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We are thrilled to have had the opportunity to collaborate with our alma mater, CSU’s Occupational Therapy Department, on this incredible project! 🎉

Not only did this partnership allow us to fill a crucial need in our private practice, but it also provided an invaluable learning opportunity for the students involved. Through this project, they gained firsthand experience and insights into starting their own private practice. We were immensely grateful for the resources and knowledge these talented CSU OT students brought to the table.

It was an honor to collaborate with our alma mater, creating a powerful connection that propelled us all forward. ☀️🦋 Thank you CSU OT for believing in our mission and vision at Peaks & Bounds!

Now you see me, now you don’t! 💫

Let’s talk about heavy work activities like pushing, pulling, and carrying heavy objects OR building an absolute epic bunker. Not only can they be a great form of exercise but they also provide important proprioceptive input at the joints and muscles, helping us become more aware of our body’s position in space. For us and many of our clients, proprioceptive input is incredibly calming and beneficial. 😌

We can not contain our excitement of watching this creative project grow in size! 🌱📐

Did you know that our co-founder Emily Tull, MSOT, OTR/L, EP-C is secretary for Colorado’s Occupational Therapy State Association? 🌿 This weekend, she attended OTAC’s annual conference and had an amazing time!

Emily got the opportunity to connect with fellow nature-based occupational therapist .path.ot (located in CO springs!), collaborate with other OTs, and spread awareness about our nature-based practices within Colorado. 🌱

Conferences like these are essential for staying up-to-date on the latest treatment interventions, diverse affirming approaches, and ways to support families, all to better serve our incredible clients. 🙌

We’re thrilled that Emily also shared exciting news about Peaks and Bounds’ upcoming initiatives and events. Stay tuned for all the exciting things to come! 💫

Another great day partnering with ! This time for our private 1:1 OT sessions held at the farm. Can’t thank them enough! We had a blast with our client today.

🙏 Grateful to Our Volunteers and Host 🙏

Peak & Bounds owes its success to our incredible community. Today, we express our deepest gratitude to our dedicated volunteers, Rebeca, Maggie, and Eden, for their unwavering commitment to our mission and campers. We also extend our heartfelt thanks to Rosemary, Director of Friends of Laughing Buck Farm, for embracing our vision and providing us with a space like no other. We can’t forget our animal friends who show so much love to us all.

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." - Annie Dillard, The Writing Life

Your selfless contributions have left an indelible mark on our journey. Thank you for making a difference and being an inspiration to us all.

🌄✨ Peaks & Bounds: Unforgettable Camp Memories & More! 🏕️🎉

Still buzzing from our amazing first camp last month, and now we can't wait for our July camp just a few weeks away! 🌟 Join us for more thrills, laughter, and lifelong memories. 🗓️ Secure your spot now - only 2 spots left! Click the link in our bio. ⛺✨

⛰ Shared these views with a client during a bike ride this morning! We love the northern Colorado area and all the beautiful aspects of nature that we are able to experience together. What a great day for outdoor OT!

🥰 Accessing nature during any and every season brings us so much joy and connection with our clients.

🪵 Whether is whittling, fishing, climbing, or making hot chocolate in the snow we are always ready to assist our clients in meaningful activities outdoors by providing unique therapeutic expertise.

It doesn’t get much better than this! ☀️

🌞Did you know we also take private OT clients 1:1 and in groups?

🛝Today we headed to the park to meet with one of our private OT clients! We had a great time & look at these beautiful trees!

🌈 Check out Golden Meadows Park in Fort Collins for a super nostalgic time with your kids/clients!

We had a blast helping up out with Friends of Laughing Buck Farm Nonprofit Laughing Buck Farm farm school today! We can not wait to hold our camps here this summer for kids of all abilities, neurotypes, and identities!

Thanks for having us! Please go support Laughing Buck Farm and check out all of their awesome programs!

Check out what inspired to create Peaks & Bounds!

🌳 What inspired us to create Peak & Bounds? ✨ Both of us (Emily Grieb and Emily Tull), both have backgrounds working at nature camps with children, guiding hikes, and conducting research on the benefits of nature in relation to human development. This led us to the most intensive and inspiring experience of our careers! 🥹 Emily Bryce (yes another Emily), owner of @little_fern_forest allowed us the opportunity to work with her leading nature-based occupational therapy sessions and nature-based preschools/camps at her outdoor clinic in Washington state! We can not thank Emily enough for this experience. Emily’s expertise and willingness to share her knowledge allowed us to dream of bringing something similar back to Colorado. All of the videos included in this reel are from this time on Emily’s land. 🏔 After our time in Washington we both planned to make our way back to Fort Collins, Colorado to create our own nature-based practice to serve families in northern Colorado! We returned back in September 2022, and Peaks & Bounds became official in March 2023! 🐄 We are so grateful to the local farms we are partnering with for helping us make this a reality for families in surrounding areas! We can not wait for our camps this summer and to see what the future holds for our Peaks & Bounds family! 🥰 Thank you for the support! Emily & Emily #occupationaltherapy #neurodivergent #disabilityinclusion #naturecamp #summercamp #pediatrictherapy #fortcollinscolorado #kidscamp #inclusionliveshere

📣 We are so excited to announce registration is now open for our second developmental sensory camp for ages 2-5!

🏕 Our first camp has limited spots available so tell your friends/secure your spots!

👩‍⚕️ Our camps are led by occupational therapists to ensure all our campers are able to participate in camp in a fun and safe manner.

💕 We are so grateful to partner with to create inclusive camps for children of all abilities, neurotypes, and identities!

🌈 We want our camps to be accessible to all, to so do we offer sliding scale services. Please email [email protected] to learn more!

🥳 Feel free to also check out our private occupational therapy services!

Earlier this week we announced our registration for our first camp offer this summer is now live!

We are so excited to announce our first nature camp with ! Learn more about this camp at our website (link in bio!). For sliding scale offerings, please email [email protected]

What if your child is outside of the age range for this camp? We are willing to accept participants close to age 5-9, so if you’re child is 4 or 10 please reach out. Additionally, we are very excited to announce that we will be launching registration for additional camps very soon. These camps will expand offerings to adolescents, teens, and earlier childhood ages.

Stay tuned! Can’t wait to see you at camp!

We updated our flyer! We added that sliding scale can be worked out for families with financial need (yay!), and we want to make it clear that our camps are inclusive to all, your child does not have to have a specific diagnosis to participate!

We are so excited to partner with Friends of Laughing Buck Farm Nonprofit for peaksandboundsot first nature camp this summer! Registration is live at peaksandbounds.com

We are so excited to announce that our website and registration for our first camp session in June are now live! Check us out

Home | Peaks Bounds Inspired by personal outdoor pursuits, past professional experience, and emerging research on nature-based occupational therapy practice, we developed Peaks and Bounds. At Peaks and Bounds, we aim to provide opportunities for all individuals to experience nature in a supported and therapeutic manner...

A DREAM COMING TRUE!

Hi everyone! First and foremost thank you for taking the time to connect with our page.

🏔 Peaks & Bounds has been a dream for us two, Emily & Emily, for quite some time now. So let’s dive in!

🌲 Peaks & Bounds is a budding therapeutic nature business offering a wide variety of outdoor/nature programs guided by two nature-based occupational therapists. The first program we are putting our efforts into are our pediatric nature camps coming Summer of 2023. Stay tuned for more information!

🛶 The goal is to get our camps up and running, and then begin our other offerings of guided hikes 1:1 or group, occupational therapy coaching, outdoor social groups, supported nature activities/recreation!

🏕 The amount of outdoor camps and programs that cater to all neurotypes, abilities, identities, and for all ages across the lifespan are hard to find! We want to help change that here in Colorado and encourage others around our country and world to do the same.

🧠 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion practices are core to our practice. We strive to run a neurodiverse and identity affirming business. All are welcome, respected, and have space to be heard.

👩‍⚕️ Oh yeah! Who are we? Most classically known as Emily & Emily! We are two occupational therapists who met during our Occupational Therapy Master’s Program at Colorado State University. We love calling Fort Collins home and are happy to serve our community here in Fort Collins. Both of us have experience working with pediatrics, adolescents, adults, and older adults! We have experience working in nature-based settings both recreationally and therapeutically.

🌈 We are looking forward to all to come and deeply appreciate your support!

📧 Please do not hesitate to comment, DM, or email with any questions!

With gratitude,
Emily & Emily ❤️

Thank you Aspire OT] and for making these continuing education units accessible for occupational therapy practitioners.

For those who have expressed interest about learning more regarding the outdoor occupational therapy research I have conducted you can do so through Aspire OT & earn your CEUs. Thank you all and reach out with any questions you may have!

Graphic Credits: Aspire OT]

It still doesn’t feel real, BUT I can finally say I’m an Occupational Therapist! I found out this morning I passed my NBCOT! Emily Tull, MSOT, OTR, EP-C ✨

What a pleasure! I am grateful to be elected to The OT Association of Colorado’s Executive Board! I will be serving as Secretary for the next two years! Thank you for this opportunity

It was a pleasure to share my research on how an outdoor occupational therapy camp can impact behavioral regulation and praxis in children and then connect how these findings can be relevant to OT practitioners everyday practice! We are getting the ball rolling on turning this into a published manuscript. AND “hot off the press!” research on this same exact camp with the same cohort of participants was released last week (Stackhouse et. al, 2022) that found significant COPM findings from camp! Check it out in ‘s bio!

It was so great to connect with fellow OT practitioners! & thank you .ed for sharing a recorded version of my presentation for OTs to gain continuing education credits!