Why Ready for Action Therapy Was Built

Children thrive when therapy feels meaningful, challenging, and deeply human. Movement isn’t just exercise—it builds strength, identity, regulation, and confidence.

Ready for Action Therapy was born from one mission:
to help children unlock their full potential through movement, adventure, and neurological development.

We work with kids who have sensory, behavioral, developmental, and emotional needs—and help them grow stronger in their bodies, steadier in their minds, and more confident in who they are.

Professional Foundation & Clinical Training

Zach is a licensed Occupational Therapist (OT) with advanced clinical training in the nervous, sensory, and musculoskeletal systems. He combines:

• neurodevelopmental principles

• strength and conditioning science

• sensory integration

• movement analysis

• outdoor skill development

• behavior and emotional regulation

Our practice is designed for kids with autism, ADHD, trauma histories, learning differences, anxiety, behavioral challenges, emotional disabilities, sensory processing differences, and other developmental needs.

A Career Built Around Life-Changing Movement

Before creating RFA, Zach’s work centered on helping injured military veterans rebuild independence and identity.

He helped train veterans to climb the Seven Volcanos—the highest volcano on each continent. That work demanded trust, autonomy, resilience, and belief in human capacity.

Those experiences showed him that therapy becomes transformative when it stops being just treatment—and becomes purpose.

Outward Bound: Where Zach’s Focus Shifted to Kids

While leading long-form wilderness expeditions for Outward Bound, Zach saw something remarkable—
young people are unbelievably resilient.

Watching them transform through challenge, adventure, and movement changed his direction forever.

That is when he knew:
His purpose was to work with children and help them access their strength through movement.

School-Based Behavioral Experience

Zach went on to work in specialized school settings with children who had:

• severe behavioral and emotional disabilities

• developmental disabilities

• violent or aggressive behaviors

• major maladaptive coping patterns

He is certified in Nonviolent Crisis Intervention, trained in trauma-informed care, and skilled in nervous system co-regulation and de-escalation.

This background gives Zach deep comfort supporting children others may consider “too challenging.”

Formal Education & Certifications

Alongside a master’s degree in Occupational Therapy, Zach holds:

• Degree in Exercise Science

• Graduate Certificate in Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities

• Nationally Registered Wilderness EMT Certification

• Certified Rock Climbing Instructor (AMGA)

• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Certification

• Currently pursuing Certified Exercise Physiologist credentials

This unique combination allows Zach to design treatment that blends clinical precision with functional movement, athletics, sensory science, and adventure-based skill building.

Our Philosophy With Children

Every child deserves to feel strong in their body.
Every child deserves regulation and safety in their nervous system.
Every child deserves access to movement, challenge, and success.

At RFA we believe in:

• meeting a child where they are

• pushing toward where they can go

• honoring their neurotype

• celebrating their differences

• and helping them build a life with more “I can” moments

Therapy should not feel like work—
it should feel like triumph.

Why Parents Choose This Approach

Families come to Ready for Action Therapy because they want:

• a therapist who truly understands neurodivergence

• real-world strength and functional skill development

• sensory-informed movement programming

• an outdoors-rooted, playful, empowering approach

• therapy that builds confidence, not just compliance

We are here to guide children toward independence—not just improvement.

Our Mission

To build stronger bodies, steadier minds, resilient sensory systems, and limitless potential through movement-centered therapy.

If You’re Reading This, You’re in the Right Place

Your child is capable of incredible things.
My work is to show them how strong, capable, and powerful they truly are.

Welcome to Ready for Action Therapy—
where movement changes lives.