Pediatric Occupational Therapy is an allied profession which addresses neuro motor development, sensory integration, fine motor skills, self-care, social-emotional development, learning and play skills. Occupational therapy helps children who are having difficulty participating in normal daily “occupations” of childhood.
Who can benefit from Occupational Therapy services?
Therapy Plus works with children with but is not limited to the following:
- Gross and fine motor delays
- Sensory processing delays
- Sensory defensiveness
- Visual perceptual deficits
- Decreased attention and focus
- Coordination difficulties
- Social interaction
- Clumsy or poor balance
- Low muscle tone
- Poor endurance
- Poor motor planning new activities
- Anxious or resistant to new activities
- Difficulty transitioning
- Poor organizational skills
- Self help skills (dressing, potty training, grooming and self-care routines)
- Learning difficulties
- Craving for, or hypersensitivity to: movement, heights, touch from others, feel of clothes, tastes/textures of foods, sounds, and smells
- Coordination difficulties
- Poor awareness of surroundings or attention to detail
- Hyperactive, distractible, or lethargic behaviors
- Easily frustrated (showing withdrawn or aggressive behaviors)
- Difficulty calming down or falling asleep
- Difficulty with coloring, cutting or handwriting skills
To support our Occupational Therapy program, we have a fine motor room, a full gym and gross motor room, a sensory room, core and sensory training.