They said wait and see. Let's take a look.
Developmental Steps is a pediatric physical and occupational therapy practice with clinics in Port Chester and Mt Kisco, New York. Newborns through teenagers. Torticollis, motor delays, coordination, handwriting, sensory needs. One on one with a licensed pediatric therapist, 45 minutes at a time.
Physical therapy and occupational therapy, under one roof.
You were told to give it time. You gave it time, and you kept watching. That instinct is the reason you are here, and it is worth trusting. Developmental Steps has two clinics, in Port Chester and in Mt Kisco, and 18 team members. Because our physical therapists and occupational therapists work in the same building, a child who needs help with both walking and handwriting does not get split between two practices that never speak. Every session is one child and one licensed pediatric therapist for 45 minutes. No rotating faces, no shared attention.
Real outcomes.
Real people.
These are Google reviews from the parents and grandparents who sat in our waiting room. Babies who would only look one way. Toddlers who were not walking yet. Kids who came home from school frustrated. Read what happened next, in their words.
The four things families ask us about most.
Torticollis & Plagiocephaly
Your baby turns one way and has a flat spot forming. We work to get both directions back.
Gross Motor Delays
Rolling, sitting, crawling, walking, stairs. We build the milestone that is not coming on its own.
Sensory Processing
Loud rooms, tags, textures, constant motion. We help your child organize what the world sends in.
Fine Motor Delays
Buttons, utensils, scissors, handwriting. We build the small muscles that daily tasks depend on.
A clear path from the thing you noticed to the skill that sticks.
Pain
Start with the problem in front of you: the head tilt, the missed milestone, the falling, the frustration at the dinner table. Where there is genuine pain, such as flat feet, an injury or a teen's aching legs, we treat it. Where there is not, this phase is about finding what is actually restricting your child, not just what it looks like from the outside.
Prime
Build the raw ingredients the skill needs before asking for the skill itself. Range of motion in a tight neck. Strength through the trunk and hips. Tolerance for being on the belly, on the swing, on the uneven surface. And confidence, because a child who expects to fall stops trying.
Perform
Do the real thing. Rolling both ways, sitting without a hand down, crawling, pulling to stand, walking, climbing stairs foot over foot, holding a pencil, keeping up on the playground. We break the milestone into steps your child can actually win, then stack them.
Prevent
Keep it. You leave with a home program you know how to run, positions and play that fit your day, and the coaching to spot the next thing early. The gain has to hold after discharge, at home and at school, or it was never really a gain.
Our commitment: the same therapist, the whole way through.
Your child sees one therapist who knows the whole story, from the evaluation to the last visit. Nothing gets re-explained, nothing gets lost between people. Parents stay in the room, ask questions, take video, and leave knowing exactly what to do at home. We also send updates to your pediatrician and the other providers involved, so everyone is working from the same picture of your child.
A plan with your child's name on it, not a printout.
The evaluation looks at the whole child: how they move, what they avoid, where the compensation is hiding, and what they are trying to do and cannot. That becomes a baseline we can measure against, and a plan built around your actual week. The stairs at your front door. The chair at preschool. The playground where everyone else is already climbing.
Eighteen people. Same faces every visit.
What we work on, in Port Chester and Mt Kisco.
Children do not arrive with a diagnosis. They arrive with something a parent noticed. These are the six areas those observations usually land in, and the pages that explain what we do about each one.
Head & Neck
Head always tilted or turned the same way, a flat spot forming on one side of the skull, feeding on one side only, fussing when you turn their head the other way
Learn More →Core & Trunk
Slumping in a chair, W sitting on the floor, tiring out fast at the playground, hating tummy time, leaning on a hand or the table to stay upright
Learn More →Hands & Fine Motor
Struggling with buttons, zippers and utensils, an awkward or tiring pencil grasp, avoiding scissors and coloring, handwriting that falls behind the class
Learn More →
Hips, Legs & Walking
Not rolling, sitting, crawling or walking near the expected age, toe walking, in-toeing or out-toeing, flat feet with tired or aching legs, taking stairs one foot at a time
Learn More →Coordination & Balance
Called clumsy, falling and bumping into things, trouble catching or kicking a ball, hesitating on playground equipment, hanging back from sports and gym class
Learn More →Sensory & Regulation
Covering ears at noise, refusing clothing tags or food textures, crashing and spinning for input, melting down in busy places, hard to settle after a big day
Learn More →What you need before the first visit.
New York State requires a physician's prescription for pediatric physical therapy. Your pediatrician can write one, and our physician resources page gives them the ICD-10 codes and referral details. You can still talk to us first, at no cost, before you have it in hand.
Start with 15 minutes. Free.
Tell a pediatric therapist what you are seeing at home and hear an honest answer about whether therapy is the right next step. There are three ways in: a free 15 minute consultation, a $99 screening if you want a closer look at one specific concern, or a $300 full examination and evaluation that gives you a complete picture of your child's strengths and challenges plus a written plan.
Everything a growing child needs, in one place.
The families who were here before you.
Pediatricians who send us patients. Parents of infants with torticollis. Parents of teenagers who have been coming for years. Nobody edits these.
Three programs built around your child's next stage.
Not every family needs a full course of therapy, and not every child is ready to stop. Our Wellness groups are where kids move on from individual sessions into a small group that keeps building strength and confidence. Tummy Time Classes teach new parents why belly play matters and how to get a baby who hates it to tolerate it. Mommy & Me Classes give little ones guided movement and play with a parent right there. Call the office to ask what is running now.
A Westchester practice built for children.
Answers before you even ask.
Yes. New York State law requires a physician's prescription for physical therapy services for children. Your pediatrician can write one, and our physician resources page lists the ICD-10 codes and referral details they will need. You are welcome to book a free 15 minute consultation with us first, before you have a prescription in hand, so you know whether therapy is even the right next step.
Developmental Steps is an out of network practice that works with many carriers to help families get their child's care covered, including Anthem BCBS, Blue Cross Blue Shield Omnicom, Cigna, Empire Plan Orthonet, GEHA Orthonet, Magnacare, Optum, SWSCHP, United Healthcare/NYS Empire Plan and United Healthcare/Oxford. What you pay out of pocket depends on your specific plan. Call us and we will help you work out what your plan covers.
Individual treatment sessions are 45 minutes. Group and class sessions vary in length depending on the program. Dress your child in comfortable play clothes such as shorts and a tee shirt, and please leave outside food and drink at home, since we have families with allergies in the building.