Helping Children Grow in Confidence & Independence
Through playful, personalized occupational therapy, Pacific Kids helps your child thrive, while giving you peace of mind.
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Hi, I'm Ali
My approach is simple, playful, and effective.
I know how hard it can be when your child is struggling. You want them to feel confident and independent, but instead you’re navigating meltdowns, worries, or daily routines that feel harder than they should. You don’t have to figure it out alone. That’s why I started Pacific Kids Occupational Therapy. For over a decade, I’ve supported children in homes, schools, and clinics.
Along the way, I earned degrees in psychology and occupational therapy, but what matters most is how I use them: by focusing on foundational skills like sensory processing, self-regulation, and reflex integration. When those foundations are strong, kids naturally unlock the higher-level skills they need for focus, learning, and independence.
Challenges you might be facing:
Daily Routines Feel Overwhelming
Getting dressed, brushing teeth, or sitting for homework ends in frustration or meltdowns. Your child struggles with everyday tasks that should feel simple.
Sensory Overload or Shutdowns
Loud noises, crowded classrooms, or even certain clothing can send your child into overwhelm, or cause them to withdraw completely.
Big Emotions are Hard to Manage
From sudden tantrums to difficulty calming down, your child has trouble regulating emotions, attention, and energy throughout the day.
Motor Skills & Coordination Delays
Things like handwriting, balance, and coordination seem harder than expected, making school and play feel discouraging.
How I Can Help Your Child
A thorough first step where we get to know your child. Through conversations with you, fun activities, and observation, we identify their strengths and challenges to create a plan that truly supports their growth.
A thorough first step where we get to know your child. Through conversations with you, fun activities, and observation, we identify their strengths and challenges to create a plan that truly supports their growth.
Evaluation
Ongoing sessions designed around your child’s unique goals. Therapy is playful and engaging, while also giving you practical strategies to use at home, so progress continues long after each session.
Ongoing sessions designed around your child’s unique goals. Therapy is playful and engaging, while also giving you practical strategies to use at home, so progress continues long after each session.
Treatment
Guidance and resources tailored for you as the parent. Whether it’s learning new strategies, understanding your child’s needs, or finding ways to support progress at home and school, you’ll feel confident knowing you’re not in this alone.
Guidance and resources tailored for you as the parent. Whether it’s learning new strategies, understanding your child’s needs, or finding ways to support progress at home and school, you’ll feel confident knowing you’re not in this alone.
Parent Support & Education
Primitive Reflexes
Babies are born with reflexes that help them survive and develop in the first months of life.
Sometimes these reflexes don’t fade as they should, and they can affect balance, coordination, focus, and even behavior.
Occupational therapy works to integrate these early reflexes so children can build stronger foundations for learning, movement, and independence.
Self-Regulation
Self-regulation is a child’s ability to manage their emotions, attention, and energy in different situations.
When this is hard, small frustrations can turn into big meltdowns, or focusing in school can feel impossible.
Occupational therapy gives children tools and strategies to calm their bodies, handle emotions, and build confidence in everyday routines.
Sensory Processing
Sensory processing is how a child’s brain takes in and organizes information from their senses, like touch, sound, movement, and sight, so they can respond in a way that feels safe and comfortable.
When this process is off, everyday things like getting dressed, handling noise, or sitting in class can feel overwhelming.
Occupational therapy helps children strengthen these skills so they can stay calm, focused, & ready to learn.
"Our child has grown to be more confident and open about discussing her feelings."
"Ali has great recommendations and tools for challenging situations both for our child and for us as parents. OT from Ali has become a critical part of supporting our child’s growth and success. We highly recommend Ali at Pacific Kids OT!"
- Mom of 8 year-old
"She helps him work thru everyday life struggles from big to small. "
"Our son doesn’t usually enjoy speaking to grownups, but he loves Ali. After working with her, we’ve seen positive changes in our son’s emotional regulation skills, and he is now able to identify and articulate his feeling so much better. We love her!"
- M.E.
"She makes his therapy sessions fun by using things he’s really interested in."
"Ali has been such an amazing OT for my son! She keeps him motivated and excited to participate. She’s also helped us figure out what works best for him, which has made a huge difference at home too. We’re so grateful for everything she’s done for our family!"
- Lucy, Mom to Dylan (8)
"She’s been able to benefit from Ali’s skill building in managing her tasks, emotional regulation, goal setting and working through frustrations. "
- Mom of 8 year-old with ADHD
"Our kids love their time with Miss Ali. As parents, we deeply appreciate how she has helped them grow into more confident and capable individuals."
- Trish T.
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