Intensive therapy is a higher-frequency model of care that provides multiple hours of therapy over a shorter period of time. The goal is to create more opportunities for practice, motor learning, and skill development than are typically possible in a traditional weekly model.

For us at NeuroFit Kids Foundational Skills Intensive Program, high frequency is only part of the picture. We use that added time to look deeper. It allows the therapist to peel back the layers, learn the child and family more fully, observe what is helping or limiting progress, and provide more precise education and guidance.

The intensive model also creates space to thoughtfully trial different equipment, modalities, and treatment strategies. This helps us determine what may be most beneficial for your child not only during the program, but also as part of home carryover and ongoing therapies.

Research suggests that higher-frequency therapy models can support skill development, motor progress, and retention when compared with more traditional therapy schedules for some children. Intensive models can be especially valuable when frequency, repetition, and carryover are important ingredients in progress.

We also believe that how progress is achieved matters. Our goal is not simply to produce faster movement, but to support more efficient, sustainable, and developmentally meaningful movement patterns whenever possible.

This program may be a good fit for families who are looking for more than a quick fix and want a thoughtful, highly individualized approach to their child’s development.

It may be especially helpful for children who:

• have developmental delays or neurological conditions

• seem to have plateaued in progress

• need more frequent therapy for a period of time

• would benefit from targeted work on alignment, postural control, strength, coordination, balance, or motor planning

• need a highly individualized approach that goes beyond a single treatment method

It can also be a valuable option for families seeking a fresh perspective when conventional therapy has not fully addressed their concerns. With advanced understanding of both musculoskeletal and neurological systems, our team often helps bridge a gap that families commonly experience in pediatrics when progress has stalled and they are looking for deeper clinical reasoning and a more specific plan.

We welcome children with a wide range of strengths, diagnoses, and support needs.

We treat the whole child, not just the diagnosis. Our interventions are carefully selected based on each child’s unique presentation, goals, and needs.

Our pediatric PT team has experience supporting children with complex and/or rare neurological and physical conditions, including cerebral palsy, rare genetic syndromes, traumatic brain injury, pediatric stroke, hypertonia, hypotonia, developmental delay, and prematurity, among others.

Our program is different because we do not define success by quick gross motor gains alone. We work from the why behind movement challenges, looking deeper to understand what may be limiting progress and building a plan that supports movement quality, alignment, access to movement, and long-term developmental trajectory.

Many families come to us after feeling frustrated that their child has practiced specific skills without enough attention to the factors making those skills difficult in the first place. By working from the underlying why, we are often able to support meaningful progress that families have not seen elsewhere.

Our advanced understanding of both musculoskeletal and neurological systems also helps bridge a gap that is common in pediatrics. For families concerned about plateau with more conventional therapy approaches, this program can offer a valuable second opinion and a more specific path forward.

We are also intentional about carryover. While children may make strong progress during an intensive, lasting benefit depends on what happens after it ends. That is why caregiver education, training, and practical next steps are central to our model, not adjunct to it. If parents understand the why and the how, they are better equipped to support their child over time rather than relying on a short burst of therapy and wondering what comes next.

We are thoughtful about how progress is achieved. Feeding into compensatory patterns to create faster visible gains can sometimes come at the cost of inefficient movement, joint stress, and reduced quality over time. Our goal is to help children build stronger, more sustainable movement patterns whenever possible.

Rather than pushing every child through the same set of exercises, we carefully design sessions around what matters most for that child and family.

Each program is thoughtfully designed for your child based on their strengths, abilities, tolerance, and family goals. We begin with a complimentary video consultation to help determine fit and pair your child with the most appropriate clinician.

After a formal evaluation and individualized plan of care, your child participates in one-on-one sessions with an expert doctor of physical therapy. Intensives often include 2 or 3-hour sessions, 5 days per week, for 4 weeks, though mini-intensives are available for children who would benefit from a shorter duration or lower frequency.

Our intensive is not limited to a single method. We believe skilled pediatric physical therapy should integrate multiple systems, clinical tools, and therapeutic approaches based on the needs of the individual child.

Our care is whole-child and whole-body, with close attention to alignment, postural control, motor learning, and functional carryover. We use a blend of advanced interventions, clinical reasoning, and specialized equipment to help children build more efficient movement patterns and meaningful functional gains.

Because every child’s program is individualized, treatment looks different from one child to the next. Depending on your child’s needs, sessions may include a combination of therapeutic handling, strengthening, postural and balance training, gait-related work, motor learning strategies, caregiver coaching, and specialized tools or equipment.

One important benefit of the intensive format is that it gives us time to trial and assess what truly helps. Rather than making rushed assumptions, we can observe how your child responds to different supports, equipment, and modalities over time and make more thoughtful recommendations for home routines and future therapy planning.

Interventions may include:

• Universal Exercise Unit (UEU) / Spider Cage

• Whole Body Vibration

• Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training

• Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation

• Total Motion Release (TMR Tots)

We also make equipment recommendations and offer practical strategies for carryover at home whenever appropriate.

We are an out-of-network provider. We understand participation in a pediatric physical therapy intensive program can be cost-prohibitive for some families. We do offer fixed monthly payment plans and accept HSA/FSA payments.

Please contact us for more information on available funding sources through grants, community resources, and scholarships through the NeuroFit Institute Foundation.