OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
An occupational therapist can help your child engage in activities that they need, want and are expected to do.
Need to do
- Self Care
- Toileting
- Feeding
- Dressing
- Grooming
- Sleeping
Want to do
- Social Skills
- Making and maintaining friendships
- Playing with peers
- Accessing the community if they are restricted by sensory or physical limitations
Are expected to do
- Participate at school
- Handwriting
- Attention and concentration
- Transitioning from tasks
- Fine motor tasks (e.g. using scissors)
- Regulating their emotions
- Participating in a variety of age appropriate activities
- Engage in leisure activities (improve skills or make modifications to create access)
Our occupational therapists can undertake a comprehensive assessment to determine the significant performance areas causing these difficulties. This information can be used to set and prioritise goals and be passed on to your teacher, GP, or paediatrician.
