Mariaelena Distefano

Mariaelena Distefano is a Staten Island, New York based therapist who is specialized in Pediatrics Occupational Therapy. Active license number of Mariaelena Distefano is 021106-1 for Pediatrics Occupational Therapy in New York. Her current practice location is 1466 Manor Rd, Staten Island. Patients can reach her at 718-475-5286. Mariaelena Distefano is OTR/L in Pediatrics Occupational Therapy and her NPI number (Unique professional ID assigned by NPPES) is 1063945335.
Mariaelena Distefano provide services to infants, toddlers and children who have or who are at risk for developmental delays or disabilities. Occupational therapy is concerned with a child's ability to participate in daily life activities. Occupational therapists use their unique expertise to help children with social-emotional, physical, cognitive, communication, and adaptive behavioral challenges and to help children to be prepared for and perform important learning and school-related activities and to fulfill their rule as students. Through an understanding of the impact of disability, illness, and impairment on a child's development, plan, ability to learn new skills, and overall occupational performance, occupational therapists design interventions that promote healthy development, establish needed skills, and/or modify environments, all in support of participation in daily activities.