What is Therapy?
Therapy is a treatment or structured process designed to heal an illness, manage a condition, or improve physical and mental well-being. While it broadly covers medical and physical treatments, the word most often refers to mental health cocounseling.
Therapy is the attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis usually synonymous with treatment.
Using Ricare Helpmate as a case study, we offer you the very best ABA Services not just for the money but because every child matters. For a special need child, our heart yarns for them to grow, play, interact and read, just like every other child without a disability.
We are an organized body that provide all form of therapy for your special need child and since special needs varies, here are different types of therapy services your child may be needing:
APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS: Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a scientific therapy based on the way learning and behavior interact with the environment. It uses positive reinforcement to help people build helpful skills, improve communication, and decrease harmful behaviors. It is most widely used to support individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
RECREATIONAL THERAPY (PLAY THERAPY): Recreation therapy deals with engaging your child with recreational activities and this means taking them to playing ground with a close look on them depending on the nature of their disabilities. Recreational therapy builds confidence, esteem and social interactivity.
PHYSICAL THERAPY (PHYSIOTHERAPY): Another form of therapy your special need child may need is the physical therapy. This form of therapy involves physical activities, like walking, standing, gripping and sitting. Physical therapy majorly deals with the locomotive.
SPEECH THERAPY: For any speech impediment, the best therapy is the speech therapy for your special need child.
BEHAVIOR THERAPY: This form of therapy is a form of psychotherapy with the aim to reduce behavioral problems and it seeks to promote adaptation skills. ADHD patients for example go through this form of therapy for their mental and communicative skills. This form of therapy is mainly to eliminate unwanted behaviour.
COGNITIVE THERAPY: This form of therapy focuses on the thoughts and emotion that leads to behavior.
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY: In occupational therapy, the therapist assist the assist the child specifically for a purpose. This can be in a particular field or interest or activity.
ART THERAPY: Art therapy involves the child expressive skills in various artistics ways either through painting, drawing, modeling, sculpting or pottery. Art therapy is effective for their self-awareness.
MUSIC THERAPY: In music therapy, the therapist uses music to help in improving the mental and physical health of the child.
AQUA THERAPY (WATER): This type of therapy involves exercises and body treatment performed in a pool. It is a form of rehabilitation that helps the body to relax, and experience a mental and physical easiness. Aqua therapy also reduces the body tension, and anxiety. It has a huge therapeutic benefits for physical fitness and balance.
DANCE THERAPY: Another form of therapy your child may be needing is the dance therapy. Dance therapy is an expressive therapy that involves the use of movements, it could be acrobatic, or just the body trenching, or hips movement. The goal of this therapy is to treat emotional, mental, and physical health. Dance therapy is effective for changing a child’s mood.
VISION THERAPY: Vision therapy is a non-surgical way of helping children with poor vision. It is carried out by a specialized doctor to engage the child with some vision activities to help improve their vision and exercise their sights neurons.
RESPIRATORY THERAPY: In respiratory therapy, the therapist helps to treat and restore patients with airways and breathing problem.
VOCATIONAL THERAPY: Vocational therapy is a type of therapy which helps and model the special need child to plan careers, and find satisfying jobs.
INTERACTIVE METRONOME THERAPY: In Interactive Metronome therapy, children are helped to overcome attention and coordination limitations. IMT can be applied at any age and time to correct any physical and mental disability.
ARTICULATION SPEECH THERAPY: In articulation speech therapy, the child is helped to correct a distortion in the pronunciation of a particular sound
EQUINE THERAPY: Equine therapy is designed to help special need children with motor skills, develop muscle tone, and aid balancing through horse riding.
EXPRESSIVE ART THERAPY: Expressive therapy is a combination of visual arts movement, drama, music, writing, and other creative processes and growth and community development.
