Occupational Therapy Services

Occupational therapy service provides evaluation and treatment for infants and children with difficulties in the following areas:

• Oral Motor and Feeding - refusal to eat, picky eaters, including “food chaining”
• Self-Care - dressing, grooming, eating
• Play Skills - hand use, coordination, floor play
• Fine Motor, Visual Motor and Visual Perceptual Skills - puzzles, scissors, coloring, block designs, tracing, scanning, tracking
• Handwriting Skills - prewriting skills, printing and cursive
• Sensory Processing - sensory seeking or avoidance of textures, movement, or rough house play
• Motor Planning - body in space awareness; difficulties with beginning and sequencing activities
• Strengthening and Coordination

Therapists have advanced training and experience in a number of specialty areas including:

• Sensory Integration
• Neuro developmental treatment (NDT)
• Handwriting
• The Alert Program – How Does Your Engine Run
• Therapeutic Listening

Individual and group therapy can be provided. Parents are encouraged to participate in treatment sessions and therapy goals.

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