The OT Kids Team

Carey is an occupational therapist specialized in working with children in the school system. She is particularly passionate about sensory processing integration and working to improve their fine and gross motor skills. She loves seeing them conquer each new milestone and goal as they grow to become more comfortable in the world around them.

Carey received her national board certification in 2018 after earning her Master’s in Occupational Therapy from California State University, Dominguez Hills. Before going back to school for her OT degree, she worked as a behavior interventionist in both school and home settings for nine years. She has worked with children of all age ranges and with a wide range of needs, including Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, ADHD, developmental disorders, and other health impairments.

Carey is passionate and enthusiastic about play-based and data-driven occupational therapy treatments. Her philosophy for working with her clients is to make each session so engaging, silly, and fun that they don’t realize they are working on skills that are currently challenging for them.

In addition to her Master’s in Occupational Therapy, Carey has also received additional training in the Size Matters Handwriting Program, Handwriting Without Tears, Sensory Regulation and Yoga tools, keyboarding, and assistive technology.

Corbin is a national board certified and registered occupational therapist with advanced training and certification in Ayres Sensory Integration intervention and assessment. She has an innate abilitiy to connect with children and has been working with children with disabilities since 2009. She received her Master’s in Occupational Therapy from the Medical University of South Carolina and has since worked in an array of pediatric treatment settings including clinic-based, school-based, in-home, and telehealth. Her clients know her as nurturing, high-spirited, friendly, energetic, and patient.

Corbin believes in a relationship-based approach as she provides education and training to parents, caregivers, and teachers for each individual child’s needs. She passionatly supports the development of her client’s social emotional skills, including self-esteem, play skills, and social skills with specialty training in Social Thinking® and DIR/Floortime. Additionally, she enjoys providing feeding therapy for children with oral motor delays or just “picky eaters,” with advanced training in the Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) Approach to Feeding.

Additional training includes: Therapeutic Listening, Astronaut Training, Bal-A-Vis-X, Handwriting Without Tears, Visual-Vestibular Integration, Reflex Integration, and Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT).

Nikki has a doctorate degree in occupational therapy and over a decade of experience working with children in a variety of settings, including schools, clinics, homes, and telehealth. She is currently a school-based therapist for LAUSD and has a deep passion for supporting neurodivergent children, particularly those with autism and ADHD. As someone who is autistic and has ADHD herself, she brings a unique, firsthand perspective to her work, fostering a strengths-based and neurodiversity affirming approach for the children and families she serves.

Before becoming an occupational therapist, Nikki worked as an elementary school teacher in both general and special education settings, further shaping her expertise in child development and learning differences. She also worked for a startup company designing robotic technologies to help children build social and emotional skills.

Nikki believes in play-based, engaging, and research-driven therapy techniques to help children develop the confidence and skills they need to thrive. She is passionate about helping kids discover who they are, embrace their strengths, and grow into the best versions of themselves. She has specialized training in Handwriting Without Tears, sensory regulation and praxis, and various social skills programs, all of which she integrates into her individualized therapy sessions.