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Laura Hillman, MS, OTR/L, the owner/ lead therapist at Playful Minds Pediatric Occupational Therapy, has extensive experience providing effective sensory-motor based treatments to address the challenges often experienced by autistic children and their families.     Laura has worked in private pediatric practice for nearly a decade, and adores opportunities to work closely with young and school-aged clients and their families.  Drawing on her services in various autism programs through the years, and her personal values of autonomy and self-determination, Laura operates from a strengths-based perspective in supporting her autistic clients and their families. She commonly addresses such concerns as sensory processing challenges, feeding difficulties (in concert with speech therapy), self-care difficulties, sleep dysregulation, and mitigation of injurious or other challenging behavior.   She is highly skilled in applying sensory-informed, progress-focused intervention that honors behavior as a form of communication, while supporting collaboration with other disciplines and modalities.    Although the majority of Laura’s clients are school-aged or younger, she welcomes older clients.  Please schedule a free intake video chat to determine if you or your child are a good fit for occupational therapy with Laura Hillman at Playful Minds Occupational Therapy, LLC.

Team PBS puts Families First. We understand that navigating the world of ABA can be confusing which is why Team PBS prioritizes support for our caregivers in addition to the focus individual. PBS Corp serves children and adults with behavioral challenges. Typically, we support individuals who require assistance in: developing or enhancing language skills to more effectively communicate their needs and functional skills (e.g., daily living, self-regulation) that will lead to greater independence diminishing problem behaviors such as aggression, self-injury, elopement, tantrumming, and property destruction that limit their ability to develop skills and participate fully in integrated settings.

Positive Development is the leading provider of developmental therapy for children with autism. Tailored to a child's unique needs and developmental milestones, our therapy integrates relational connection, empowerment and sense of safety through play. We support a child's growth, and family, and deliver integrated, family-focused care that's proven to provide lasting results. Each child's care plan is overseen by experts with additional specialists available for other therapies as needed.