*Speech Therapy
*Physical Therapy
*Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Pediatric Occupational Therapists focus on the areas of cognitive and perceptual skills, self- care skills, social skills, fine motor skills, and gross motor skills.
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you are looking for expected fine and gross motor milestones
for your child's age/level of development, please see the attached link.***
Motor Milestones
Occupational Therapists can treat the following:
- Sensory integration
- Gross motor
- Fine motor/hand skills
- Self-care (feeding, bathing, dressing, etc)
- Pre-handwriting/ Handwriting
- Visual perception
- Early intervention/ developmental type treatment
- Mobility
Can an occupational therapist help my child?
Reading and Writing
- If my child has difficulty in letter recognition and letter reproduction?
- Inattention and distractibility to written and or reading tasks?
- Reversal of letters such as b for d or p for q?
- Difficulty copying from a blackboard or a whiteboard?
- Poor orientation of puzzle pieces: “gives up"?
Dressing and Feeding
- Dressing: clothes or shoes on backwards?
- Dressing: shoes on wrong feet?
- Food is pushed off plate?
- Messy eaters?
Motor Skills
- Poor pencil grasp?
- Poor scissor skills?
- Clumsy grasp & release skills?
- Difficulty holding small objects, manipulating tools, pencils or scissors?
- Unable to complete mazes, dot-to-dots, etc.?
Sensory Processing
- Flinching or other responses when catching a ball?
- Level of avoidance or motivation to gross motor activities?
- Unable to hop, skip, jump, run, etc.?
- Difficulty coordinating body sides?
- Withdrawal from social situations?
- Lack of group interaction (avoidance), lack of confidence in oneself?
- Poor eye contact?
- Poor body language?
