Occupational Therapy Evaluation: What You Need to Know
Does your child struggle with motor skills? Are you considering an occupational therapy evaluation? Find out what an occupational therapist will be looking for in your child (including gross...
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When evaluating young kids, occupational therapists look at how a child isdeveloping their gross motor skills, fine motor skills, sensory processing skills,and self-care skills. It all sounds really complicated, butgross motor skills are observing children and how they run and jump and climb.Are their core muscles strong enough to allow them to do activitiesthat kids like to do, at a rate that is comparable with their peers?Fine motor skills look at how kids hold a pencil, how they cut with scissors. Are they ableto hold a utensil when eating? Are they able to coordinate their fingers to docomplicated things like button buttons on their shirt, or tie their shoelaces?Occupational therapists also look at sensory processing skills. How long kidsare able to sit down and at...
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When evaluating young kids, occupational therapists look at how a child isdeveloping their gross motor skills, fine motor skills, sensory processing skills,and self-care skills. It all sounds really complicated, butgross motor skills are observing children and how they run and jump and climb.Are their core muscles strong enough to allow them to do activitiesthat kids like to do, at a rate that is comparable with their peers?Fine motor skills look at how kids hold a pencil, how they cut with scissors. Are they ableto hold a utensil when eating? Are they able to coordinate their fingers to docomplicated things like button buttons on their shirt, or tie their shoelaces?Occupational therapists also look at sensory processing skills. How long kidsare able to sit down and at...
