Occupational Therapy

Your Child Might Benefit From OT if he or she has: 

• Difficulty using both hands together (bilateral coordination)

• Poor coordination

• Decreased balance

• “Clumsiness”

• Delayed motor skill development

• Decrease strength, low muscle tone

• Difficulty with handwriting

• Behavioral challenges or social skill issues

• Decreased attention or ability to participate in age appropriate activities

• Difficulties with feeding, is a picky eater or a messy eater

• Hypersensitive to touch

• Frequent or long temper tantrums

Occupational Therapy Services Promote:

• Body awareness (proprioceptive sense)

• Balance, movement, head position (vestibular sense)

• Upper body strength and coordination

• Fine motor skills

• Bilateral coordination (using both hands together)

• Motor planning (planning, initiating, and executing movements)

• Visual perceptual skills (ability to make sense of what is seen)

• Visual motor skills (the ability to use the hands and eyes together)

• Adaptive behavior (play skills, self-regulation, transitions)

• Self-care (dressing, tying shoes)

• Adaptive equipment, positioning