Clinical Experience

Early Intervention

Early intervention is where Kaylen's heart has always been. Working with children from birth through age 3 means entering the most formative window of development — a time when the nervous system is most plastic and the family's role is everything.

In this setting, Kaylen's work centers on supporting infants and toddlers with developmental delays, sensory processing differences, feeding challenges, and motor delays. Equally important is coaching the caregivers around them — helping parents and family members understand their child's cues and build confidence in supporting development throughout the day, not just during a therapy session.

Her DIRFloortime® training is especially powerful in early intervention, where the relationship between child and caregiver is the therapeutic vehicle.

Home Health

Home health occupational therapy allows Kaylen to meet children in the environment where life actually happens — the kitchen table, the backyard, the bedroom. This context provides unmatched insight into how a child functions in their real world and what barriers or supports exist in their daily routines.

Working in the home also means collaborating closely with families in an authentic way. Rather than prescribing strategies in a clinic and hoping for generalization, Kaylen can build interventions directly into the routines and spaces that matter most to each family.

School-Based Practice

School-based occupational therapy is about more than fine motor skills and handwriting — though those matter too. It's about helping children fully participate in the educational environment: managing sensory needs in a noisy classroom, building the self-regulation skills to sit through a lesson, navigating transitions, and developing the social skills to connect with peers.

In school settings, Kaylen has worked as part of multidisciplinary teams alongside teachers, special educators, speech-language pathologists, and psychologists. Collaboration and shared goal-setting are central to her school-based work, with a consistent focus on the child's ability to access and participate in their educational experience.

Outpatient Clinics

Outpatient clinic settings have allowed Kaylen to deepen her specialty skills — including her advanced DIRFloortime® practice — and to work with a wide range of children and families who seek her out for specific areas of expertise.

In outpatient settings, she conducts comprehensive evaluations, develops individualized treatment plans, and delivers direct therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder, sensory processing disorder, developmental delays, ADHD, and other diagnoses. Sessions are always play-based, child-led, and grounded in the most current evidence.

Outpatient practice has also given Kaylen the opportunity to provide consultation and coaching to families, helping them bring the principles of DIR-informed, play-based support into their everyday lives.