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Occupational therapy in Pennsylvania helps your child learn to carry out daily activities by developing their sensory integration and fine motor skills.
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My favorite thing is when a parent sends me a video or a picture, a little update on how their child is doing. It makes me feel so good knowing that to the parent and child, I really made a difference.”
Occupational therapy in Pennsylvania helps your child learn to carry out daily activities by developing their sensory integration and fine motor skills. From early milestones like reaching and grasping to “big kid” skills like self-feeding, dressing, and teeth brushing, occupational therapy can make a vast difference in how your child engages with the world and develops independence and self-confidence.
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Fine motor skills are small movements made with fingers, toes, and wrists like stacking blocks, grasping a crayon or holding a spoon. If your child is struggling with fine motor skills, they may have difficulty with:
Manipulating toys and puzzles
Self-feeding
Using scissors
Using zippers, and buttons
Coloring, drawing, tracing, prewriting shapes
Avoiding tasks and games that require fine motor skills
Using both hands during play
Occupational therapists facilitate self care, promoting a child’s self confidence and independence within their everyday routines and activities. A child who is struggling with self-care may be having difficulties with the following:
Self feeding
Dressing
Body awareness
Regulating their emotions
Transitioning between activities
Following routines
Social interaction skills are skills that help us have relationships and understand those around us. They help us bond with caregivers and peers in our lives. Your child may have delayed social skills if they show some of the following things:
Difficulty interacting socially and engaging with family and peers
Difficulty adapting to new environments
Delayed language skills
Overly focused on one subject (e.g., space, universe, dinosaurs, trains)
Can’t cope in the pre-school environment
Play skills are skills that can help a child make sense of the world around them. A child can gain self-confidence, learn problem solving, and develop social skills through play. Your child may be developmentally delayed if they show one of the following symptoms:
Needs adult guidance to initiate play
Difficulty with imitative play
Wanders aimlessly without purposeful play
Moves quickly from one activity to the next
Does not explore toys appropriately
Participates in repetitive play for hours (e.g., lining up toys)
Does not join in with peers/siblings when playing
Does not understand concepts of sharing and turn-taking
Remember that all children are different and develop these skill sets at their own pace. However, if you think your child may be struggling with adopting some of the skill areas above, you can contact an occupational therapist.
Sensory processing is making sense of information that we receive through our senses, like touch, taste, sight, sound, movement and smell. A child may be over-sensitive or under-reactive to things around them and show the following symptoms:
Overly sensitive or heightened reactivity to sound, touch, or movement
Under-responsive to certain sensations (e.g., high pain tolerance, doesn’t notice cuts/bruises)
Constantly moving, jumping, crashing, bumping
Easily distracted by visual or auditory stimuli
Emotionally reactive
Difficulty coping with change
Inability to calm self when upset
Picky eater
Difficulty with balance
Occupational therapy in Pennsylvania can help maximize the skills needed for various occupations such as playtime, mealtime, bathtime, socializing, or any other activity your child enjoys. The therapist provides your child and your family with the tools to strengthen the necessary abilities for the following:
Problem solving
Social skills and participation
Organization
Independence in self-feeding
Spatial awareness
Self-advocacy
Sensory integration
Motor coordination
Managing emotions
Creating meaningful relationships
Promoting healthy sleep/nap schedules
Increasing ease in transitions
Promoting safe transportation
Facilitating participation in community activities.
We help your child learn to carry out daily activities by developing their sensory integration and fine motor skills.
From early milestones like reaching and grasping to “big kid” skills like self-feeding, dressing, and teeth brushing, occupational therapy can make a vast difference in how your child engages with the world and develops independence and self-confidence.
Our expert therapists also work collaboratively with your child’s Early Intervention team to evaluate a child’s needs for specialized equipment and/or communication aids to unlock independence in play, learning, and communication.
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