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Justabout Pediatric Therapy is a private therapy clinic, located in McMurray, PA - helping kids grow, move, and communicate with confidence.

10/14/2026

What’s that? 🤔 A keyguard!

🎯 A keyguard is modification that can be added to AAC devices to help a user select buttons with accuracy. 👁️👉🏼 People with limited motor control or visual skills may benefit from a keyguard.

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10/12/2026

Happy Milestone Monday! 👆🏼 Finger isolation is the ability to move and control one finger at a time.

🌟 At 6-9 months: Finger isolation begins to emerge, with babies trying to “pinch” and “poke.”
🌟 By 12 months: A child can consistently use their index finger to point or press targets.

🤔How does finger isolation support AAC? When using an AAC device children isolate their index finger to select icons. ☝🏼 Sign language requires finger isolation to imitate simple and complex hand positions.🤘🏼

Promoting fine motor skills to support a child’s ability to use their AAC device or imitate signs is an example of how our occupational therapist & speech therapists collaborate to support a child to move, learn, & grow with confidence! 💗 Contact us to learn more!

10/11/2026

One of the most powerful ways to support AAC users is to model language without expecting an immediate response.
Think about how children learn spoken language. They hear thousands of words before they are expected to use them. AAC users need the same opportunity to see and hear language modeled on their communication system.

During everyday activities, try pointing to a few key words on the AAC device or sign them while your talking:

🍽️Meal time: “EAT,” “MORE,” “GOOD”
🚗Car ride: “GO,” “STOP,” “LOOK”
📚Reading a book: “OPEN”, “TURN,” “SEE”
🛒Grocery shopping: “WANT,” “FIND,” “HELP”
🧺Cleaning up: “PUT,” “IN,” “ALL DONE”
🛁Bath time: “WATER,” “WASH,” “SPLASH”

✨Remember: model language, keep it natural, and don’t require imitation.✨

Every time you model, you are showing the AAC user how language works on their system and building a foundation for future communication.

Communication grows when we provide language, not pressure. 💚

10/06/2026

Happy AAC Awareness Month. 🌟 Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is any form of communication that allows people to communicate their wants, needs, ideas, and questions! 💬

What are the pre-requisites of AAC? There are none!❌This means there is not a specific age, set of skills, or test a child needs to meet before introducing AAC.

Did you know that…
👧🏼Children with autism, late talkers, childhood apraxia of speech, cerebral palsy, down syndrome, and those with significant speech sound disorders can benefit from AAC.
🗣️AAC can help reduce communication breakdowns, build vocabulary, encourage social interaction, and increase independence.
👋🏼AAC can be manual signs (ASL), gestures, finger spelling, tangible objects, drawing, communication boards and letter boards, and speech-generating devices.
💬Research shows that many children increase verbal output once communication pressure is reduced!

10/04/2026

Multitasking! 🧠✅ A fun activity to do in physical therapy is studying for a spelling test. Wait…what?!

Today in PT, we were multitasking! We ask kids to work on therapy activities between sessions so that they make progress toward their goals. Pairing therapy exercises with other tasks helps build healthy habits. Some examples are…

🔤Trunk control exercises + studying for a spelling test
🦷Standing like flamingo + brushing your teeth
🛏️Answering wh-questions + bed time story
🚗Practicing speech sounds + car rides

We know that kids are busy and we marvel at the efforts families make to share their kids’ time with us. Do you need help making our therapy activities part of your daily routine?

09/30/2026

What’s That...? 🤔 It’s trunk strength & trunk control!

💪🏽Trunk strength is how much force the muscles in the core produce when they contract.

⚖️Trunk control is how well the muscles work together to create a stable base so the rest of the body (& brain) can perform best!

Both have an important role in helping your child to move, learn, & grow with confidence! 💚

Contact us today to learn how our therapists can support your child in developing the trunk strength & control needed to play with friends, sit upright at school, and explore their world! 💪🏼⭐🏃🏽‍♀️‍➡️

09/29/2026

🛒Grocery store milestones! Did you know...

⭐ At 1-2 years old, children can sit well in the front of the grocery cart for 10-20 minutes, depending on the level of engagement with their caregiver during the activity.

⭐ At 3 years old, if able to follow safety rules, children can retrieve items from low shelves and place them in the cart. And move items from the cart to the belt for checkout. They can usually tolerate up to 30 minutes of shopping when engaged in physical activity.

⭐At 4 years old, children can help with unloading groceries! They can carry a grocery bag from the car to the kitchen, including carrying an item on stairs (with a railing).

Do you have questions about how to support your child’s development? Contact us today to learn more. 📞 We are accepting new patients for physical therapy, speech therapy, and occupational therapy.

09/25/2026

Get ready to challenge your creativity & flexibility with this coloring swap activity! 🖍️🔁

For this activity, you will need:
🖍️Crayons, markers, or colored pencils
🗒️At least 2 coloring pages
⏲️A timer (your phone works too!)

To play this activity, give each person a coloring page. And set the timer for 1-3 minutes. When the timer dings, switch papers! Keep switching the coloring pages every 1-3 minutes until your masterpiece is complete! 🖼️

Whoever’s turn it is coloring each page has full creative control, and they may make a different choice than you would have! 👨🏼‍🎨 This challenges your child’s creativity, mental flexibility, & ability to make compromises - building important skills needed to work with friends at school and during play! 👥

📸 Show us your coloring swap pictures!

09/23/2026

Help us wish our friend a very happy birthday! 🥳🎂 We hope you had a DINO-mite day of celebration, you deserve it! 🦖🌟🦕

09/16/2026

What’s that? 🤔 A milestone!

A milestone identifies a certain age when most children can do a specific skill. 📈

For example, according to ASHA, the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association, most children can say and use at least 50 words by 2 years old. 🗣️

💡Milestones help us understand typical development and assist in identifying when a child may benefit from extra support.

🪴Every child grows at their own pace, and milestones simply help us see the bigger picture.

Do you have questions about your child’s next milestone? 📞Contact us today to learn more!

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608 E. McMurray Road
McMurray, PA
15317

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 6pm
Tuesday	9am - 6pm
Wednesday	9am - 6pm
Thursday	9am - 6pm

Telephone

+17249414414

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