What is Occupational Therapy?
Occupational therapists use their unique expertise to help children with social-emotional, physical, cognitive, communication, and adaptive behavior challenges. They work to discover and maximize each child’s potential for participation in family, learning, and community-based activities.
Occupational therapy focuses on enabling children to do the activities of daily life. Because a child’s primary activity is play, the occupational therapist uses creative and productive activities to work on:
- Fine motor control
- Self-help skills
- Pre-academic skills
- Social skills
- Sensory integration
- Handwriting
- Visual/perceptual skills