Many children who struggle with pre-school, birthday parties, organized sports, daily living routines, or socialization may be missing the foundational motor, sensory processing, or social emotional skills necessary to make these events both successful and joyful. A comprehensive occupational therapy evaluation that addresses your child's motor, sensory and emotional development may better clarify what foundational skills are still needed for your child to achieve his or her potential.
Children who benefit from this type of therapy include children who have:
These children may have functional difficulties with:
Children who benefit from this type of therapy include children who have:
- Sensory Processing Disorders
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Dyspraxia
- Limited play skills
- Limited social skills
- Poor coordination
- Regulation challenges
These children may have functional difficulties with:
- Loud sounds or surprise noises
- Getting his or her hands get messy
- Pre-school circle or centers
- Swings and movement that he/she can't control
- Dressing, bathing, teeth brushing, hair combing
- Pretend or expanded play
- Making friends
- Self-Calming
- Following the norms of the group
- Coloring or shape drawing
- Pre-writing skills
- Moving through space without bumping or falling
- Playing on the playground
- Managing their emotional responses
- Demonstrating their skills in multi-sensory environmennts
