Peri Beatty, OTR/L

Pineville Office

About Me

Peri is a creative and outgoing occupational therapist located full-time in our Pineville office. She has been practicing in the Charlotte area since 2025 and joined our C&FD team in 2026. With a commitment to evidence-based intervention, Peri blends research with play-based activities to help clients meet their goals. Peri utilizes a strengths-based approach during evaluation and treatment and focuses on using each child’s strengths to support motivation and development.

Peri earned her college degree from College of Charleston and her MSOT from Lenoir Rhyne University. Before going back for her Masters in OT, she learned to love working in pediatrics during her time as an RBT for children with ASD and as a rehab tech at Levine Children’s Hospital. She remains committed to using a multidisciplinary treatment approach to ensure goals are met across all community settings.

Peri currently works with a wide range of clients, including but not limited to, Autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, developmental delays, Cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, sensory processing disorder, and emotional regulation/self-regulation difficulties. Peri enjoys keeping a variety of presentations, diagnoses, and age-range of clients on her schedule.

Experience

In practice since 2025, and joined C&FD in 2026

Outside of Work

Peri stays busy with book club, needlepoint, hanging out with her friends, going out to eat with her husband, and snuggling with her 140 lb. Great Dane, Luna! She enjoys balancing her hard work with a mix of exercising, relaxing and watching sports – Go Tarheels!