Therapists working together for your child’s success

At Launch, your child’s progress is our top priority. Sometimes, the best way to help them grow is through a co-treatment — when two therapists work together during a session. Rather than overwhelming your child, co-treatments are designed to reduce frustration, increase success, and support all areas of development at once.

The Power of Co-Treatment

A co-treatment (or “co-treat”) means two therapy disciplines collaborate in one session.

For Example:

OT + ST: Occupational Therapist and Speech Therapist

OT + PT: Occupational Therapist and Physical Therapist

PT + ST: Physical Therapist and Speech Therapist

Both therapists are actively involved — sharing goals, strategies, and perspectives to help your child meet their needs more effectively.

What is a Co-Treatment?

Why is my therapist suggesting a co-treatment?

1. Whole-Child Support

Your child is not just developing one skill at a time. Co-treatments allow therapists to address motor, sensory, and communication skills together, helping your child make faster, more meaningful progress.

2. Less Overwhelmed, Greater Success

When therapists work side-by-side, they can modify activities in real time to match your child’s regulation, engagement, and skill level — preventing overstimulation and frustration. When children are emotionally regulated, they can be active participants in their environment, opening them up to more meaningful interactions, attention to tasks, and enhanced communication. This is where learning and development begins. 

3. Team Approach

Your child benefits from two sets of eyes, expertise, and creativity. Therapists can model strategies for each other and find the best ways to support your child across settings. Collaboration occurs in real time to adjust to your child’s needs.

4. Generalization of Skills

Co-treats help your child carry over skills between disciplines. For example, a child practicing turn-taking in speech therapy might also work on fine motor coordination while doing the same activity in OT.

Co-Treatment in Action

  • They have difficulty focusing, regulating, or engaging in one-on-one sessions and need additional support for emotional and/or sensory regulation throughout a session to be calm and ready to communicate, move, or learn.

  • They show overlap between skill areas — for example, fine motor coordination affects handwriting and expressive language during classroom tasks.

  • They are working on similar goals across disciplines (like feeding, play, or transitions).

  • They are transitioning to new skills that require coordination between therapies — such as moving from parallel play to cooperative play, or crawling to walking while following simple directions.

  • The team wants to ensure consistency across approaches, so your child gets the same cues, language, and strategies from both therapists.

  • They require additional postural and body support to allow for participation with activities in their environment - such as assisted sitting, ambulation, and reaching in play while targeting fine motor, feeding, and/or social skills. 

Why might my child need a co-treatment?

Each co-treat is carefully planned and individualized based on your child’s needs, goals, and progress.

Examples of Co-Treatments:

What do parents notice?

  • Improved focus and participation

  • More carryover between therapies and at home

  • Smoother transitions between activities

  • Happier, more confident kids

Co-treats are meant to enhance your child’s therapy experience and optimize progress until he or she is ready to separate the sessions. Co-treats are not meant to be permanent and are not recommended for every child. 

Our goal is to make therapy feel natural, supportive, and fun — never overwhelming. If your child is recommended for co-treatment, know that it’s because our therapists believe this collaboration will help your child thrive.