Occupational therapy (OT) is a type of therapy that helps children who have physical, sensory, or intellectual problems. Our programs will help kids develop age-appropriate play skills, social skills, and emotional self-regulation, improve body coordination and motor skills, and improve performance with self-care skills. Our highly skilled and experienced occupational therapists offer a holistic, child-centered approach with fun and engaging therapy techniques to facilitate improvement in your child's fine motor skills, visual motor skills, visual perceptual skills, sensory motor skills, coordination, self-help skills, feeding skills and sensory processing deficits. Our occupational therapists utilize a sensory-motor approach to learning and a variety of therapeutic models.
Evaluation
Intervention may focus upon:
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Fine motor skills
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Handwriting
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Visual motor integration
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Visual perceptual skills
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Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s) or self care
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Feeding (Picky eaters or tactile/texture sensory differences)
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Sensorimotor activities to address motor planning and coordination
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Sensory processing skills Integrating primitive reflexes
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Challenging behavior
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Poor attention/focus
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Executive functioning skills
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Community participation & social skills
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Emotional self-regulation
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Provision of adaptive equipment
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Assistive technology -Splinting / serial casting
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Upper limb, upper body and core strengthening for improved participation in daily life
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Caregiver education and training
When to Refer:
If one, or more, are occuring:
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More than a six-month delay in achieving age-appropriate developmental milestones
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Limited fine motor and dexterity skills Limited hand-eye coordination
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Sensory processing skills that interfere with the child’s ability to complete everyday activities, such as: self-care (feeding, dressing, hygiene), play, community participation (school, church, playgrounds), functional communication of wants and needs
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Orthopedic or neurological conditions that require skill-building, special equipment or adaptations for the child to succeed in daily life