User:Thetoyqueen

Pediatric Occupational Therapist who enjoys reviewing toys to assist parents in choosing developmentally appropriate toys for their kids. As a pediatric occupational therapist, practicing in the Greater Boston area, with almost 10 years of clinical experience, Keri has worked with many children with varying developmental delays and disabilities. She specializes in working with infants, toddlers, preschoolers and elementary school age children to enhance their gross motor skills, fine motor skills, and sensory processing skills. Keri spent five years working in an Early Intervention Program providing home based occupational therapy. For this work, she is recognized by the state of Massachusetts with her Certification as an Early Intervention Specialist. In clinical settings, Keri is a current team member of a High Risk Infant Follow-Up Clinic at a local children’s hospital that provides developmental testing and screening to premature infants and graduates of the Special Care Nursery. She is trained in sensory diet interventions that include the Wilbarger Therapressure Protocol and Vital Links Therapeutic Listening Programs to aid in sensory integration. When therapy sessions last from 30 minutes to an hour, it is always a challenge to find a captivating and motivating toy to target specific skills and demonstrate home program suggestions to parents, in such a short time frame. Though her experience is mostly with children with disabilities, the recommendations Keri shares on this website, are toys that she believes can be helpful for any child to stimulate educational growth, so as to achieve developmental milestones in a fun, playful and natural way.