Occupational Therapy and Assessment

• Occupational therapists assess and treat children who have a delay or difficulty that affects their ability to independently perform everyday activities.

• Occupational therapy helps children to develop their abilities in fine motor skills, gross motor skills, sensory processing, self-care, attention and overall independence. 

• This service allows parents to understand their children and provides intervention and/or strategies for both home and school environments to help overcome challenges.

• Occupational therapy can include parent meetings, child assessments, intervention sessions in our centre, school or home interventions, parent feedback, and more.
  

How will Occupational Therapy help my child?

Pediatric occupational therapists create opportunities for children to master developmental tasks and achieve independence in their home, school, and community environments.. Children with ASD, ADD / ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder, Downs Syndrome, or other developmental delays may benefit from occupational therapy. The aim is to enable children to achieve what is important to them and learn how to further their skill sets in various areas. Occupational therapy provides hope and confidence by enabling children to overcome their challenges. Pediatric occupational therapists work in partnership with families, schools, and other professionals in order to provide a wholistic and consistent approach.

What challenges are the focus of Occupational Therapy?

• Self-care and self-dressing

• Gross motor skills (including running, biking, jumping, swimming and ball skills)

• Fine motor skills (including handwriting, coloring, and use of utensils, scissors and toiletries)

• Visual perception for reading, writing, math calculation and finding items

• Paying attention and concentration

• Emotional regulation

• Sensitivity and defensiveness

• Trying new things

• Playing with friends

• Following directions

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