OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Pediatric occupational therapy facilitates/helps/assists/ children develop independence in functional daily living tasks. Functional daily living skills for children consist of:

• Being able to engage with their family, caregivers, and environment;
• Gaining control of their body to be able to complete developmental milestones;
• Mastering play skills using their hands with coordinated skill;
• Completing novel play tasks successfully;
• Moving both sides of their body to accomplish developmentally appropriate play and self help tasks;
• Being able to integrate sensory stimuli to focus on meaningful play or learning tasks to learn new skills;
• Refining the ability to use eye hand coordination skills for mastery of the environment from catching
  a ball to using a pencil on paper;

Occupational therapists have advanced training in neurodevelopmental treatment, sensory integration, and therapeutic listening.

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