“From birth, she hated singing. She startled easier than other babies. She hated her toys that made sound. She would leave when we tried to play with her. As a pre-schooler, she couldn’t follow more than one instruction at a time and had trouble with self control. She wasn’t much into coloring and drawing. She still had trouble with loud sounds. Meltdowns could not be stopped, we just had to ride them out. I sought help from pediatricians, home health nurses, child development specialists and advice from family and friends for 4 years and was told ‘this child doesn’t have a developmental problem’, ‘stop trying to give her a label’ and ‘you’re crazy’. Four years of feeling like I had failed my child. Until we met April. Within 15 minutes, April had identified what was going on with my daughter. With further review and meeting with us, she developed a plan for Occupational Therapy that would help my daughter learn to function with her sensory processing dysfunction, strengthen her fine motor skills and to help us all overcome self regulation issues. She also identified an eye muscle problem we’d have never suspected and helped us get treatment for that! I’m so glad we went to see her that day because it has drastically improved my daughter’s life, her future and our family. My daughter now behaves much like you’d expect an 8 year old to. We have occasional moments but thanks to the therapies we received from April’s office, we know how to handle these moments and can overcome them easier. She gave my daughter a chance at a normal life. I’ll forever be thankful for April and her team.”

-Kelly, Gunnison

“As a parent with special needs children, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the multitude of options in providing the appropriate therapeutic services for your kids. The services provided by the school system are greatly appreciated and very helpful to my children as they navigate their school days.  However, all school services are limited in scope, due to budgetary concerns, lack of staffing and a multitude of other reasons.  The school will, of course, tend to focus on the academic well-being of children, although important this is only one aspect of their lives.  As children become adults, the skills of communication and regulation taught in fun and exciting ways by the extremely well-trained and thoughtful staff of Exploration Kids are truly life-changing.  The increase in communication and coping skills has had a direct impact on their confidence and ability to function in everyday society.    

Exploration Kids Therapy has assisted both of my sons with their abilities to self-regulate, cope with stress, and establish closer connections between their brain and their bodies.  Not only do the therapists treat each child uniquely and individually but they do so in a manner that is fun and interactive.  Additionally, Exploration Kids has provided the resources that our family needed to receive diagnoses from experts in the Child Psychology fields - an accurate diagnosis is key in understanding your child's strengths and limitations and necessary to build a positive and realistic plan for your child's future.  

As a result of testing performed by Exploration Kids, we learned that our son had extremely weak eye muscles and required glasses in order to ensure that his eyes mature properly.  After seeing a Pediatric Ophthalmologist, we are very grateful that he now has the tools he needs to see and to improve his sight capabilities in adult life as well.”

-Lauren, Crested Butte