Occupational Therapy

Our pediatric occupational therapists work with children and their families to help develop skills in the following areas: play skills, fine motor skills (how our hands and fingers work to accomplish a task), and personal or self care skills. Treatment techniques promote function and engagement in meaningful occupations, remediate disability, and provide support to families. The strategies our pediatric occupational therapists may use include working on hand/finger/arm strength, trunk strength and stability, practice of specific self care tasks, and overall sensory processing. Play is used as a way to address desired skills and to encourage the child to be active participants in their therapy sessions.

Who are your therapists?

Ju-chin Chou, received her Master's degree in Occupational Therapy from California State University, Dominguez Hills.  While acquiring her Bachelor's degree in psychology from University of California, Los Angeles, she worked with the pediatric population in a variety of settings, including a daycare and through participation with the Developmentally Disabled Immersion Program.  The experience provoked an interest in working with children with special needs.  Following undergrad, she worked with the autism population in Applied Behavior Analysis Therapy for two and a half years in both the in-home and school-based setting, at which point she decided to return to school for her graduate degree.

Myra Magluyan, MA, OTR/L received her Master's degree in Occupational Therapy from University of Southern California and her Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology and Adapted Physical Education from CSU Long Beach. She has been working with children with disabilities for the last 10 years, and spent 6 of those years working on behavior modification and inclusion of children with autism into the general education environment, within the context of ABA programs. She has taking advanced courses in the Handwriting Without Tears program, Sensory Integration theory, Infant handling based on NDT principles, and Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing. Participation and teaching in martial arts is a major hobby of hers, and s he plans to continue this for as long as she can.

Jane Moore, joined our therapy team after being a stay-at-home mom for the past 10 years.  Jane has 6 years of experience working with all age groups from infants to geriatrics and has practiced occupational therapy in various settings including clinic, school-based and home environments.  She is experienced in sensory integration as well as feeding.  Jane loves working with all ages but is passionate about children and is thrilled to be part of our pediatric therapy team.