Things to keep in mind--how you know your baby needs Occupational Therapy

Your child might need occupational therapy if:

• They seem to have weak hands and/or get tired easily while doing fine motor tasks.
• They have difficulty with learning gross motor tasks such as riding a bike, skipping, or hopping.
• They are overly sensitive or emotional to sensory stimulation including touch, textures, tastes, sound, and movement.
• They are under responsive with decreased reactions to movement, touch, sound, or have unusually low emotional responses.
• They have trouble with writing including pushing too hard or not hard enough, not being able to develop and maintain a good grasp on the pencil, and having trouble with size and spacing of their letters.
• They have trouble learning how to dress them selves.
• They have difficulty with coordinating the muscles that control their eyes for good vision.

We work on assisting parents and child care providers in developing the various skills to minimize the possibility of needing occupational therapy. We love occupational therapists, however the rate of referral they receive for their service is very high. Imagine if you knew some things to do at home to help your little one build self esteem and self confidence and most important life skills.


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