Pediatric Occupational Therapy

Understanding "Occupation"

The word occupation refers to daily life activities. The role of Woman's Pediatric Occupational Therapists is to address the following age-appropriate skills and how they relate to play and function:

• Perceptual motor skills: Perceptual-motor activities require children to use their brain and body together to accomplish tasks—for example, walking on a balance beam while reciting the alphabet.
• Sensory motor skills: Sensory play includes any activity that stimulates your young child's senses: touch, smell, taste, movement, balance, sight and hearing. Sensory activities facilitate exploration and naturally encourage children to use scientific processes while they play, create, investigate and explore.
• Fine motor skills: Feeding abilities and handwriting skills in school-aged children.

Personalized Evaluation

During your child's evaluation, your therapist will review:

• Past medical history, pertinent lab results and current physical complaints
• Range of motion and muscle strength
• Functional abilities at home and at school
• Level of pain
• Need for additional services or equipment that will help them to improve their level of function
• Understanding of their condition

Your child will be re-assessed regularly to see how they are progressing and to modify their treatment plan to help reach their goals.

Ask for a referral to Woman's Center for Wellness occupational therapists.