OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
OT or occupational therapy is a health care practice that helps individuals of all ages who have some sort of cognitive, physical, or sensory problems. Occupational therapy also helps kids who struggle to learn basic life skills like bathing, brushing teeth,self-feeding,gettingdressed,etc. OT also works excellently in developing fine motor skills among kids and improving their hand-eye coordination.
CONDITIONS WE TREAT
- ✓ Developmental Delay
- ✓ Downs Syndrome
- ✓ Hydrocephalus Child)
- ✓ Multiple SclerOsis (Child)
- ✓ Muscular Dystrophy
- ✓ Rett Syndrome
- ✓ Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)
- ✓ Stroke
- ✓ Spina Bifida
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
The purpose of OT is to prevent or minimize physical, cognitive, or sensory disabilities among individuals & kids and improve their functional independence in their daily life. Occupational therapy is a highly structured, goal-oriented, tailored program that aims to meet each patient’s specific needs.
Why Would a Child Need Occupational Theropy?
Occupational therapy might help your child if he or she faces complications with day-to-day activities. OT can also be helpful ! for children who experience challenges at home or school while doing things that usually don’t bother most developing kids.
SKILLS FOR LIFE(We help kids with)
WHAT IS THE SENSORY INTEGRATION THERAPY?
- ♥ Sensory integration Therapy(SIT) is a sensory-motor treatment.
- ♥ Sit looks like play, because play is a child's way of learning and developing.
- ♥ Sit is designed to restore effective neurological processing by enhancing the vestibular, proprioceptive, and tactile systems.
VISUAL STIMS
- ♥ Staring at objects
- ♥ Repetitive blinking
- ♥ Turning lights on and off
- ♥ Hand-flapping
- ♥ Eye tracking
- ♥ Object placement (lining up objects)
AUDITORY STIMS
- ♥ Vocal sounds
- ♥ Humming
- ♥ Singing
- ♥ Whistling
- ♥ Repeating words
- ♥ Throat clearing
TACTILE STIMS
- ♥ Skin-rubbing
- ♥ Hand movements
- ♥ Finger-tapping
- ♥ Splashing/playing in water
- ♥ Repeating words
- ♥ Hair twirling
