Occupational Therapy is a health care profession devoted to helping individuals with motor and behavior problems learn how to perform purposeful activities. Occupational Therapy treatment helps individuals to achieve independence with their activities of daily life. Pediatric occupational therapy services support and promote the achievement of independence with activities of daily living; the integration of sensory systems; self-regulation skills; upper body strength and function; feeding skills; handwriting skills; motor planning and praxis; body awareness and environment safety; bilateral coordination skills and balance; visual motor / visual perceptual skills; facilitation of developmental milestones and age-appropriate fine motor skills.
The “pediatric” Occupational Therapist is trained to provide skilled intervention to infants, toddlers, children, and adolescents with disorders that effect development of motor and behavioral skills. Our team of therapists are highly skilled, state licensed, and nationally certified.
OUR EXPERTISE INCLUDE:
Fine & Gross Motor Skills Development:
- Upper body & fine motor strengthening-pencil grasp, scissor use and more
- Neurodevelopmental Facilitation Techniques
- Bilateral Coordination skills & balance
- Activities of Daily Living training to include: dressing, feeding, grooming, fastener manipulation, utensil use, etc.
Visual Motor Integration/Visual Perceptual Skills:
- Handwriting training (utilizing the Handwriting Without Tears Program)
- Ocular Motility Skills
- Vision Therapy(Provided with collaboration from the Austin Eye Gym)
Sensory Integration Techniques:
- Attention & Organizational Skills
- Motor Planning & Praxis
- Body Perception/Awareness in Space
- Frustration Tolerance/Coping Strategies
- Sensory Defensiveness-auditory/tactile sensitivities
- Self-esteem, social skills, peer interactions, challenging behaviors
- Feeding Aversion and oral defensiveness
Oral Motor/Oral Sensory Development:
- Feeding skills
- Oral Aversion / Hypersensitivities
- Hypotonia/Hypertonia
Common Diagnostic Categories Include:
- Developmental Delay
- Sensory Integration Dysfunction
- Feeding Aversion/Oral Motor Difficulties
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Cerebral Palsy and Neuromuscular Disorders
- Down Syndrome
- Learning Disabilities/Dysgraphia
