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Occupational Therapy

Our Occupational Therapy programs are tailored to enhance independence and daily living skills. We consider the child’s interests, strengths, and specific developmental milestones to create a rewarding and effective therapy experience.

Pediatric Occupational therapy

Pediatric occupational therapy (OT) focuses on helping children develop the skills needed for daily activities, or "occupations," which can range from playing and learning to self-care tasks like dressing, eating, or bathing. The goal is to support a child’s ability to engage in age-appropriate activities and improve their quality of life by enhancing their motor, sensory, cognitive, and social skills.

Key areas addressed in Pediatric Occupational Therapy include:

  • Fine Motor Skills: Occupational therapists can help children develop skills like grip strength, hand-eye coordination, dexterity, grasping objects, and using tools like pencils or scissors.
  • Handwriting Improvement: Addressing underlying issues and developing fine motor skills. The theory behind using OT to improve handwriting is by allowing the child to play, write and learn through various sensory inputs, meaningful activities and writing programmes, which will develop the underlying skills needed for successful handwriting.
  • Improve posture: Occupational therapists can teach children proper posture and positioning, which can significantly improve handwriting.
  • Gross Motor Skills: Coordination, balance, and physical strength needed for larger movements, like walking, running, or jumping.
  • Sensory Processing Disorders: Helping children who have difficulty processing and responding to sensory input (e.g., sounds, touch, movement).
  • Adaptive Strategies for Daily Life/Self-Care Skills: Learning activities of daily living (ADLs) such as dressing, feeding, and personal hygiene.
  • Social and Emotional Development: Building the skills needed for interacting with peers and managing emotions.
  • Visual-Motor Integration: Improving the ability to coordinate vision with body movements, which is important for reading, writing, and sports.
Occupational therapists work in a variety of settings, including schools, clinics, and homes, using activities and exercises that are often play-based and customized to the child’s unique needs.

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Does your child have one of the following occupational issues?

  1. Difficulty with handwriting, cutting with scissors, recognizing letters and numbers.
  2. Struggles to follow instructions, miss details, forget things, and frequently switch from one activity to another.
  3. Have difficulty focusing attention on organizing and completing a task or learning something new.
  4. Have difficulty with dressing, eating with a spoon, grooming, brushing teeth, shoe tying.
  5. Have difficulty processing information as quickly and accurately as others, become easily confused.
  6. Have trouble completing or turning in homework assignments, often losing things (e.g., pencils, toys, assignments) needing to complete tasks or activities.
  7. Unusual play with toys and other objects, difficulty relating to people, such as poor eye contact.
  8. Respond negatively to noise, touch, light and to different food texture.
  9. Difficulty with changes in routine or familiar surroundings, repetitive body movements or behavior patterns.

Methodologies to apply

  • Sensory Integration Therapy: Addressing sensory processing difficulties to improve focus, coordination, and daily functioning.
  • Fine Motor Skill Development: Targeted exercises to enhance hand-eye coordination, dexterity, and handwriting skills.
  • Adaptive Techniques: Teaching practical strategies for completing daily tasks, ensuring a better quality of life.
  • Holistic Approach: Incorporating physical, emotional, and social aspects of development within the therapy plan.

Benefits

Here are some of the key benefits you can expect from each of our specialized Occupational Therapy services:

  • Greater Independence: Enhances the ability to perform daily tasks, fostering a sense of autonomy and self-confidence.
  • Improved Fine Motor Skills: Develops hand-eye coordination and dexterity, which are crucial for tasks such as writing, dressing, and eating.
  • Better Sensory Processing: Helps children manage sensory sensitivities, leading to improved focus and reduced stress.
  • Enhanced Quality of Life: Provides practical strategies and adaptive techniques, resulting in improved overall well-being and participation in daily activities.

By choosing Thera-Pro Care's Occupational Therapy services, you're providing your child with the tools they need to thrive in daily activities, build social connections, and succeed academically. Join us in fostering independence and confidence in your child's life.

Free Evaluation

Please come to see us for a free evaluation to quality for Speech/Language Pathologist Occupational Therapy. We provide free transportation for who qualify.

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