Pediatric Therapy — PhysioCare 4 Kids

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, and the cognitive and social skills children need to function and socialize at home, school, play, and in the community. 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.

Diagnoses may include but are not 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