Triangle Occupational Therapy
pediatric occupational therapy services
TRIANGLE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
is committed to providing quality community based therapy services to children and their families. Triangle Occupational Therapy will travel to the client to provide therapy in the child’s natural environment including the home, daycare, and school setting.
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
treatment focuses on helping children develop to their fullest potential. Occupational therapy can help kids with various needs improve their self-help skills, cognitive abilities, and motor skills.
SOCIAL / LIFE SKILLS
FINE MOTOR SKILLS
Occupational Therapy treatment focuses on helping people achieve independence in all areas of their lives. A child’s life is made up of daily activities or “occupations.” These occupations include playing, learning, socializing, and participating in daily routines such as mealtime and dressing activities.
What to watch for:
• Difficulty adapting t o a new routine or changes or routine.
• Struggles to follow directions or pay attention during group activities.
• Difficulty using utensils during mealtime, brushing teeth, washing hands, or dressing independently.
• Poor eye contact.
• Struggles with cooperative interactions with peers and participation in age-appropriate play activities.
Fine motor skills refer to the ability to control small movements of the hands and fingers. As fine motor skills develop, the allow children to participate in daily dressing, feeding, and play activities. Fine motor development is essential for pre-academic skills such as coloring, drawing, handwriting, and using scissors.
What to watch for:
• Difficulty manipulating, zippers, snaps, or buttons during dressing tasks.
• Decreased hand strength.
• Difficulty holding crayons or pencils with a proper grasp.
• Exerts too much effort for a given task.
• Difficulty holding and using scissors.
• Trouble grasping, holding, or manipulating objects during play activities.
VISUAL PERCEPTUAL TRAINING
SENSORY PROCESSING
Visual perceptual skills help a child make sense of the information they eyes are sending to the brain. Visual perceptual skills are also very important for participation in age appropriate cognitive and academic tasks.
What to watch for:
• Difficulty completing puzzles
• Unable to identify letters/ number or match shapes
• Difficulty locating objects in busy environments
• Difficulty copying/writing name from a model
Occupational therapists are trained to provide sensory integration treatment. Sensory processing refers to the way a child’s nervous system receives and interprets information from the environment to provide appropriate motor and behavioral responses.
What to watch for:
• Issues with self-regulation
• Unusual response to touch
• Poor balance/coordination
• Avoidance of messy activities
• Participation in risky behavior (jumping and crashing into things)
• Over-or under- attentiveness to visual stimuli
• Excessive tantrums and behavioral outburst