Nature-Based Pediatric Occupational TherapyParagould & Northeast Arkansas

Helping children grow with confidence—where life happens.

Novel Heights partners with families to help children build practical everyday skills through Nature-Based Pediatric Occupational Therapy—using movement, play, meaningful activity, and purposeful experiences in nature.

Children do not grow in isolation, and families should not have to navigate that growth alone.

Individual Nature-Based OT Coming Fall 2026Online Parent Coaching Available Now

Care shaped by nature. Goals shaped with families.
01Built for everyday life

Skills should carry into routines, relationships, play, school, and community life.

02Guided by nature

Movement, challenge, exploration, and real environments are used intentionally.

03Shaped with families

Parents bring essential insight, and support should fit the life a family is actually living.

Parent and child walking together in a natural landscape

A path built together

You know your child. We bring another perspective.

You see the hard mornings, the small victories, the routines that work, and the moments that leave you wondering what to try next.

Novel Heights brings occupational therapy knowledge, careful observation, practical strategy, and a nature-based approach. You bring the insight that comes from living life alongside your child.

Together, we can build support around your child’s strengths, your family’s priorities, and the real moments that matter at home, at school, in the community, and outdoors.

You do not have to figure it all out alone.

The Novel Heights difference

Nature is not simply where care happens. It is one of the tools used intentionally in the process.

Nature-Based OT connects professional guidance with movement, play, meaningful challenge, and real-world participation—always shaped by functional goals, individual needs, family priorities, access, and safety.

Purposeful environments

Real places create useful practice.

Natural and community settings can offer authentic opportunities to move, regulate, solve problems, connect, and participate.

Skilled guidance

Every experience should have a reason.

Activities are selected through professional judgment—not because being outside alone is therapy.

Family partnership

Progress should belong in daily life.

Parents help identify what matters most so support can connect with actual routines, relationships, and priorities.

Choose the path that fits today

One vision. Clear next steps.

See what is available now, what is coming next, and which pathway matches your family’s needs.

Where growth becomes useful

Skills matter most when children can use them in the life they are living.

Novel Heights is designed around participation—not isolated performance. The goal is to help children feel more capable in the routines, relationships, activities, and environments that shape their days.

Regulation & transitionsMovement & coordinationPlay & explorationDaily routinesConfidence & self-advocacyFamily & community participation
Explore the Nature-Based Approach
Dr. Kelsey Adcock with her family outdoors

Meet Dr. Kelsey

A professional vision rooted in participation, family partnership, and access to the outdoors.

Dr. Kelsey Adcock, OTD, OTR/L has worked across pediatric outpatient, school-based, developmental daycare, and pediatric daycare settings since 2019.

Novel Heights traces back to her doctoral capstone in adaptive camping and hiking—and to a long-term belief that care should help children and families participate more fully in real life.

Licensed Occupational TherapistDoctor of Occupational TherapyPediatric Experience Since 2019

Practical support, freely shared

Useful ideas before you ever fill out a form.

Explore parent-friendly printables for fine motor skills, feeding, school readiness, regulation, outdoor play, and family connection.

Our resources are designed to make the next step feel more manageable—not to replace individualized care.

Nature Frame parent resource previewFeeding tips parent resource previewKindergarten readiness parent resource preview

A clear place to begin

Wherever your family is starting, there is a next step.

Join the Fall 2026 Nature-Based OT Waitlist, explore Online Parent Coaching available now, or tell us what brings you to Novel Heights.