Pediatric Occupational Therapy
Our occupational therapists treat infants, children and adolescents with the following:
- Cerebral palsy
- Developmental delays
- Fine-motor deficits
- Feeding delays
- Failure to thrive
- Oral aversion
- Sensory integration dysfunction
- Motivation/self-regulatory disorder
- Autism spectrum disorders
- ADD/ADHD
- Brachial plexus injury
- Down syndrome
- Motor-planning concerns
- Prematurity
- Visual-motor concerns
- Pre-natal drug/alcohol exposure
- Assistive technology needs
- Concussion or head injury
Common interventions include:
- Fine motor activities
- Handwriting help, including use of Handwriting Without Tears program
- Sensory-motor therapy
- Motor planning and motor coordination
- Feeding evaluations
- Evaluations for ADL equipment
- Self-help skill training — dressing, bathing, toileting and self-feeding
- Upper extremity strengthening
- Assistive technology recommendations