Welcome to Ground to Grow

Occupational Therapy, DIR Floortime, Feeding

Through individualized, play-based support, children build greater confidence with play, movement, and everyday activities.

Serving the Los Angeles South Bay area.

Torrance | Palos Verdes | Redondo Beach | Hermosa Beach | Manhattan Beach and cities neighboring the South Bay LA!

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Services We Provide

Occupational Therapy: Motor Skills and Sensory Processing

Learn more about how we support your child’s fine motor, handwriting, gross motor, and sensory systems.

DIR Floortime

Learn about how DIR Floortime with a sensorimotor lens can support your child’s development.

Executive Functioning and Community Support

Executive Functioning classes help your child with fundamental skills for community success, including initiating, planning and completing multistep activities, organizing their materials and belongings, starting and finishing tasks, following routines, managing time, and participating in cooperative tasks. Focus on generalizing skills in self-regulation, sensory processing, social-emotional, and adaptive skills to community routines. Program plans are adapted to suit children of all developmental levels.

Feeding Support

Learn about feeding interventions for extremely picky eaters ages 2 and up

About Jackie Bresnahan

MS OTR/L, SWC, RYT

Occupational Therapist

Licensed Occupational Therapist, ICDL verified DIR Floortime Practitioner, California Board Certified in Feeding and Swallowing, Registered Yoga Teacher.

Jackie believes in a holistic and organic approach to therapy, rooted in play and connection. She values the caregiver alliance and strives to serve not only her little clients, but to be a support to their caretakers as well. She received her Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from Tufts University in 2012 and has practiced in pediatrics since the start of her OT career with experience in school, hospital, and clinic settings. She has a passion for working with neurodivergent children, and has worked with this population in educational and therapeutic settings since 2007.

Jackie is committed to professional development. In addition to her DIR Advanced training, she has completed courses in sensory integration through the Collaborative for Leadership in Ayers Sensory Integration. She has completed feeding therapy coursework including SOS Approach to Feeding and Get Permission Approach to Feeding. She received her California Board Certification in Feeding and Swallowing. She is trained in the Handwriting Without Tears curriculum.

Jackie has a passion for collaboration and sharing knowledge. She has assumed various leadership and management roles throughout her career and has served as a mentor to many Pediatric Occupational Therapists and Level II Occupational Therapy Students. Jackie has been practicing yoga for over 15 years and earned her credential as a Registered Yoga Teacher. She is an advocate for the importance of understanding the mind-body connection, and cultivating self-regulation through movement and breath. Jackie is ecstatic to bring DIR Floortime principles to the community. California OT License #15317.

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Ground to Grow is out of network with all insurances. A superbill for submission to your insurance company can be provided to you upon request. Contact your insurance company for details about their potential reimbursement policies for occupational therapy superbills.

Ground to Grow accepts Regional Center Self-Determination Program (SDP) / Financial Management Service funding to access qualifying community support services. Call or email us today to discuss establishing a customized program plan to support your child.

If you are a client of Harbor Regional Center and would like information on the appeals process, you can visit the Department of Developmental Services website here or call DDS at 916-654-1987