Specialty Services

Full Potential OT offers a wide variety of specialty-based services

Therapeutic Listening

Therapeutic Listening is a sound-based intervention which uses digitally modified music through headphones to target specific areas of the brain to facilitate improved self regulation, improved tolerance of auditory input and improved attention and listening skills. Specialized certification is required for use by therapists.

Astronaut Protocol

Astronaut Training is a precise, powerful, therapeutic protocol that is designed to develop optimal vestibular function, an essential foundation for all sensory processing and movement control.  This protocol is administered by occupational therapists that have received advanced education. (Retrieved from Vital Links.com, June 2020).

SOS: Sequential Oral Sensory Feeding Approach

SOS Feeding is “Sequential Oral Sensory” approach to feeding therapy that utilizes a systematic approach to address both the sensory processing and the oral motor skills a child needs to eat a wide variety of food groups and textures. (Retrieved from SOS Approach to feeding website, June 2020).

PEERS: The Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills

The Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS®) is world-renowned for providing evidence-based social skills treatment to preschoolers, adolescents, and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, depression, and other socio-emotional problems. First developed at UCLA by PEERS® Clinic director, Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson, the program has expanded to locations across the United States, has been translated into over a dozen languages, and is used in over 80 countries across the globe. (Retrieved from Semel Institute website, June, 2020).

Wilbarger Therapressure Protocol

Wilbarger Therapressure protocol certified: The Wilbarger Protocol (Wilbarger, 1991) is a specific, professionally guided treatment regime designed to reduce sensory defensiveness. The Wilbarger Protocol has its origins in sensory integration theory, and it has evolved through clinical use. The OT must be trained in sensory integration and must be specifically trained to use the Wilbarger Protocol.  Patricia Wilbarger, M.Ed., OTR, FAOTA, an internationally recognized expert who specializes in the assessment and treatment of sensory defensiveness, developed this technique. (Retrieved from
National Autism Resources, June 2020).