Occupational Therapy

OT or occupational therapy is a health care practice that helps individuals of all ages who have some sort of cognitive, physical, or sensory problems.

Occupational therapy also helps kids who struggle to learn basic life skills like bathing, brushing teeth, self-feeding, getting dressed, etc. OT also works excellently in developing fine motor skills among kids and improving their hand-eye coordination.

What Does Pediatric Occupational Therapy Do?

The best occupational therapists examine and treat children from a holistic perspective. A big part of their treatment is to determine where limitations or delays are coming from, particularly in the fields of social development, self-care routines, fine and gross motor skills, and cognitive skills. The therapeutic approach of OT professionals enables kids to learn essential life skills and helps them to grow into well-functioning, healthy adults. Pediatric occupational therapy can:

1. Develop fine motor skills among children so that they can grab, hold, and release objects like toys, balls, etc. It also improves handwriting and computer operating skills among kids.
2. Help children to master essential life skills like brushing, eating, bathing, etc.
3. Improve eye-hand coordination among children so that they can easily copy text from the blackboard or computer screen, throw and catch objects, bat a ball, etc.
4. Help kids learn excellent social skills and positive behaviors by enabling them to manage anger, disappointment, and frustration.