Occupational therapy is a holistic evidence-based and client- centred health care profession concerned with promoting health and wellbeing through occupation. The main aim of occupational therapy is to enable people to participate in the activities of everyday life.
Paediatric occupational therapy is a branch of occupational therapy,
Paediatric occupational therapists provide treatment to help children meet developmental milestones, overcome sensory challenges and improve self-care, play and self-regulation skills.
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A paediatric occupational therapist is a highly trained healthcare professional. They’re certified in occupational therapy with a specialty in paediatrics and child development. Registered and licensed with AIOTA (All Indian Occupational Therapy Association).
Sensory integration therapy organizes sensation from one’s own body and from the environment and makes it possible to use the body effectively within the environment. It involves activities that are believed to organize the sensory system by providing vestibular, proprioceptive, auditory and tactile inputs.
NDT a problem-solving approach is commonly used in treating movement dysfunctions in children with CNS disorders. NDT focuses on enhancing the sensation of movement through the internal and external sensory feedback mechanisms through a motivating functional play therapy which makes the child an active participant in therapy.
Paediatric developmental therapy is a specialty that deals with the wide variety of diagnoses that may affect your child's overall development from 0 to 13 years of age. Depending on the age, disability, and setting, the role of the paediatric developmental therapist differs greatly. However, the primary role that the paediatric developmental therapist assumes is to be an advocate for you and your child
An OT can address executive functioning skills such as attention, organization, initiation, sequencing, and memory to improve academic performance and ability to complete daily routines more independently.
Pre-writing skills are essential for the child to be able to develop the ability to hold and move a pencil fluently and effectively and therefore produce legible writing. When these skills are underdeveloped, it can lead to frustration and resistance due to the child not being able to produce legible writing or to ‘keep up’ in class due to fatigue. This can then result in poor self-esteem and academic performance.
Visual perceptual skills enable a child to make sense of and interpret what they are seeing. Visual motor skills enable a child to coordinate their eyes and hands to draw and write. Children may have difficulty with copying shapes, handwriting, lining up math problems, etc.
Motor planning is part of a group of skills that help us move our body the way we want to. This includes the upper limbs and hands (fine motor), body (gross motor), mouth and tongue movements (oral-motor), and/or eyes (oculomotor). These skills are used in everyday tasks from brushing teeth and washing hands to skipping and kicking or catching a ball. Motor planning refers to the ability to conceive, plan, and carry out a skilled, non-habitual motor act in the correct sequence from beginning to end. It relies on sensory feedback from the body and the environment as well as on language, memory and cognitive or thinking skills.
Activities of daily living are those important routine activities such as feeding, dressing, and grooming. An OT can help your child complete daily living routines with increased independence.
