Occupational therapy for children involves the assessment, evaluation and treatment of any motor, coordination, or processing impairments. An impairment is anything that hinders a child's ability to play and explore the environment, learn in an educational setting, or grow to be as functionally independent as possible.

Occupational therapy generally addresses the fine motor development of a child, such as with issues involving the arms and hands. The involvement can be as mild as handwriting problems to as significant as fine motor delays or extremity disuse. Our Occupational Therapists specialize in treatment of sensory integration issues such as tactile and/or oral defensiveness, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity to pain or noise, poor body awareness and/or coordination, stimulation or withdraw behaviors. Therapists utilize the therapeutic approaches of neurodevelopmental, fine motor coordination, sensory integration, visual motor integration and visual perceptual therapies based on the needs of the child.

In addition to treatment of children with a diagnosis such as Cerebral Palsy, Developmental Delay, Fine Motor Coordination Disorder, or Genetic Syndrome, we provide treatment of Developmental Disorders including Attention Deficit Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Sensory Integration Dysfunction.

Occupational Therapists can screen or evaluate a child without a referral from a physician. A physician's referral is required by law for occupational therapy treatments. We routinely provide parents with screenings and evaluations to determine if there is a need for therapeutic intervention then, if needed, contact the physician for the referral.