An occupational therapist can help a child improve:

• Fine motor skills cutting, coloring, handwriting

• Visual motor and visual perceptual skills puzzles, building blocks, copying, stringing beads

• Motor planning and coordination obstacle courses, hopscotch, playground equipment

• Upper body strength and endurance

• Sensory processing over and under sensativity to textures, movements, touch, sound and light

• Attention span focusing, task completion

• Social and play skills peer interaction, imaginative play, frustration tolerance

• Self care skills self feeding with a spoon or fork, buttoning, zipping, shoe tying, hair brushing, teeth brushing

An occupational therapist can also provide upper extremity splinting, therapeutic listening and assess for adaptive equipment as needed.