ESDM Services, Parent Empowerment Program, The Blue School, Speech-Language Pathology, ABA: Behavioral Intervention, Occupational Therapy, Consultation, and Educational Setting Observation.

Bilingual services included.

We are a therapist-run organization that began in July of 2005 to serve children and families’ needs through early intervention.

Today we have teams with speech-language, occupational, physical, and family therapists. We also have a nurse, nutritionist, family services coordinators, developmental instructions, infant massage therapists, and pediatric specialists. Our mental health clinicians specializing in play therapy interventions, MDMR, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and more. Our Autism program has 16 Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA) and about 50 Registered Behavior Therapists (RBT).

The Children's Workshop provides FIT services, early childhood education, and after school programs.

FOCUS provides supports and services that improve family well-being by strengthening family capacity to support resilience and protective behaviors for their children, providing culturally sensitive service strategies, collaborating with the community on behalf of the families, and maximizing access to quality services. The service delivery team includes pediatricians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, service coordinators, developmental specialists, occupational therapists, and speech and language pathologists. Services are available in both English and Spanish.

Native American Professional Parent Resources, (NAPPR) Inc. is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and was founded in 1981 as a joint project between the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the New Mexico Deparment of Health to provide early intervention services to Native American families with young children experiencing developmental delays. Since that time, NAPPR has established itself as an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and grown from serving approximately 30 Native American children/families in 6 Pueblo communities to serving 400+ Native and Non-Native American families across a four county area. In addition to direct services to families with young children in these four counties, NAPPR also serves a much wider geographic range through the Albuquerque Area Dental Support Center.

NAPPR now includes 5 distinct programs that aim to strengthen the communities we serve by increasing and supporting healthy families through a range of services. The original program-Early Intervention, continues to serve families (both Native and Non-Native American) who have infants/toddlers who are experiencing developmental delays or who have risk factors for developmental delays. NAPPR also provides Universal home visiting using a culturally based model for Native American families with children prenatal through age five, Early Head Start center and home based services for Native and Non-Native American families with children prenatal through age three, as well as support services for Indian Health Service funded Dental Clinics and Little Scholar’s Academy center services Native and Non-Native American families with children 6 weeks through age five.

MECA Therapies, LLC has offices in Las Cruces, Hobbs, Clovis, and Roswell, and provides FIT and outpatient rehabilitation services.

Services: Using Equine movement as part of Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy, aka Hippotherapy

Insurances Accepted: Presbyterian, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Molina, and Centennial Care/Medicaid MCOs: Presbyterian, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and Molina

Other: Facility therapy dog also a treatment option

Using Equine movement as part of Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy, aka Hippotherapy

Eligibility/Ages: 3 years to adulthood; Initial screening to determine eligibility

Insurance Accepted: Presbyterian, DD Waiver, Mi Via Waiver, Private Pay, and Centennial Care/Medicaid MCO: Presbyterian

At LifeROOTS we focus on individuals and their specific needs. Our disabled adult clients and families have access to day habilitation (day hab), supported employment, job coaching, job development, literacy programs and much more. We offer children and families FREE early childhood intervention screenings, assessments and services from birth to age 3. We also offer other therapeutic and support services for children with disabilities including parenting classes, therapeutic and behavioral services and much more.

Dogwood Therapy provides dog training services, occupational and other therapy services, integrated programming for individuals, and integrated activities, classes, and programs.

We are an interdisciplinary clinic with speech-language pathologists and occupational therapists. We specialize in autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities.

Autism Specialists provides speech and language therapy and occupational therapy to individuals with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities (e.g., intellectual disabilities). We also have extensive experience in working with individuals who have a co-existing mental illness (e.g., depression, bipolar, anxiety, personality disorders). We work with individuals of all ages from infancy to adulthood.

At Bilingual Multicultural Services, Inc. (BMSI) we have the Best Team Support where therapists diagnose and treat individuals of all ages who are impacted by mentally, physically, developmentally, or emotionally disabling conditions. Various programs for all ages, providing occupational, physical, speech and language, psychological, social work, professional development and consulting, and birth-3 (FIT) services.

ExplorAbilities provides Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy to adults and children of all ages and Developmental Rehabilitation services,
such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language therapy to children birth to age 21. ExplorAbilities is a Medicare Certified
facility and is licensed by the NM Dept. of Health.

Indigo Therapy Services, Inc. offers Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy to children. We provide three age-appropriate sensory gyms
and a torticollis/plagiocephaly positioning clinic. We specialize in helping children that have sensory processing issues, social, emotional,
and self-care issues, language and articulation issues, and/or fine and gross motor delays. We receive referrals from Parents, Physicians,
APS/Schools, Psychologists/Psychiatrists, Social Workers, Counselors, CYFD, Treatment Foster Care Facilities, and other Community Agencies.

We offer occupational and speech therapy,

KidPower provides Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech-Language Therapy services including assessment/evaluation.

UNM Health’s Carrie Tingley Hospital (CTH) has been providing compassionate, coordinated health care to children and adolescents with complex musculoskeletal and orthopedic conditions, rehabilitation needs, developmental issues and long-term physical disabilities for more than 70 years.

Climbing Tree Therapy provides pediatric (birth to 21) Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech-Language Therapy services.

NMSBVI Albuquerque offers statewide outreach and preschool/kindergarten education services.

Preschool/kindergarten is part of NMSBVI’s continuum of services offered to children throughout each stage of growth and development. The Preschool and Kindergarten Program serves children who are blind or visually impaired between the ages of 3 and 6 from Albuquerque and the surrounding areas. Students are required to have a diagnosed vision impairment that adversely impacts their capacity to learn in a more traditional classroom. All students are placed in the program by IEP committee decision held by the student’s resident public school system.

The academic program for Preschool and Kindergarten consists of literacy (print and Braille), math, concept development, socialization and all aspects of the expanded core curriculum for blindness. Students are encouraged to explore and to become familiar with their immediate environment; then expand outward to travel successfully into new and unfamiliar areas. Guided exploration and self-discovery are used to support learning at every level. All children are placed in the preschool programs by IEP team decision because they require daily support from a teacher of the visually impaired

The Preschool and Kindergarten Program offers additional services to students who qualify. These services include:
Classroom instruction from Teachers of the Visually Impaired
Orientation and Mobility instruction
Speech-Language Therapy
Physical Therapy
Occupation Therapy
Nursing
Social Work
Audiology
Transportation

NMSBVI’s residential services are available to New Mexico students who have an identified visual impairment that has been determined, through assessment, to impact their learning. Families and school districts should consider a placement when the student needs intensive instruction in skills related to visual impairment (ex: Braille, life skills, technology). In addition, a placement on the campus may be appropriate when a school district has been unsuccessful in hiring or replacing its teacher of the visually impaired; when a student is nearing the completion of their high school years and is not ready for their next life step; when a student is ready to move to their district’s middle or high school but the student’s team thinks the student could benefit from an ‘extra’ year to prepare for middle/high school. Often, districts contact NMSBVI when a high school student needs credit recovery.

(*Note: For more information about the residential campus, contact Julie Johnson at 575-439-4432 and for the summer, contact Ron Later at 575-439-4478).

The Early Childhood Evaluation Program (ECEP) is a team of professionals with years of experience working with young children, including:
a. A physician or nurse practitioner;
b. A psychologist;
c. A speech-language pathologists;
d. A physical or occupational therapist.

Family members are the most important members of the team, however. We also encourage early intervention providers to observe and give feedback.

ECEP provides:
a. Interdisciplinary evaluations for children birth to three living throughout New Mexico;
b. ECEP addresses developmental delay, complex medical conditions, autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, behavioral/regulatory issues, and other specialized evaluation questions for very young children.

ECEP evaluates:
a. Thinking and problem-solving;
b. Social and emotional interactions and engagement;
c. Communication, speech, and language abilities and understanding
d. Motor skills and coordination;
e. Response to sights, sounds, touch, and movement;
f. Physical examination and review of medical history.

ECEP evaluations are:
a. Conducted in many different locations throughout New Mexico;
b. A helpful resource for families and early intervention, and school providers;
c. Child and family-friendly;
d. Play-based and fun.

PATH Intl. was founded in 1969 as the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA) to promote safe and effective therapeutic horseback riding throughout the United States and Canada. Today, PATH Intl. has 873 member centers and nearly 8,000 individual members in countries all over the world, who help and support almost 69,000 men, women and children--including more than 6,700 veterans--with special needs each year through a variety of equine-assisted services programs. Though PATH Intl. began with a focus on horseback riding as a form of physical and mental therapy, the organization and its dedicated members have since developed a multitude of different equine-related activities for therapeutic purposes, collectively known as equine-assisted services (or EAS). Besides horseback riding, EAS also includes therapeutic carriage driving; interactive vaulting, which is similar to gymnastics on horseback; equine-assisted learning, in which those licensed in human development or teaching partner with the horse in those fields, and licensed PT, OT, PT/SLP, and mental health professionals utilize treatment strategies incorporating the horse; ground work and stable management; and PATH International Equine Services for Heroes®, which uses a variety of EAS disciplines specifically to help war veterans and military personnel. In addition, many PATH Intl. volunteer-driven committees are working on identifying and refining even more disciplines and activities that might be put to use in the world of EAS.