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Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy is a health and rehabilitation profession.  Its practitioners provide services to patients of all ages who have difficulties in physical, developmental, emotional and social development and who, because of these conditions, need specialized assistance in learning skills necessary to leading independent, productive and satisfying lives.

 

How can occupational therapy help?

The goal of occupational therapy for infants and children is to help them, to the greatest degree possible, to achieve age-appropriate self-help, play and learning skills.  Using meaningful activity, occupational therapy seeks to maximize the potential individuals can bring to overcoming the effects of disease, injury, congenital deficit, disability, developmental delay or deprivation.

 

Occupational therapy practitioners work as part of a team that includes the child's physician, other health care professionals and the child's family.  They provide needed information on the child's development to all team members.

 

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OT services may be required for infants with:

·         premature birth or low birth weight

·         congenital anomalies or genetic disorders

·         neurological insult occurring before, during or after birth

·         deficits in sensory modulation and integration

·         difficulty in adapting to environmental demands

·         poor behavior-state regulation; ADD; ADHD

·         poor skill-acquisition abilities

·         neuromuscular disease

·         an adolescent mother and/or parents with developmental delay or a history of substance abuse

·         a family living in extreme poverty

Goals for infants receiving OT may include:

·         promoting appropriate feeding skills

·         attaining the appropriate ability to regulate behavioral state

·         preventing deformities

·         promoting age appropriate mobility and motor skills

·         facilitating developmental skills and play behaviors

OT services may be required for:                       Sensory Integration

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OT services may be required for children with:

·         developmental delay

·         muscular dystrophy and related disorders

·         developmental disabilities, including mental retardation, spina bifida and cerebral palsy

·         sensory integrative dysfunction

·         juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and related disorders

·         learning disabilities, including dyslexia

·         delayed motor development and dyspraxia

·         orthopedic disabilities, traumatic injuries, burns and amputations

·         emotional disturbances, behavioral problems, autism and phobic behaviors

·         terminal illness

OT services for children may include:

·         preventing deformity

·         facilitating the normal developmental sequence

·         decreasing the effect of pathology on functional abilities

·         improving motor development, self-concept and emotional maturation

·         promoting independence in daily living skills

·         fabricating and/or adjusting and training in the use of assistive, prosthetic or orthodox devices

·         adapting the environment to promote increased independence

 

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