A serene outdoor therapy nook on a lush green lawn, centered around a sturdy wooden picnic-style table topped with sensory bins filled with kinetic sand, smooth pebbles, and natural pinecones. Beside the table sits a wobble cushion and a small balance board resting on the grass. In the background, tall trees and a simple wooden fence create a private, natural setting. Soft golden hour sunlight filters through the leaves, casting dappled light and gentle shadows across the scene. Captured from a slightly elevated angle with sharp focus throughout, the composition feels peaceful, grounded, and professional, highlighting nature-based pediatric OT work in clean, realistic photography.

Cool Kats

Child-led occupational therapy in home and outdoor spaces for autistic, ADHD, and neurodivergent kids.

Approach

Cool Kats OT helps clever kids learn, play, and thrive through playful, child-led therapy in homes, backyards, and Bay Area parks, focusing on regulation, sensory needs, and real-life skills, not worksheets.

A cozy home living room adapted for pediatric occupational therapy, with a compact indoor sensory swing hanging from a secure ceiling mount, gently hovering above a thick navy crash mat. Around the swing, neatly folded weighted blankets in muted turquoise and gray rest on a low storage bench, alongside a basket of small fidgets and resistance bands. The space features soft neutral walls, a simple area rug, and a large window with sheer curtains allowing diffused daylight to fill the room. The lighting creates a calm, even glow with subtle shadows. Photographed at an eye-level, wide-angle view, everything is in crisp focus, conveying a safe, thoughtfully prepared home environment in a professional, photographic realism style.

Our Therapist

A neatly organized pediatric occupational therapy play space featuring a low, natural wood sensory table covered with textured fabric swatches, smooth river stones, and colorful wooden fidgets. In the background, open shelves hold neatly labeled bins of tactile materials, weighted lap pads, and visual timers, all in soft blues, teals, and warm neutrals. The scene is set in a bright, sunlit corner of a home with large windows and leafy trees visible outside. Gentle late-afternoon natural light creates soft highlights on the wood grain and subtle shadows under objects. Photographed at eye level with a slightly shallow depth of field, the composition feels calm, professional, and warmly inviting, emphasizing a child-led, organized environment in clean, photographic realism.

Aarav Sharma

A close-up view of a set of carefully arranged OT tools for supporting autism and ADHD, spread across a smooth light-wood tabletop. Items include a visual schedule board with clear, colorful pictorial cards, a sleek digital visual timer with a bright red countdown disk, a small collection of silicone chewable necklaces, and a textured blue handheld sensory ring. The background gently blurs into soft tones of a tidy home environment. Soft natural window light from the left creates gentle highlights on the plastic and silicone surfaces and subtle shadows to the right. Shot from a slightly overhead, three-quarter angle with shallow depth of field, the mood is calm, organized, and clinically competent, presented in clean, photographic realism.

Mateo García

A serene outdoor therapy nook on a lush green lawn, centered around a sturdy wooden picnic-style table topped with sensory bins filled with kinetic sand, smooth pebbles, and natural pinecones. Beside the table sits a wobble cushion and a small balance board resting on the grass. In the background, tall trees and a simple wooden fence create a private, natural setting. Soft golden hour sunlight filters through the leaves, casting dappled light and gentle shadows across the scene. Captured from a slightly elevated angle with sharp focus throughout, the composition feels peaceful, grounded, and professional, highlighting nature-based pediatric OT work in clean, realistic photography.

Zuri Ndlovu

A cozy home living room adapted for pediatric occupational therapy, with a compact indoor sensory swing hanging from a secure ceiling mount, gently hovering above a thick navy crash mat. Around the swing, neatly folded weighted blankets in muted turquoise and gray rest on a low storage bench, alongside a basket of small fidgets and resistance bands. The space features soft neutral walls, a simple area rug, and a large window with sheer curtains allowing diffused daylight to fill the room. The lighting creates a calm, even glow with subtle shadows. Photographed at an eye-level, wide-angle view, everything is in crisp focus, conveying a safe, thoughtfully prepared home environment in a professional, photographic realism style.

Leila Haddad

A neatly organized pediatric occupational therapy play space featuring a low, natural wood sensory table covered with textured fabric swatches, smooth river stones, and colorful wooden fidgets. In the background, open shelves hold neatly labeled bins of tactile materials, weighted lap pads, and visual timers, all in soft blues, teals, and warm neutrals. The scene is set in a bright, sunlit corner of a home with large windows and leafy trees visible outside. Gentle late-afternoon natural light creates soft highlights on the wood grain and subtle shadows under objects. Photographed at eye level with a slightly shallow depth of field, the composition feels calm, professional, and warmly inviting, emphasizing a child-led, organized environment in clean, photographic realism.

Hiroshi Tanaka

A close-up view of a set of carefully arranged OT tools for supporting autism and ADHD, spread across a smooth light-wood tabletop. Items include a visual schedule board with clear, colorful pictorial cards, a sleek digital visual timer with a bright red countdown disk, a small collection of silicone chewable necklaces, and a textured blue handheld sensory ring. The background gently blurs into soft tones of a tidy home environment. Soft natural window light from the left creates gentle highlights on the plastic and silicone surfaces and subtle shadows to the right. Shot from a slightly overhead, three-quarter angle with shallow depth of field, the mood is calm, organized, and clinically competent, presented in clean, photographic realism.

Amara Okafor

A serene outdoor therapy nook on a lush green lawn, centered around a sturdy wooden picnic-style table topped with sensory bins filled with kinetic sand, smooth pebbles, and natural pinecones. Beside the table sits a wobble cushion and a small balance board resting on the grass. In the background, tall trees and a simple wooden fence create a private, natural setting. Soft golden hour sunlight filters through the leaves, casting dappled light and gentle shadows across the scene. Captured from a slightly elevated angle with sharp focus throughout, the composition feels peaceful, grounded, and professional, highlighting nature-based pediatric OT work in clean, realistic photography.

Soren Jensen

A cozy home living room adapted for pediatric occupational therapy, with a compact indoor sensory swing hanging from a secure ceiling mount, gently hovering above a thick navy crash mat. Around the swing, neatly folded weighted blankets in muted turquoise and gray rest on a low storage bench, alongside a basket of small fidgets and resistance bands. The space features soft neutral walls, a simple area rug, and a large window with sheer curtains allowing diffused daylight to fill the room. The lighting creates a calm, even glow with subtle shadows. Photographed at an eye-level, wide-angle view, everything is in crisp focus, conveying a safe, thoughtfully prepared home environment in a professional, photographic realism style.

Nia Roberts

A neatly organized pediatric occupational therapy play space featuring a low, natural wood sensory table covered with textured fabric swatches, smooth river stones, and colorful wooden fidgets. In the background, open shelves hold neatly labeled bins of tactile materials, weighted lap pads, and visual timers, all in soft blues, teals, and warm neutrals. The scene is set in a bright, sunlit corner of a home with large windows and leafy trees visible outside. Gentle late-afternoon natural light creates soft highlights on the wood grain and subtle shadows under objects. Photographed at eye level with a slightly shallow depth of field, the composition feels calm, professional, and warmly inviting, emphasizing a child-led, organized environment in clean, photographic realism.
A close-up view of a set of carefully arranged OT tools for supporting autism and ADHD, spread across a smooth light-wood tabletop. Items include a visual schedule board with clear, colorful pictorial cards, a sleek digital visual timer with a bright red countdown disk, a small collection of silicone chewable necklaces, and a textured blue handheld sensory ring. The background gently blurs into soft tones of a tidy home environment. Soft natural window light from the left creates gentle highlights on the plastic and silicone surfaces and subtle shadows to the right. Shot from a slightly overhead, three-quarter angle with shallow depth of field, the mood is calm, organized, and clinically competent, presented in clean, photographic realism.
A serene outdoor therapy nook on a lush green lawn, centered around a sturdy wooden picnic-style table topped with sensory bins filled with kinetic sand, smooth pebbles, and natural pinecones. Beside the table sits a wobble cushion and a small balance board resting on the grass. In the background, tall trees and a simple wooden fence create a private, natural setting. Soft golden hour sunlight filters through the leaves, casting dappled light and gentle shadows across the scene. Captured from a slightly elevated angle with sharp focus throughout, the composition feels peaceful, grounded, and professional, highlighting nature-based pediatric OT work in clean, realistic photography.