Simoneon Pediatric Development Center

My daughter is 10 years old and has severe motor planning issues. She has worked with many good occupational therapists over the last 8 years but Mary is head and shoulders above the rest. She is unbelievably passionate and committed to helping children. Her extensive knowledge and experience is amazing and her dedication is priceless. But she has such compassion for special needs children and their families that she has the most reasonable rate you can find. My daughter has made more progress with Mary than any other OT.

Mary has been very instrumental to our child’s development. We started coming to her clinic when our daughter was 6 months old. At that time, she wasn’t rolling from her back to her tummy, didn’t initiate reaching for objects and was very passive.
Our daughter is now 10 months old. She can now roll over both sides, moving to a sitting position and sit independently without losing balance. It has been so wonderful to witness her progress and we are very grateful for all of Mary’s help. Not only is Mary very knowledgeable but also very caring and passionate about helping children and their families.
We highly recommend Mary and her clinic, Simoneon Pediatric Development Center to anyone needing pediatric Occupational Therapy services.

Just wanted to give an update on my daughter’s progress. This weekend, we went to her school and she played on the playground. The play structure has two different styles of monkey bars and a group of rings. To my amazement, she swung effortlessly through the monkey bars and rings! At Simoneon, they have monkey bars to train the kids how to plan their body to swing from bar to bar. When she first started at Simoneon, she could barely hang onto one bar before she lost her grip. She did not know how to rotate her body to move to the next bar. I videotaped her doing the monkey bars to show the therapists at Simoneon. They were so excited. And I was so proud of my daughter knowing how far she has come.
In the 3 years with Simoneon, I have not had an issue with my insurance to pay for the OT services. We have a PPO plan. I do know that insurance coverage varies greatly between health insurances. I have also been told by friends that insurance companies are becoming less generous with OT coverage, even with recommendation letters from a doctor or OT documentation.
Auditory training (AIT) was also recommended for both of my kids based on Mary’s experience with kids with similar issues. The AIT is intriguing, but it does require great time commitment and expense. I never felt pressured into doing it but was informed of the pros and cons. Mary has done AIT for both kids and adults with very good results, but the results can vary person to person. Some will notice a big difference and some will not. This was clearly explained to us.
My son also was treated for 2 years at Simoneon and he graduated from their program last year after meeting all his goals. He was sad he no longer needed OT because he had so much fun there. But he still comes with me to my daughter’s appointments. Once in a while, he serves as an impromptu peer mentor to other children. A peer mentor helps model the correct action for a specific activity so that the other child can follow it.
Simoneon recently moved to a very nice new location providing more private therapy rooms and three separate activity play areas. Their new address is 2542 S. Bascom Ave, Ste 210, Campbell, CA.