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What Is OT

April is recognized as Occupational Therapy Month, highlighting the role of Occupational Therapists in helping children develop essential life skills for daily activities. They provide evaluations and therapeutic interventions for children facing challenges in areas such as self-care, education, and social interactions. Parents and educators can find Occupational Therapists through schools, hospitals, and private clinics to support children's developmental needs.

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What Is OT

April is recognized as Occupational Therapy Month, highlighting the role of Occupational Therapists in helping children develop essential life skills for daily activities. They provide evaluations and therapeutic interventions for children facing challenges in areas such as self-care, education, and social interactions. Parents and educators can find Occupational Therapists through schools, hospitals, and private clinics to support children's developmental needs.

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April is OT Month!

OccupatiOnal therapy prOvides children with the tOOls tO GrOw!


How Can an Occupational Therapist Help a Child?
• Occupational Therapists are highly trained healthcare professionals that evaluate and
assist children that are having difficulty participating in meaningful activities or
“occupations” that are needed to conduct their daily routines and live their life to the fullest.
• For a child this may include the development of life skills such as learning at school, playing,
completing self-care tasks, relating to others, and fulfilling their role as a family member.
• In the schools, Occupational Therapists address the needs of students experiencing delays,
disabilities, or health challenges through therapeutic intervention to promote skill
advancement, the use of compensatory strategies, adaptations to the child’s equipment
and environment, and/or modifying the curriculum or activity.
• Occupational Therapists also collaborate with teachers, parents and others to identify and
modify barriers that restrict a child’s success and model strategies for others to use that will
extend the benefits of direct intervention.

Why Would a Child be Referred to Occupational Therapy?


• : Holding crayons, pencils and other small objects, stringing
beads, using clothing fasteners, manipulating toys.
• : Scissor use, puzzles, ball skills.
• : Printing, drawing, forming shapes, coloring.
• Sorting, matching, figure ground, scanning, letter reversals.
• : Dressing, feeding, using utensils, tying, bathing and grooming.
• : Delays in adaptive responses to sights, sounds,
movement, taste, touch.
• : Manipulating resistive materials, moving against gravity, sustaining
body positions.
• : Limits in moving arms, fingers,
legs, head, or other body parts.
• : Interacting with others, following routines.
• : Difficulties with memory, time
management, organization, task initiation, flexibility.
• : Mobility, eating, dressing,
grooming, computer and environmental aids.

How Can I Find an Occupational Therapist?


• Your child’s school
• Your local children’s hospital
• Early Intervention Programs
• Private Occupational Therapy Clinics
• Ask Your Pediatrician ©ToolsToGrow®
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April is OT MOnTh!

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