Live Oak Kids
About
Live Oak Kids is located in the East Bay, CA. We offer community based OT services as well as outdoor developmental nature playgroups.
At LOKi, our mission is to provide accessible programming that brings kids "back to nature" and fosters Growth, Connection, Engagement and Joy !
We value foundational skills that are crucial for overall development and children's mental health; outdoor/nature play, moving to learn (and learning to move), sensory integration to support self-regulation and functional oculomotor/vision skills. We love helping children and families thrive !
Maggie O'Reilly, MOT, OTR/L
Owner, Occupational Therapist
Maggie created LOKi to provide accessible and engaging outdoor programming for children of all abilities. She grew up in Pennsylvania, playing in the woods and climbing the haystacks of her father's barn. After completing an undergraduate degree in Dance and Kinesiology, Maggie moved to California and completed a Master's Degree in Occupational Therapy at Samuel Merritt University.
Maggie's 17+ years of experience as a pediatric occupational therapist have allowed her to practice in a variety of settings including in-patient rehabilitation, pediatric out patient clinics, early intervention home-based services, school-based practice, and nature based settings. She has completed extensive post graduate training and specializes in early intervention services, nature based therapy, sensory integration and oculomotor/vision rehabilitation for children.
Maggie is trained in the ConTiGO Approach (Connection & Transformation in the Great Outdoors), an evidence-based framework to guide best practice in nature-based therapy with children. She is a member of the Cedarsong Way Forest School community and completed The Cedarsong Way Teacher Training for children ages 2-6. in 2022.
Live Oak Kids uses many strengths based and holistic treatment approaches, frames of reference and curriculums to support children and families. These include the DIR® Model/DIRFloortime, post graduate trainings in the evaluation and treatment of Sensory Processing Disorder, Vestibular and Visual Rehabilitation, Astronaut Training, Rhythmic Movements and Reflex Integration, Bal-Vis-X, S'cool Moves, Handwriting Without Tears, Size Matters Handwriting Program, and the Kimochis and Powerfully You Social Emotional Curriculums.