How OT can help your child?
Muscle Strength
This includes core muscles which can affect gross motor skills; sitting upright; upper body strength and hand strength
Gross Motor Skills
Whole body movements to achieve tasks such as running, jumping, climbing, hopping, catching balls and riding a bike
Fine Motor Skills
Coordinating the fingers and hands to manipulate small items such as buttons, cutting with scissors and pencil tasks
Handwriting
Difficulties can include legibility, number and letter formation, sizing, spacing, fatigue and difficulty keeping up with peers in the classroom
Sensory Processing
Integrating information received through our senses in a meaningful way – touch, hearing, sight, smell, taste, movement and body awareness, and internal regulation such as hunger and thirst
Social/Emotional
Identifying and managing emotions, building resilience and self-esteem, social interaction and making friendships
Self-Care Skills
Independent toileting; doing up buttons and zips; tying shoelaces; using cutlery; settling self to sleep
Executive Function
Attention and concentration; memoryrecall; followinginstructions and routines; impulse control
Play Skills
Imaginative play; functional play; interpersonal play (playing with others); intrapersonal play (solitary play); developing problem solving and expressive language skills