Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy can help your child with their ability to process and respond to sensory information in a meaningful and consistent manner. It can be challenging for little ones to navigate novel sensations. Sensory processing, integration, and modulation are all crucial aspects for engaging with our environment and maintaining alertness for learning. 

If your child struggles with manual dexterity notable through tasks such as grasping objects, fastening clothing, and handwriting - our therapists can help. Developing fine motor skills through OT can help strengthen the muscles in our hands effectively to complete activities of daily living.

If your child seems to need support with coordination and balance, or Ataxia, our Occupational therapists can help with their ability to use large muscle groups for larger movements required to complete daily occupations. Core strength, for example, can go a long way in our full body movements. 

OT's can help with interpreting incoming visual information and responding with the appropriate motor action. Examples include letter formation, copying shapes, reading, and puzzle skills. Visual perceptual skills and memory, as well as oculomotor control help us make sense of our environments and navigate them smoothly.

Regulation is a hugely important skill for participating in everyday life. OT's can help with the ability to respond in an age appropriate manner to daily situations. Including but not limited to stress management, coping strategies, self efficacy & advocacy.

The wide set of mental skills we use in everyday life for all of the above! OT's know how to practice planning, organization, problem solving, initiation and inhibition, prioritization, and working memory all through play and therapy activities that will later carry over into daily tasks.