Understanding the child as an individual, how they move, how they feel and how they perceive the world through their senses can affect their performance in every day activities. These are the children’s “occupations”. “Occupations” can be anything from helping your baby interact with you, to helping your child follow directions and complete work in school to navigating and interacting with friends on the playground.
What is Occupational Therapy for Children?
A comprehensive developmental intervention through which children develop foundation skills for all interactions. Play is used to foster the child’s shared attention, engagement, reciprocal communication, problem-solving, and reasoning. It relies on an understanding of processing challenges, affect, learning, socialization, communication and behavior and teaches parents/caregivers to understand their child’s “individual differences” and how to help children learn for more complex interactions, and higher level emotional thinking
DIR/Floor time ©️ Model:
What is Sensory Processing/Sensory Integration?
Sensory Integration is the process by which we receive information through our senses, organize this information and use it to participate in every day activities. Sensory Integration contributes to emotional regulation, learning behavior, and participation in daily life.
Areas of Expertise/Therapeutic Certifications and Specialty Programs
Sensory Integration
DIR/Floortime ©️ Model
Perception Action Organization Therapy
Neurodevelopmental Treatment
Early Intervention
Parent Coaching/Home Programs
Therapeutic Listening Programs
Handwriting Programs
** Office, school or home visits available. Full. Assessments, School/I.E.P. Consultations.
Specializing in Treatment of Children with:
Sensory processing disorders
Autism spectrum disorder
Learning disabilities and differences
Attention deficit disorders
Neuromuscular disorders
Genetic syndromes
Developmental delays
Dyspraxia/balance or coordination delays
Pediatric vestibular disorders
Visual perceptual, visual, spatial, and visual motor deficits
Generalized muscle weakness
Graphomotor and/or fine motor delays
Pragmatic challenges
Challenges with behavior
Feeding or oral motor challenges
Children will benefit from occupational therapy by increasing:
Regulation and organization
Visual, perceptual, visual, spatial, and visual motor skills
Self-care skills, including feeding, dressing, grooming, buttoning
Motor control and strength
Coordination and balance
Sensory processing and integration (including, but not limited to attention, focus, ability to follow directions, sensitivities)
Problem-solving, sequencing and executive functioning skills
School skills (tool us usage and handwriting)
Social skills and self-esteem

