OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Advanced Therapy Solutions has highly qualified Occupational Therapists. Each therapist hold’s a National Certification and a current License for Occupational Therapy.
Diagnostic evaluations and treatments
to:
- Developmental Delays
- Attention and Focus
- Writing Problems
- Self dressing/grooming (Activities of Daily Living)
- Strengthening – general and specific
- Gross motor concerns
- Coordination difficulties
- Sensory Integration
- Perceptual difficulties
- Oral Motor weakness
- Fine Motor concerns
Populations and Settings:
Infants and Toddlers - Home, school, clinic, day-care settings, Early intervention (EI) AzEIP
School-Ages – Preschool through High School, home, school or clinic settings
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. Since the work of children is play, it is through the use of this media that occupational therapists assist children in learning the skills necessary for living. Concerns often addressed by pediatric occupational therapists include self-care skills (feeding, bathing, dressing), fine motor skills (hand skills and dexterity), neuromotor development, sensory integration, and play skills. Therapy can enhance the potential of a child throughout their developmental years and build skills, self-confidence, and self-esteem that lasts a lifetime.
What Is Sensory Integration?
There are seven senses that form the foundation of sensory integration, they are: visual, auditory, touch, smell, taste, vestibular (pull of gravity) and proprioception (body awareness and movement). These senses give us information about both our external environment and our internal environment. Our brain uses this information to form a composite picture of who we are physically, where we are, and what is going on around us. Sensory integration is the critical function of the brain that is responsible for producing this composite picture. Sensory integration is the foundation that allows for complex learning and behavior.
Signs that your child may need Occupational or Sensory Integrative Therapy:
- Oversensitivity or undersensitivity to touch, taste, smell or sight?
For example: your child avoids touching, refuses to wear certain clothing, is a picky eater, covers his/her ears or eyes, or conversely, craves sensations like grabbing others, prefers hot bath water and spicy foods, and seem oblivious to sensory cues.
- Oversensitivity or undersensitivity to movement sensation?
For example: your child seeks out movement like swinging, twirling, jumping, or avoids active games.
- Unusually high or low activity level?
For example: your child may be constantly on the go, wearing out everyone around him/her or moves slowly and tires easily, showing little interest in the world.
- Problems with motor coordination?