PhysioCare-4-Kids

                                                          Pediatric Therapy

For children their primary occupation is PLAY. Through play pediatric occupational therapy at PhysioCare helps children gain independence and promotes development in fine and gross motor skills, sensory motor skills, visual motor skills, cognitive and social skills that children need to function and socialize in their homes, school, play and community environments. An occupational therapist provides interventions to children who have, or are at risk of having, developmental delays and are experiencing difficulties functioning in one or more areas of their lives.

Diagnosis may include but not be limited to:

• Lack of coordination
• Autism
• ADHD
• Cerebral Palsy and other neurological disorders
• Sensory processing disorder
• Delayed developmental milestones
• Developmental disabilities
• Delays in fine motor and visual motor skills directly affecting academic performance
• Down Syndrome and other genetic disorders

Benefits of Pediatric Occupational Therapy:

• Fine motor skills; hand strengthening and coordination
• Addressing hand-eye coordination to improve play
• Self care skills (bathing, dressing, brushing teeth)
• Maintaining positive behaviors in all environments
• Sensory and attention issues to improve focus and social skills
• Promoting skills for listening and following directions
• Promoting abstract thinking, reasoning, problem solving and decision making
• Promoting memory, sequencing and motor planning