Helping you make Upward progress personally, academically, and socially

Upward OT offers OT pediatric treatment for children ages 4 and up in the Charlotte area with learning differences, or kids who are showing gaps in basic reading, handwriting, and math skills due to distance and missed learning.

Upward OT Services

To determine the best plan of treatment for their individual needs, your OT will assess your child’s handwriting, auditory and visual processing, motor coordination, attention and regulation, executive functioning, and more.

Treatment plans are individualized to your child’s level and goals, however all will include kinesthetic learning opportunities paired with visual and speech processing.

OT treatment sessions can range from 6 – 32 weeks for one program session. During this time, they are building neural networks as a foundation to support learning.

Our Mission

Upward OT’s mission is to see kids SOAR in successful learning, and gain the confidence and skills to meet the demands of speed and accuracy with basic reading, writing, and math.

After 20 years in occupational therapy pediatric practice, Stephanie Piatt founded Upward OT to address the growing need in our community for students who are struggling, distracted, and discouraged with learning. 

One of the treatment tools used in pediatric OT practice was so effective for her own family, she wanted to offer the same potential—and the Upward progress—to others with frustrated, underachieving learners.