Occupational
Therapy (OT)
What is Occupational Therapy (OT)?
Occupational therapy intervention uses everyday life activities (occupations) to promote health, well-being, and ability to participate in the important activities in life.
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This includes any meaningful activity that a person wants to accomplish, including taking care of yourself and your family, working, volunteering, going to school, among many others.
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Occupational therapy can help children with various needs to enhance their self-esteem and sense of accomplishment.
Who needs OT?
Social
Interaction
Poor Motor
Skills
Lack of Play
Skills
Sensory
Processing
What is:
Child who shows delay and not following developmental milestone in two or more areas such as motor, cognitive, play, social and ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL) such as eating, bathing, dressing, toileting and more.
-Even though child has enough and appropriate learning experiences and instructions, but still struggle to keep up with peers of their age in reading, writing, language or do math
-Some common LD are:
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Dyslexia (language difficulty)
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Dysgraphia (writing difficulty)
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Dyscalculia (mathematic difficulty)
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Dyspraxia (movement or planning difficulty)
-Some children find it difficult to make eye contact or share when playing, and they also have trouble starting conversations or keeping relationships with others.
-Running, jumping, and climbing are all impacted by gross motor difficulties, whereas colouring or buttoning become challenging for a child due to fine motor limitations.
-Children playing differently for their age struggle with purposeful play, engagement, imitation, and often prefer repetitive activities like lining up toys or playing with letters/numbers.
-Children who tantrum, struggle to follow rules, sit and wait, and engage in other improper behaviour.
-Children struggling with sensory processing have symptoms like excessive drooling, sensitivity to noise, clumsiness, difficulty balancing, and challenges recognizing shapes or letters.
What we offer in our OT service?
Initial Assessment
Required to gain an understanding children level of
ability, skills and development
Treatment
Follow up Intervention after therapist determine
treatment plan
One to one
Session done with the occupational therapist on a
one-to-one basis in specific therapy room
Duration
45min - 1hour therapy session follow by consultation
with parents after session