Occupational Therapy helps children improve their everyday functioning by increasing their independence in their daily “occupations”. A child’s occupations are any activities that may occupy their time throughout their day (such as dressing, grooming/hygiene, play skills, feeding etc.)
During an occupational therapy session, a therapist will utilize fun, purposeful, and goal-directed activities to help foster skills and promote growth and development. Play-based methods are used to facilitate opportunities to advance everyday function to optimal levels and encourage independence and confidence in everyday occupations.
Occupational Therapy/ Multidisciplinary treatment and support is beneficial to your child’s overall development. An occupational therapist can work with speech therapists (and other disciplines) during and outside of sessions to support your child’s overall sensory processing, self-regulation, and attention skills, which are baseline skills a child needs to access higher cognitive functioning in their brain. An occupational therapist can also provide suggestions on specific therapeutic games or activities during sessions that may help your child remain alert, regulated, and attentive during sessions and structured tasks.
If your child is struggling to complete their activities of daily living due to:
A comprehensive evaluation will be provided to assess your child’s current level of functioning within their daily occupations of play, self-help tasks and more. A caregiver’s input and concerns are also instrumental in the assessment of your child’s skill levels. If your child is demonstrating delays, ongoing OT services will be recommended to help in addressing your child’s needs. Concrete goals will be created to provide an opportunity to track progress throughout Occupational Therapy treatment.
At Fox Therapy Services, our mission is to enable people of all ages to become confident communicators.
Fox Therapy Services provides speech, language, occupational, feeding, and myofunctional therapy from passionate clinicians using evidence-based treatment approaches. Our highly trained clinicians work closely with clients and their families to achieve meaningful and successful progress. Fox Therapy Services also provides lactation support and nutritional counseling services. We also strive to empower clients and their families through parent education and training.
At Fox Therapy Services we make therapy sessions effective, interactive, and fun! Our success is a direct result of the success of our clients. Thank you for including us on your journey!
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