PEDIATRIC
OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPY
What is Pediatric Occupational Therapy?
Pediatric occupational therapy focuses on promoting independence in functional and meaningful activities such as playing, learning, interacting with family and friends, getting dressed, eating, going to the bathroom, self care, social interaction, emotional regulation, processing sensory information. Occupations are a person’s everyday activities. Pediatric occupational therapists address strengthening the development of fine motor skills, sensory motor skills, and visual motor skills that children need to function and socialize, along with helping equip parents to successfully manage their child’s behavioral struggles.
Here are fine motor skills, motor planning, and hand-eye coordination examples of the tasks and skills OTs might focus on:
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Self-care routines, like getting dressed
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Writing and copying notes
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Holding and controlling a pencil
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Using scissors
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Core strengthening
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Attention
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Hand dexterity
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Social interaction skills
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Sensory processing
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Visual motor skills
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Ball skills
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Shoe tying
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Physical therapists help children interact with their environments and make everyday activities easier by improving a variety of skills such as strength, range of motion, flexibility, endurance, and movement patterns.
Speech language pathologists work to assist children communicate effectively by promoting verbal and non-verbal language skills, as well as other abilities, such as feeding, chewing, swallowing, cognition, social participation, articulation, phonological awareness, and literacy disorders.
