Rooted Beginnings
Neurodiversity Affirming In-Home Occupational Therapy
Rooted Beginnings offers neurodiversity-affirming in-home occupational therapy, catering specifically to infants, toddlers, and young children. This service recognizes and embraces the diverse neurological differences among children, providing tailored support that respects each child’s unique needs. By delivering therapy in the familiar and comfortable environment of a child’s home in Columbia, MD, and surrounding areas, Rooted Beginnings ensures a supportive and effective therapeutic experience.
Get to Know the Founder, Samantha Miseta
Samantha is a neurodiversity-affirming occupational therapist and utilizes a child’s internal motivation and relationships to facilitate regulation and development. She has experience working with young autistic children (suspected + diagnosed), children with sensory processing differences, developmental delays, and more.
Since Samantha was a small child, she always knew she wanted to work with children when she got older. After years of playing school in her bedroom (and studying Early Childhood Education at Salisbury University), she was finally able to do the real deal and have her own classroom. She adored working with the children but wanted a more holistic way to work with children and address some of the challenges she was seeing in the classroom. That’s when she met occupational therapy. She returned to school for her Masters of Science at Towson University and was voted “most likely to never leave pediatrics” by her classmates. Since then she has fallen in love with all things occupational therapy.
Samantha started Rooted Beginnings with the goal of helping parents to build their confidence in understanding their children’s development from the very beginning. The first five years are critical to a child’s development and she would like to be there to empower you. Samantha hopes to help support you and your family to understand how to best facilitate your child’s development, participation, and engagement with their environment to improve the family’s quality of life.
Why In-Home Occupational Therapy?
- Personalized to your child + their home environment
- Easier Family Involvement + Collaboration
- Reduced Anxiety + Transitions = Increased Comfort
- Environmental modifications to best support your child + their routines
- Convenience! No driving to an office and having to sit in a waiting room or your car!