OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

The primary roles of a child are to play and learn.  The goal of Occupational Therapy is to help children successfully participate and engage in their daily activities to the best of their ability.  Occupational Therapists can assess and provide intervention to address concerns in the following areas:

Achieving Developmental Milestones

• Grasping and Reaching for Toys

• Manipulating and engaging in appropriate play with toys

• Sitting

• Crawling

Fine Motor Skills

• Manipulating Small Objects

• Pencil Grasp

• Printing and Cursive Writing

• Fastening Buttons, Zippers, and Shoelaces

• Drawing and Colouring

• Using Scissors

Gross Motor Skills

• Riding a Bicycle

• Ball Skills

• Balancing

• Bilateral Coordination

• Navigating a Playground

School Performance

• Written Output

• Pencil Control

• Visual Spatial Skills 

• Organizations 

• Self-Regulation

Feeding

• Picky Eating 

• Tolerating a Variety of Textures

• Self-Feeding

• Using Utensils

Motor Planning

• Coordinating and carrying out complex, multi-step tasks.  For example, learning a new sport or activity, such as swimming or karate

Sensory Processing

• Difficulty tolerating various sensory stimuli:

  • Textures 

  • Sound

  • Touch