Occupational therapist’s (OT’s) are experts in the sensory system. Through sensory integration techniques, an OT can help your child better process the sensory information around them.

OT’s can be helpful with everyday tasks the child may not be able to fully participate in. An OT can also help with advocacy skills and confidence building for a child with a neurodivergent way of thinking.

OT’s can be helpful with everyday tasks the child may not be able to fully participate in. Often, children with ADHD benefit from sensory support.

OT’s can be helpful with everyday tasks the child may not be able to fully participate in. An OT is skilled at adapting the environment or the situation as a way to increase a child’s participation. OT’s are experts at collaborating with parents to find creative solutions so the child can be an active participant in whatever they want to do.

OT’s can be helpful with everyday tasks the child may not be able to fully participate in. OT’s can support emotional regulation skills through supporting the sensory system and bringing awareness to different emotions and their purpose.

OT’s support fine motor and visual motor integration skills needed for handwriting. OT’s can help with writing legibility, writing efficiency, hand strength, and scissor skills. OT’s can also help with executive functioning skills that come with writing at higher levels, such as organizing the components of a paper.

OT’s help support children who are picky eaters due to a sensory aversion. This means kids that avoid certain smells, tastes, or textures.

Our sensory systems give our brains the information our bodies need to move in a strong and coordinated way. When a child has an overwhelmed sensory system it often affects their motor skills and coordination. OT’s can help to work with the sensory and motor systems to improve coordination.

OT’s can help to facilitate progressions through the different developmental stages of play that children go through. OT’s use different techniques to help children become better aware of their surroundings during social interactions.

Primitive reflexes are prevalent in early infancy and are important for sensory development, nervous system development, motor skill development, emotional regulation development, visual coordination development, and postural development.

*Working with these reflexes requires extensive continuing education. We have continued training in this area.

OT’s are experts in the sensory system. Through sensory integration techniques an OT can help your child better process the sensory information around them.

OT’s help support a child who is struggling with emotional regulation through a combination of sensory system support and bringing increased awareness to those big emotions.