What Is Occupational Therapy?

Occupational therapists focus on the things you want and need to do in your daily life. Occupational therapy intervention uses everyday life activities to promote health, well-being, and your ability to participate in the important activities in your life with the goal of achieving an independent, productive, and satisfying life. This can be done directly through therapy sessions where we can focus on learning emotional regulation strategies, planning routines and strategies for home, recommending adaptive equipment to improve quality of life, and working directly with parents/staff about how to help the individual continue to progress in their natural environment.

What Is Speech Therapy?

Speech therapy helps children and adults develop the skills they need to communicate clearly and confidently. A speech-language pathologist (SLP) can support challenges with speech sounds, language, understanding and expressing ideas, social communication, fluency, and more.

Through individualized, engaging therapy, we work to build communication skills, increase confidence, and help each person participate more fully at home, at school, at work, and in their community.

Where Do We Treat?

Chrysalis has the goal of providing services with convenience to the entire family. Often times largest barriers to individuals getting the services they need are proximity and time. This can be especially true when there are multiple individuals in a household who all have separate interests and activities. We intend to bring therapy to the individual to provide both comfortability and convenience for everyone involved. The three service delivery methods Chrysalis is providing are home based visits, telehealth appointments, and visiting childcare and day-hab centers pending their approval. We are currently accepting new clients in Des Moines, Ankeny, Huxley, and Ames along with surrounding areas.

Who Can Benefit from OT?

Who Can Benefit from Speech?

OT can help children and adults who have:

• Sensory Processing Challenges
• Feeding Difficulties
• Emotional Regulation Difficulties
• Gross/Fine Motor Deficits
• Difficulties with Writing, Drawing, and Cutting
• Visual Impairments
• Learning Disabilities
• Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Down Syndrome
• Brain/Spinal/Muscular Skeletal Injuries
• Mental Health or Behavioral Health Challenges
• Developmental Delays
• Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy, and other Chronic Illnesses

Speech can help children and adults who have:

• Speech sound difficulties
• Language delays or difficulties
• Stuttering or fluency challenges
• Social communication difficulties Voice concerns
• Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) needs
• Cognitive-communication difficulties
• Communication changes following an injury or medical condition
• Children developing communication skills