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Roots & Wings Pediatric Occupational Therapy, located in Morristown, New Jersey, is a private occupational therapy practice serving children from infancy to adolescence.
We provide evidence-based evaluation and treatment intervention for children experiencing challenges in various areas of development, including self-regulation and emotional regulation, social participation and relationships, sensory processing and integration, play, self-help, fine and gross motor skills, and visual perceptual skills.
The goal of occupational therapy is to enable all children to participate in activities of daily life, such as playing with friends and family, completing schoolwork, and independently participating in routine daily activities like getting dressed, eating, and sleeping, as well as the transitions between these routines.
With occupational therapy, progress can positively impact your child's well-being as they develop the essential foundations for growth and development, along with the skills needed to maximize participation in functional activities.
Bio
Christine Boffa is a Licensed Pediatric Occupational Therapist (OT) who works primarily with infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and younger school-age children. Her fields of expertise include the play space design, treatment of self-regulation, sensory processing, motor planning, fine motor, and visual-spatial/perceptual-motor.
Christine received her Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from Seton Hall University in 2009. She completed her Pediatric Level II clinical affiliation at Children’s Specialized Hospital in New Jersey and her Level I clinical affiliation at the Churchill School in Manhattan. In June of 2020, she received her Advanced Professional Certification in Sensory Processing Disorder from the internationally renowned STAR Institute for Sensory Processing Disorder in collaboration with Temple University.
In early 2010, Christine joined Atlantic Health System's Goryeb Children’s Hospital. Within a year, she advanced to become the hospital’s primary pediatric Occupational Therapist. In addition to working at Goryeb, Christine works as an OT for the New Jersey Early Intervention System (NJEIS) under the Division of Family Health Services. From 2014 to 2017, she was an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University, where she taught acute pediatric rehabilitation to OT students. And since 2016, she has provided child advocacy services via forensic occupational therapy and expert witness report development.
In early 2015, after several years implementing play space design for her NJEIS clients, Christine founded Roots & Wings, whose mission is to design places of play full of sensorial opportunity that promote exploration, discovery, and global development. Roots & Wings opened its first occupational therapy sensory clinic in February of 2021.
Properly designed spaces can foster play that is not only fun but meaningful and beneficial, as well. Play should stimulate the senses, encourage creativity and imagination, and allow children to engage in physical activity and self-directed exploration. By constructing and implementing a methodical design plan centered around each child’s developmental needs, Christine works to increase play quality and global development for all of her clients.
Jeanne Mueller has recently joined the staff at Roots and Wings Pediatric Occupational Therapy. Jeanne will support the Occupational Therapy office as an administrator and will assist with scheduling, communications, and managing new client inquiries.
She brings many years of experience in the field of early childhood education with twenty years of work spent as the director of an early childhood center, teaching young children as well as creating and managing summer camps for preschoolers. Jeanne thoroughly enjoys working with young families during the important early years of development. She is dedicated to helping families navigate the challenges that these years bring, especially when young children need some assistance with their development. Helping families find the right therapy fit for a child with special needs is something close to her heart.
Jeanne has been a resident in Morris County for over 25 years and raised her two children here. She works with local organizations and community events such as Grow It Green and the Morristown Festival of Books. She looks forward to assisting the clients at Roots and Wings Pediatric Occupational Therapy.
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