Hands On occupational therapists teach children how to perform daily activities (dressing, eating, grooming, writing, etc.), how to integrate various sensory stimulations from their environment, and improve upper body coordination and eye-hand coordination.
Hands On occupational therapists treat many diagnoses, including, but not limited to:
- Developmental delay
- Cerebral Palsy
- Autism
- Spinal cord injuries
- Down syndrome
- Sensory integration disorder
- Dyspraxia
- Seizure disorders
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Children with undiagnosed “clumsiness”
- Hypotonia (low tone)
- Poor handwriting
- Picky eaters/problem feeders
- Difficult behaviors
- Fine motor incoordination
- Muscular dystrophy
- Juvenile arthritis
- Anxiety
- Learning disabilities, including dyslexia
- Fragile X Syndrome
Hands On occupational therapists are devoted to instilling self-confidence in children as they learn how to do more for themselves! We want them to enjoy and thrive as they engage in the job (occupations) of living! Our OTs help children through a variety of play-based interventions. Some of the specialized treatment strategies are:
- Therapeutic Listening™
- Handwriting Without Tears®
- Sensory integration
- S.O.S. feeding approach
- NeuroDevelopmental Treatment (NDT)
- Home program development
- TheraSuit Method®
- Constraint induced therapy
- TheraTog fitting
- Splinting/bracing
- Kinesio Taping®