Outdoor Kids OT

Outdoor Kids OT offers outdoor occupational therapy groups, individual OT sessions, weekly after-school and weekend therapy groups, and summer camps. The program also runs week-long small-group therapy day camps led by occupational therapists who work with children outdoors.

• Schedule: Weekly after-school and weekend therapy groups, plus week-long small-group therapy day camps

Outdoor Kids OT was launched in 2015 as a nature-based pediatric occupational therapy practice. All Outdoor Kids OT therapists are Certified Nature-Based Pediatric Therapists™ with advanced training and ongoing mentoring in the ConTiGO (Connection & Transformation in the Great Outdoors) Approach™. The practice is guided by an evidence-based framework developed by founder Dr. Laura Park Figueroa. The mission of Outdoor Kids OT is for all kids to have the support and skills they need to feel successful and enjoy life. Outdoor Kids OT is a California Benefit Corporation and is required to consider the broader impact of its work on children, families, its team, the community, and natural environments. The leadership team includes Elisabeth Meikle, MS, OTR/L (Lead Therapist), Ola Blaszkiewicz, MS, OTR/L (COO), Nicole Storms, COTA, OBM (Financial Manager/CFO and Executive Assistant), and Laura Park Figueroa, PhD, OTR/L (Founder and CEO). Outdoor Kids OT expands access to nature-based therapy through its non-profit partner, the Outdoor Kids Foundation.

Parent testimonials describe nature-based sessions that blend therapy and outdoor play, with activities that create natural challenges while being fun. Parents report that therapists are attentive and caring, and that children experience the sessions as playtime rather than therapy. One parent notes that their child worked on needs such as planning, frustration tolerance, impulse control, and working cooperatively with peers, and that their child looked forward to going to the woods for adventures.

Last updated August 10, 2026.