For children facing some form of injury, learning obstacle, or delay in development, simple tasks can be a huge, real challenge. One of the most impactful and transformative approaches is Intensive Therapy at Stable Connections. Our multidisciplinary team specializes in providing individualized care that can significantly enhance your child’s progress in various areas of life.
What is the Intensive Therapy Model?
Intensive Paediatric Therapy is revolutionizing the face of rehabilitation for children with motor delay, neurological disorders, and developmental challenges. Unlike traditional therapy, which occurs once or twice a week, intensive therapy is an immersive, high-frequency, structured treatment, harnessing neuroplasticity (the brain’s ability to reorganize, adapt, and learn new skills) to accelerate skill development and functional progress.
Through repeated practice of daily movements such as sitting, rolling, crawling, walking, and playing, children build strength, coordination, and independence. Innovative approaches such as Dynamic Movement Intervention (DMI), Suit Therapy, Spider Cage, and hippotherapy are integrated based on each child’s needs to maximize outcomes.
Stable Connections Intensive Therapy involves concentrated, high-frequency, extended therapeutic sessions over a shorter period to accelerate a child’s progress.
The Science Behind Intensive Therapy
Any time that an Intensive Therapy Model was studied, in comparison to a control group utilizing traditional therapy, the Intensive Therapy participants saw better results than their controlled peers. The Journal of Child Neurology 2014 article summarizes 19 such studies, all of which showed strong evidence for intensive therapy improving function and plasticity.
Intensive Paediatric Therapy is revolutionizing the face of rehabilitation for children with motor delay, neurological disorders, and developmental challenges. Unlike traditional therapy, which occurs once or twice a week, intensive therapy is an immersive, high-frequency, structured treatment, harnessing neuroplasticity (the brain’s ability to reorganize, adapt, and learn new skills) to accelerate skill development and functional progress.
Through repeated practice of daily movements such as sitting, rolling, crawling, walking, and playing, children build strength, coordination, and independence. Innovative approaches such as Dynamic Movement Intervention (DMI), Suit Therapy, Spider Cage, and hippotherapy are integrated based on each child’s needs to maximize outcomes.
Stable Connections Intensive Therapy involves concentrated, high-frequency, extended therapeutic sessions over a shorter period to accelerate a child’s progress.
The Science Behind Intensive Therapy
Any time that an Intensive Therapy Model was studied, in comparison to a control group utilizing traditional therapy, the Intensive Therapy participants saw better results than their controlled peers. The Journal of Child Neurology 2014 article summarizes 19 such studies, all of which showed strong evidence for intensive therapy improving function and plasticity.
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Benefits of Intensive Therapy
Intensive Therapy delivers rapid, meaningful progress for children while empowering families.
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Who Can Benefit?
Intensive therapy benefits children with neurological, genetic, and orthopaedic conditions including stroke, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and muscular dystrophy.
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What To Expect
The goal is to achieve significant improvements within a condensed timeframe for children with developmental delays or disabilities.
Sessions are comprised of a warm-up, strengthening exercises, and functional tasks.
Intensive program frequency and duration:
For optimal results, if families’ resources allow, we recommend that a child take part in intensive therapy once a quarter and for each intensive block to be at least 2-weeks in length.
The goal is to achieve significant improvements within a condensed timeframe for children with developmental delays or disabilities.
Sessions are comprised of a warm-up, strengthening exercises, and functional tasks.
- Warm-up: massage, myofascial release, and stretching. The warm-up is intended to prepare the body for several hours of work.
- Strengthening: We utilize a combination of the Universal Exercise Unit (UEU), Dynamic Movement Intervention exercises and overground developmental exercises.
Intensive program frequency and duration:
- 3-4 weeks
- 3-5 days per week
- 1-2 hours per session (depending on age and tolerance)
- Custom schedules are available upon request.
For optimal results, if families’ resources allow, we recommend that a child take part in intensive therapy once a quarter and for each intensive block to be at least 2-weeks in length.
