Pediatric Occupational Therapy

What Is Pediatric Occupational Therapy?

Pediatric Occupational Therapy helps children gain independence. They provide therapy for strengthening the development of sensory motor skills. They provide therapy for developing fine motor skills, gross motor skills, and visual motor skills. These are the skill areas that children need to be able to function and socialize. Our Board Certified Occupational Therapists provide therapy for children who are experiencing problems in functional independence and in school.

Who Needs Therapy?

If your child needs help working on their fine motor skills so they can grasp and release toys and develop good handwriting skills to be able to express themselves. When your child needs help with hand-eye coordination to improve their play and school skills (hitting a target, bating a ball, copying from the whiteboard, etc.). If your child needs help due to developmental delays in their abilities that result in challenges with (bathing, getting dressed, brushing their teeth, and feeding themselves, etc.). When your child needs help with coordination skills to feed themselves, use a computer, keyboarding skills, increasing the speed and legibility of their handwriting. If your child needs help with sensory processing skills. In case your child needs help with attention skills to improve focus or improve social skills.

How Does Pediatric Occupational Therapy Work?

A child’s role in life is to be able to play and interact with other children. Our Board Certified Pediatric Occupational Therapists evaluate a child’s current skills for playing, school performance, and daily activities. Next they will compare the results of the evaluation to what is developmentally appropriate for you child’s age group. Our Pediatric Occupational Therapists will then be able to help your child develop their performance skills in the areas they may find challenging. In addition Occupational Therapy will address sensory, social, motor, visual, behavioral and environmental skill areas.

What Are Some Of The Medical Conditions That May Benefit From Therapy?

Children with medical conditions who may benefit include: learning disorders, sensory processing disorders, developmental delays, behavioral problems, birth injuries and other chronic illnesses.

What Are The Skills Our Therapists Typically Address?

The skills we typically address are: Activities Of Daily Living Skills, Sensory Processing Skills, Fine and Gross Motor Skills. We also typically address Visual Perceptual and Visual Motor Skills, Handwriting Skills. We also address Functional Academic Skills, Socialization Skills, Functional Emotional Levels, Self-Care and Feeding Skills.