If your child has trouble…
Staying focused on an activity
Excessively seeking movement experiences in an unsafe manner
Making friends, taking turns, and picking up social cues
Holding a pencil, drawing, or handwriting
Fearing movement experiences, preferring to stay on the ground
Meeting motor milestones such as rolling, sitting, crawling, walking, or jumping
Playing, running, jumping, appearing clumsy
Feeling anxious about loud noise, textures of clothing, and bright lights
Tying shoes, holding a fork, or using a toothbrush
…they may benefit from occupational therapy!
What is Occupational Therapy?
“Occupational therapy is as a profession concerned with promoting health and well being through occupation. The primary goal of occupational therapy is to enable people to participate in the activities of everyday life. Occupational therapists achieve this outcome by enabling people to do things that will enhance their ability to participate or by modifying the environment to better support participation.” – The World Federation of Occupational Therapists
A pediatric occupational therapist helps a child to develop, maintain and restore abilities to become independent while performing activities within their daily lives. Occupational therapists are trained to use a developmental frame of reference when completing a specific activity and/or during play. Through the exchanges with the therapist, the child begins to foster the development of skills which have not been previously learned or developed.
