Occupational Therapy Services
Fine Motor Skills
Fine motor skills involve the movement and coordination of our fingers, hands, and wrists while completing an activity. We use fine motor movements during dressing, feeding, drawing, play, and many other daily tasks. These skills include pointing, reaching, grasp and release, scissor use, hand strength, pencil grasp, and object manipulation.
Gross Motor Skills
Gross motor skills involve the movement and coordination of larger muscles in our arms, legs, and core. These movements include rolling over, sitting up, crawling, standing, walking, climbing, jumping, running, throwing, kicking, and any other whole-body movement.
Infant development
Infants and toddlers are expected to meet many milestones during their development. There is a normal range in when a child should crawl, walk, reach, feed self, etc. But if a child is consistently missing milestones, not developing new skills or appears to be regressing, an OT evaluation may be warranted. An OT can work on strength, balance, range of motion, fine and gross motor skills, and sensory processing even in the littlest patients.
Sensory Integration
Sensory processing and integration involves receiving information from the senses and responding appropriately to the stimuli. Some children avoid sensory input, while others may seek out extra input. There are 8 senses: taste, touch, smell, visual, auditory, vestibular (balance and movement), proprioception (body awareness and force), and interoception (feeling and understanding what is happening inside our body).
Social Emotional Regulation
Emotional regulation is the ability to identify how we are feeling and to manage stressful situations. It includes identifying emotions, managing impulses, using coping tools to calm, and recognizing appropriate reactions. Social emotional regulation also includes social skills (such as turn taking and peer interactions), attention, and concentration.
Activities of Daily Living
Activities of daily living are the everyday activities necessary to take care of oneself. Activities include feeding, dressing, hygiene, sleep, and leisure/play. This can also be expanded into instrumental activities of daily living such as meal prep, household chores, time and money management.