Occupational Therapy Services

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What is Occupation

• Defined as any activity that is meaningful for the person & has therapeutic value. For example, play is the main therapeutic medium used by occupational therapists for children. Occupations include physical, cognitive, psychological & emotional aspects of the person.

 

About Occupational Therapy:

• Help persons of all ages achieve or regain the ability to function independently in their home, school, work & community.

• Maximize a person's ability to participate in any desired occupation by remediating or compensating for deficits in any of the performance skills required for performing this occupation

 

Population Served:

Children with cognitive challenges aged 3 – 12 years old, including, but not limited to:

• Global developmental delays

• Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)

  • Autism

  • Asperger's Syndrome

  • Rett's Syndrome

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

• Down Syndrome

• Learning Disabilities

• Developmental Coordination Disorder

 

Services Provided Include:

• Administrating comprehensive screening tools

• Conducting specific assessments as needed that can target:

  • Play skills

  • School readiness assessment

  • Cognitive and perceptual assessment

  • Hand function and fine motor assessment

  • Pre-writing and writing assessment

  • The activity of daily living skills assessment

• Providing annual intervention sessions to promote:

  • Age-appropriate play skills

  • Cognitive and perceptual skills

  • Physical skills, including gross and fine motor skills

  • Academic skills (pre-writing and writing skills)

  • Independence in performing activities of daily living

  • Social participation and interaction through group therapy

  • Providing home programs and family education.

 

Examples of Occupational Therapy Interventions for Children:

• Working with a preschooler with Down Syndrome on fine-motor skills.

• Teaching a 5 years old child with autism on problem-solving strategies.

• Helping a child with global developmental delays improve his motor planning skills needed for his daily living activities.

• Promoting essential pre-writing skills for a child with learning disabilities through different play activities