Sunny Day Therapy.

Pediatric & Young Adult Occupational Therapy in Lexington, KY

Hamburg Clinic in Lexington Offers Therapies for Autism, ADHD, Fine Motor Delays, Core Strength, Feeding, Muscle Tension, and More

Autism, Sensory Integration & Child Development Support

If you’re searching for pediatric occupational therapy in Lexington, KY, you’re in the right place. Sunny Day Therapy helps children and young adults with autism and other neurodivergent conditions build the skills they need for everyday life—through fun, individualized, and evidence-based therapy.

Occupational therapy supports your child’s ability to succeed in daily activities like feeding, dressing, handwriting, play, and social interaction. Sunny Day Therapy’s approach is holistic, focusing on both your child’s skills (fine motor, coordination, core strength, executive function) and their routines, environments, and roles.

Autism Occupational Therapy in Lexington, KY

Every child with autism is unique. Sunny Day Therapy specialize in autism therapy in Lexington, KY using play-based, relationship-focused, and sensory-informed approaches to support:

  • Sensory processing and regulation
  • Fine and gross motor development
  • Emotional regulation and behavior
  • Attention, focus, and task completion
  • Social participation and play skills
  • Picky eating
  • Core strength
  • Handwriting skills
  • Following directions
  • Behavioral strategies to manage meltdowns

Dr. Day’s advanced training includes the PLAY Project, Beckman Oral Motor Protocol, reflex integration, sensory integration, and autism-specific frameworks like the Ziggurat Model and CAPS (Comprehensive Autism Planning System). She completed an interdisciplinary Autism certificate program at EKU and a post-professional doctorate on executive function (strategies to manage clear thinking and management of behavior) at Boston University.

Sensory Integration Therapy for Kids in Lexington

Many children struggle with sensory challenges, anxiety, feeding issues, and difficulty focusing. In Sunny Day Therapy’s Lexington, KY sensory gym, occupational therapy is designed to feel like play—but each activity targets specific developmental goals.

Children build:

  • Core strength and coordination
  • Body awareness (interoception and proprioception)
  • Self-calming strategies
  • Hand strength and fine motor skills
  • Social emotional and mindfulness skills for regulating the body

Improving sensory processing helps children feel more regulated, confident, and ready to learn.

Why Choose Occupational Therapy?

Occupational therapy is effective because it focuses on the mind-body connection. When children feel calm and connected to their bodies, they can better communicate, learn, and engage with the world around them.

The OT Doctors Dr. Kim Day and Dr. Cara Reynolds self-regulation as the foundation for success—helping children reduce overwhelm, improve behavior, and develop authentic communication without forcing “masking.” When children have a variety of tools (physical calm down strategies such as heavy work, body work, and reflex integration exercises) and cognitive tools (scripts, mindfulness, visual supports), families feel prepared to set up environments and daily activities to enhance FUNctional participation.

Dr. Day is also has specialty certification in infant massage and perinatal health (perinatal mental health (PMH-C) and pregnancy core exercise specialist (PCES) preparing her to help expecting and new moms with ergoMOMics, homeMOMifications, and set up of spaces, routines, and lifestyle renovation for managing stress and growing holistically strong. Whether you are concerned with baby development or needing therapy yourself to manage daily activities and stress, occupational therapy can help.

Occupational therapy can help with mental health as well as physical health including understanding body signs, intereoception (internal body drive and emotional awareness), sensory processing, behaviors, and more.

Individualized, Family-Centered OT in Lexington, KY

With over 13 years of experience, Dr. Kim Day provides customized occupational therapy in Lexington, KY that meets your child or you where you are. Every plan is tailored to the client’s strengths, needs, and goals.

Families and clients receive:

  • Personalized home programs
  • Visual supports and tools
  • Practical strategies for daily routines
  • Ongoing collaboration with team of parents and other providers

My goal is to help each client thrive—not just in therapy, but in real life. Our goal is to help the whole family feel regulated. When caregivers are confident and empowered with tools, the whole family thrives.

Serving Children with Autism, ADHD, Anxiety, Muscle Conditions, Developmental Delays & More

Sunny Day Therapy supports children, young adults, babies, teenagers, and families across Lexington and Central Kentucky (including partner daycare & private school locations in Richmond, Kentucky & Lexington, Kentucky) with:

  • Developmental Delays – including education on motor milestones
  • Decreased core strength – as evidenced by delayed crawling, walking, dislike of tummy time, or w-sitting/slumping/fatigue in older children/adults
  • torticollis
  • plagiocephaly
  • muscle tension
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
  • ADHD
  • Anxiety and emotional regulation challenges
  • Sensory processing differences
  • Feeding and oral motor concerns
  • Interoceptive needs (recognizing body signs)
  • reflex integration education
  • reciprocal play
  • sustained attention and motivation for daily activity completion

Get Started with Occupational Therapy in Lexington, KY

Occupational therapy is not one-size-fits-all—it’s personalized, play-based, and designed to help your child and you succeed in meaningful ways. Our occupational therapy is evidence-based. For adults, we utilize our knowledge of lifestyle renovation, home modifications, and sensory processing to help you have a plan to modify your environment.

Sunny Day Therapy – It’s therapy through connection. Connection to people, resources, strategies, and hope. We are here for you and your family at our Hamburg Clinic, at partner schools including Seton, Northeast, Higher Ground, Crossroads, St. Mark’s, Kids First (Richmond), & more.

📧 Email: admin@sunnydaytherapy.net or call 859-575-0799 to learn more!

We Accept Many Insurances

We are in network with Anthem Commercial, Aetna Commercial, Humana MCO, and Straight Medicaid. We hope to add more insurances; please encourage your insurance to work with us.