Stevensville, Maryland: June 14, 2019 – Pediatric and youth physical therapist Michael (Mike) O’Grady recently joined Kinera Foundation.
Kinera Foundation, a local nonprofit in Queen Anne’s County, offers a variety of programs, services and therapies for children and youth with disabilities and special health care needs. The Kinera Foundation office is located at 115 Sallitt Drive in Stevensville, Maryland, at the KRM/Chesapeake Bay Business Park.
Mike has been a physical therapist for over 17 years. He has broad clinical experience, mostly with the pediatric population, in a variety of outpatient rehabilitation settings, including community health care programs, homes, schools, clinics, and as a researcher at an academic institution. He earned his master’s degree in physical therapy from Columbia University in New York City. He and his family recently moved to the Annapolis area from Virginia where he was working in a pediatric outpatient clinic and providing home visits as an early intervention physical therapist. His treatment philosophy focuses on play as a means of addressing each child’s motor needs. Play is a child’s job, and play is fun. Play also encompasses the five domains of development: motor, cognitive, social-emotional, language, and self-help skills. With this approach to PT, Mike seeks to address motor deficits while leveraging other areas of relative strength and weakness to advance motor skills. Improvements in motor skills often have a close reciprocal relationship with improvements in other domains.
“We are thrilled to welcome Mike to our community and the Kinera Foundation. His skills will expand our PT therapies offered at the Kinera facility and he will be an asset to the children and families we serve on the Eastern Shore,” said Kate McCloskey, executive director, Kinera Foundation.
For more information on physical and occupational therapy services and other programs and trainings offered by Kinera Foundation, or to schedule an OT or PT evaluation for your child, please call 443-249-3126, email Kate McCloskey at kate@kinera.org, or visit the Kinera Foundation website at www.kinera.org.
The Kinera Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to enhancing the quality of life for children with special needs and their families by providing parent support groups, social activities and events, access to therapies and treatments, while continuing to support inclusive and community programs. The Kinera Foundation Eastern Shore Regional Hub, with partners that include the Office of Genetics and People with Special Health Care Needs and Kennedy Krieger’s Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities, provides a centralized, coordinated Hub of patient/family centered care. The Hub brings together providers, therapists, families and supporting agencies to ensure Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) have access to the level of care, services and resources they need. For more information visit www.kinera.org.