OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN THE SCHOOLS
OT
is provided by a licensed or certified Occupational Therapist. It
is designed to help a child develop the underlying skills necessary for
learning. Areas addressed include: self-care skills, sensory,
fine motor, postural development, and writing.
Your child may practice dressing skills, such as, putting on a coat, shoes, buttoning or zipping.
The
therapist might also use blocks, puzzles, or worksheets, at the
appropriate developmental age levels, to enhance spatial relations,
directionality, and other perceptual areas.
Gross motor/Sensory
motor areas addressed may include ball handling skills and bilateral
coordination (using both sides of the body together).
A child
might receive sensory input to help integrate the nervous system (ex.
Handling various textures, rolling, swinging, obstacle courses).
Each child is unique and has specific needs and therefore will be given specific goals and objectives.
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