What is occupational therapy?

Occupational therapy is the therapeutic use of self-care, work and play activities to increase independent function, enhance development and prevent disability; this may include the adaptation of a task or the environment to achieve maximal independence and to enhance quality of life.

OT’s analyze a person’s functional performance within different environments to determine their strengths and limitations. OT’s determine whether limitations are attributable to intrinsic skills and characteristics, factors in the environment or a combination of the two.

The occupational therapists at Children’s Therapy Works have training in many different
treatment approaches to facilitate improvements in the following areas:

Fine and Gross Motor skills

• Self Care Skills
• Visual motor and Visual Perceptual Skills
• Oral motor and Oral Respiratory Skills
• Bilateral Coordination Skills
• Cognitive Skills
• Social Skills

Treatment Techniques

• Sensory Integration Therapy
• Wilbarger’s Deep Pressure and Proprioceptive Technique
• Therapeutic Listening Program and Advanced Therapeutic Listening Program:
• Myofascial Release and Craniosacral Therapy
• Brain Gym
• The Alert Program
• M.O.R.E Motor. Oral. Respiration. Eyes
• Mary Kawar’s Vestibular Activation Protocol
• S.M.A.R.T Program Curriculum
• Audio Visual Entrainment
• Handwriting Without Tears
• Young Living Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils

• Functional Vision Skills
• Sensory Integration
• Therapeutic Listening Program
• Warning Signs