Why might my child need occupational therapy?

· Delays in fine and gross motor skills
· Difficulty achieving age-appropriate milestones (e.g. sitting up, rolling, playing with toys)
· Challenges with motor planning (the act of remembering and performing steps in order to carry out an action or movement).
· Poor balance and/or coordination e.g. challenges navigating playground equipment, slides, swings.
· Difficulty using scissors, poor pre-printing or printing skills, inefficient pencil grasp.
· Over/under reactions to sensory stimulus (e.g. sensitivity to sound, touch, textures, movement)
· Challenges in feeding and eating skills, poor oral motor skills; difficulty biting and chewing food effectively, drinking from a straw or an open cup at an age-appropriate time.
· Picky eater, only eating foods with a certain texture, food adversions and restrictive eating.
· Difficulty undressing/dressing self, tie laces, manage fasteners on clothing.
· Challenges with self-regulation, emotionally reactive, inability to calm self when upset.

We offer a number of assessments including:

Feeding Assessment

Sensory Assessment

Infant Assessment

Printing Assessment