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What is Pediatric Occupational Therapy?

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• Therapy that promotes a child’s independence within their daily function helping them overcome challenges in order to reach their optimal function and success at home, school and within their community.

 

What does OT help with?

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• Fine motor skills (buttoning, zipping, grasp, handwriting)

• Gross motor skills (rolling, crawling, reaching, walking)

• Balance and coordination

• Sensory processing

• Feeding (oral motor development, sensory difficulties, mealtime behaviors)

• Cognitive development

• Social-emotional skills (emotional regulation, playing with peers)

• Executive function (problem solving, attention, pre-planning, organization)

• Sleep

 

In home therapy VS. outpatient

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• According to AJOT, “Intervention frequently involves practical and relevant treatment, using activities and objects from the child’s world. Thus, functional goals may be more realistically achieved in the child’s living environment. Involvement with family members also offers opportunities to develop collaborative relationships with parents and, therefore, to integrate the intervention program into the child’s home life.”