A developmental sensory motor occupational therapy clinic.
Located in North Lake Tahoe, 22+ years experience.
Services
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Assessment and treatment services for a wide range of conditions and diagnoses, including:
• Sensory Processing Disorder
• ADD/ADHD
• Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Developmental Delays
• Gross, Fine & Visual-motor
• Motor-planning & Coordination issues
• Handwriting Difficulties
• Self-regulation Issues
• Feeding Concerns
• Sleep Concerns
• Pre-term Birth
• Pre-natal Drug/Alcohol Exposure
Treatment methods & protocols include:
• Play-based Sensory Integration Therapy
• Visual Perceptual Programs
• DIR / Floortime
• Therapeutic Listening/Integrated Listening System
• Kawar Vestibular-Ocular Protocol (Astronaut Training)
• Therapressure Protocol (Wilbarger Brushing Protocol)
• Handwriting Without Tears
• Reflex Integration
• Zones of Regulation
• Social Emotional Regulation Curriculum
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Ability to provide multiple other service options in addition to in-clinic appointments:
Telehealth Sessions
Ability to provide occupational therapy services remotely via telehealth. Families are free to switch between in-person appointments and telehealth appointments freely at their discretion.
Outdoor Sessions
Ability to facilitate occupational therapy sessions at various outdoor locations.
In-home Sessions
Ability to facilitate occupational therapy sessions in your home.
Onsite School Sessions
Occupational therapy services can be provided onsite at your child's school and integrate occupational therapy into their education setting.
Parent Conferences & Support
Available for consultation regarding strategies to support your child in daily life, home programs, support for transitions, sensory exploration, self-care/ADL skills strategies, and more.
Sensory Space Consultation
Creating a sensory rich developmental space is another option. We can provide consultation on selecting equipment, toys, and games, alternative seating, writing/reading readiness programs, fine motor tools, and social/emotional thinking curriculums.
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Support adolescents and teenagers and create a plan of care to promote independence.
We a number of settings to help develop various skills:
• Home environment – ADLS, IADLS, health education, sensory lifestyle programming
• Local neighborhood – safe mobility, running errands, identifying leisure options close to home
• Broader community – safely navigating public transportation, communicating with local safety officials, accessing community events and groups, volunteer, and employment opportunities
• Peer relationships – identifying leisure opportunities and who to share them with
• Clinic environment – a safe space to practice or refine skill development
• Technology – integrating and utilizing technology as needed to access different areas of home and community life
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TO BE LAUNCHED AS NEEDED
Groups offer children the opportunity to build social skills in an engaging, play-based format. Playgroups are designed by age and ability level.
Groups may focus on:
• Gross-motor / Sensory-motor play
• Collaborative group projects
• Learning about being friends
• Play skills & games
• Navigating peer relationships
• Social-cognitive awareness
• Identifying and managing self-regulation in groups
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Planned for summer 2024
Lise Carter, OTR/L
Lise has been practicing occupational therapy since 1999 and specializing in pediatrics since 2001. Since graduating from the University of New England in Maine, Lise has worked in various settings across the country including home-based, school, clinic, and aquatic therapy for pediatrics. She founded an aquatic therapy business in Vermont as well as traveled into the bush villages of Alaska to provide occupational therapy for Alaskan native children.
Lise has extensive experience working with children with fine motor and gross motor delays, visual motor and perceptual difficulties, sensory integration disorder, autism spectrum disorders, and developmental delays. With continuing education in Sensory Processing and Regulation, Aquatic Therapy, Therapeutic Listening, Handwriting Without Tears, Zones Of Regulation, Masgutova Neuro Reflex Integration, and NDT principles, Lise enjoys treating children of all ages and skill levels.
She lives in the North Lake Tahoe area with her partner Mark, and daughter Isola. Lise loves all outdoor activities including hiking, mountain biking, skiing, wake surfing, hang gliding, and tennis. Finally, Lise has played piano for years and occasionally likes to incorporate this into her therapy sessions.
What people are saying about Lise Carter, OTR/L
“I have known Lise Carter for close to 4 years now and I would definitely recommend all parents to look no further for an Occupational Therapist. She is very passionate, goes above and beyond for my son, is hands-on with him to match his energy and enthusiasm, and has an amazing chain of communication with us. We know exactly what happens in his sessions and we do constant course corrections to try out new strategies that might work for him. She is not only his therapist but also his advocate in our IEP meetings and it makes a huge difference in the type of services he gets at school as well. My child's improved levels of coordination, social skills, listening cues, sensory processing, expressiveness, and focus are all the results of this excellent OT intervention provided by Lise. She shares this same passion for all her patients and it is definitely a wonderful quality in an OT. Most importantly, my son adores her to bits and has lots of fun in his sessions and always looks forward to spending time with her. We are beyond pleased with her services and happy to be associated with her.”
— Balakrupa & Shyam
“We are so grateful to have Lise Carter as a part of our daughters therapy team. She is kind, compassionate and knowledgeable. She has created and continues to promote outstanding growth in our daughter that we are extremely grateful for.”
—Carrie, mother of a 9 year old
“Working with Lise has made all the difference for my daughter. She works on all aspects of the child: sensory, fine motor, and social emotional. She collaborates with me and my child’s teacher in a friendly professional manner in order to help with the best outcomes. Lise is kind, professional, patient and her love of children is apparent in all she does. Her program is thoughtful and has grown with my daughters progress always building on her achieved skills. She is always thinking of new ways to work on skills which are hard for my child in ways that are fun and engaging. Lise listens to my concerns and new struggles which come up and helps me navigate them with my daughter. We are so lucky to have found Lise and to see the progress my daughter has made with her amazing intervention. I have worked with many OTs over the years and I would not trust just anyone with my daughter, Lise is the perfect fit for us.
—Laura Lux Proud Mom of a daughter with ADHD & School Psychologist
Contact
10099 Jiboom St.
Truckee, CA 96161
Hours
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