Articles by Year: 2026
The Parent’s Roadmap to Fort Myers ADOS Testing in Southwest Florida
The moment a pediatrician, teacher, or specialist suggests an autism evaluation, a parent’s world shifts. Even if the idea has been quietly forming in your own mind for months, even if part of you has been Googling “autism signs in…
W-Sitting, Toe-Walking, and Clumsiness: Fort Myers Occupational Therapists Red Flags
Your four-year-old is playing on the living room floor and you notice they’re sitting in that strange position again, legs splayed out behind them like a letter W, while their sibling sits cross-legged. Or maybe your son has been walking…
The 2026 Summer “Regression” Prevention Guide from our Fort Myers ABA Therapists
School ends, the schedule dissolves, and within few weeks (sometimes a few days, if we’re honest) you start noticing your child’s skillsets slipping. The morning routine that finally felt manageable becomes a battle again. The words your child had been…
Gestalt Language Processing: Why “Repeating Movie Lines” Is Actually Progress
Your child doesn’t ask for juice. Instead, they look at you and say, “To infinity and beyond!” Or maybe they recite an entire scene from their favorite show when they’re excited. Or when you ask “How are you?” they respond…
The “Whole-Child” Evaluation: Why We Might Suggest Multiple Therapies After Fort Myers ADOS Testing
Whatever brought you to our doors for Fort Myers ADOS testing, whether it was a teacher’s suggestion or your own sense that your child wasn’t keeping pace with their peers, you were focused on one thing: getting answers. Now, you…
The Power of “Wait Time”: A Simple Speech Therapy Hack For Parents
Your child is standing in front of the snack cabinet, clearly wanting something. You ask, “What do you want?” Then before they’ve had even a second to think, you follow up with, “Do you want crackers? Or the pretzels? Here,…
Lee County School IEPs in 2026: What Parents Need to Know about Fort Myers IEP Planning — and How FOCUS Therapy Can Help
If your child has an Individualized Education Program (IEP) through the Lee County School District, you are navigating one of the most important and complex aspects of raising a child with a disability or developmental difference. You are also doing…
New to FOCUS Therapy? Here’s What You Need to Know!
Welcome to the FOCUS family! Whether your child has just received their first evaluation recommendation, you’re transferring from another clinic, or you’re simply exploring your options in Southwest Florida: We are genuinely glad you are here! Starting or changing your…
Why “Play-Based” Therapy Is Serious Work — and Why That Matters to Us
Pediatric therapy is more than a job. For the right clinician, it is a calling. If you are a speech-language pathologist, occupational therapist, or behavior analyst who takes both the science and the joy of working with children seriously, we…
What to Know When Your Child Needs Speech, OT, and ABA at a Fort Myers Pediatric Therapy Clinic
If your child has been recommended for speech therapy, occupational therapy, and ABA therapy, you may be feeling a mix of emotions: relief that there is a plan, but also overwhelmed by the prospect of multiple appointments, multiple therapists, and…