Occupational Therapy:
Occupational therapists identify sensory and motor difficulties and provide interventions to prevent and remediate deficits related to the child’s...
What can Occupational Therapy do:
Occupational therapists identify sensory and motor difficulties and provide interventions to prevent and remediate deficits related to the child’s...
- Sensory sensitivities
- Effective self-regulation (wake– sleep cycles, alertness level, self-soothing)
- Motor development & Praxis skills
- Adaptive behavior
- Sensory–perceptual skills
What can Occupational Therapy do:
- Identify and modify sensory and environmental barriers that limit performance and participation in everyday activities, as well as individual strengths and supports.
- Help raise an individual’s self-awareness of the impact of sensory and motor factors on everyday activities and real-life situations, and provide ways to counter sensory processing challenges.
- Teach and model activities to support sensory, motor, and behavioral needs.
- Identify and provide adaptive sensory and motor strategies and interventions using a variety of sensory approaches to facilitate full participation in daily
routines and social interactions. - Provide education that reframes the understanding of the sensory-related concerns
- Provide accommodation recommendations for the student to decrease any negative impact of sensory difficulties.
- Establish a “sensory diet” that incorporate sensory–motor activities throughout the day such as before, during, and after school; and environmental modifications that assist the student’s school-related performance.
Occupational Therapy Forms
| Sample Agreement Form |
Resources
| Occupational Therapy Benefits for Sensory Regulation |