Occupational Therapy

Children’s Occupational Therapy

When you hear “occupational therapy”, what do you think of?

Some of you may think “it helps me find a job” or “a type of therapy that relates to what I do at my job”.

In fact, occupational therapy is much more than that! Occupational therapy is a type of therapy that helps people of all ages participate in the activities that are meaningful and that they want or need to do throughout their life.

Each individual has different roles such as being a parent, teacher, doctor, sibling, student, friend, etc.. Adding to that, everyone participates in occupations such as crawling, walking, playing, riding a bike, driving a car, brushing their teeth or hair, taking care of their homes, cooking, and many more.

As an occupational therapist, we help you develop your skills so that you can participate in all of the daily activities (occupations) that you want/need to with as much independence as possible.

At Wings to Fly Child Development Center, we focus on the area of paediatrics. This spans from infants to young adults.

A child engages in many occupations throughout the day. A couple of examples include getting dressed, handwriting, planning and completing tasks, feeding/eating, and the most important….play!

As an occupational therapist, we break down a certain activity and look at all the skills needed to complete that specific activity.

For example, if a child is struggling to get dressed, an occupational therapist looks at why this task may be difficult for them. Is it because they are unable to balance long enough to put their legs into the pants, are they unable to figure out how to put their arms in the holes of a shirt, can they grasp socks tight enough to put them on, can they sequence the task of dressing?

Once our therapists determine the underlying cause(s), they then brainstorm with the family to come up with intervention strategies that will work best for the child. We then have the child participate in various activities to address the areas they are having difficulty with until they develop the skills needed to complete the task on their own or have reached their goals. Our therapists work to adapt the environment or the activity to meet the child’s needs to provide a just-right challenge.

Paediatric occupational therapists often incorporate play into their practice as this is an imperative skill for a child and it is motivating for children (It’s the most fun for us too!).

At Wings to Fly Child Development Center we are known for thinking “outside of the box” and finding creative ways to engage a child in a task that may have historically been difficult for them. We love to play and we love kids, which is why we chose this field. Getting to play with kid’s everyday while helping them be the best that they can be is simply the best!

If you are unsure if occupational therapy is right for your child, talk to your, pediatric therapy specialist, or call us at +91-9962630774.

Our occupational therapists are highly skilled and trained to provide the best assessment and therapy to your child.

In paediatric occupational therapy, we aim to allow our babies, children, and adolescents to develop their independence in everyday tasks such as:

• • Fine motor skills: Coordinating the small muscles such as the hand (usually in co-ordination with the eyes), to enable your child to hold, explore and manipulate toys and tools such as a pencil or spoon. Fine motor skills are used in activities such as handwriting, dressing, feeding and using scissors.
  • Gross motor skills:Involve the large muscles of the body that are important for major body movement such as sitting, walking, jumping, and throwing a ball.
  • Tool use:Involves utilising objects within the hand such as cutlery or pencils for play, self-care and handwriting skills.
  • Handwriting:A child must have sufficient manual dexterity, fine motor coordination and visual motor skills for handwriting. Areas such as letter formation, reversals, speed, legibility, pencil grip, reducing pain and/or fatigue may be addressed.
  • Table top and school readiness:These activities are generally the expected requirements when starting kindergarten. For example: drawing, cutting, on-task classroom behaviour, task completion, following instructions and craft skills.
  • Self-care skills:Involve skills such as using a knife and fork, tying shoelaces, fastening buttons and dressing and toileting.
  • Play skills: Are those that are used in everyday play, such as threading and using puzzles as well as the imaginative, social and communication requirements.
  • Visual perception:Involves understanding what is being seen. Visual perception is highly important in completing many activities, such as reading a story, completing a puzzle, identifying letters and numbers, copying and writing.
  • Sensory processing: Involves the way the body processes and reacts to the information it receives from the surrounding environment. Children may demonstrate over or under sensitivity to certain sensations such as loud noises or certain items of clothing; sensation seeking behaviour, such as chewing on things or enjoying being spun repetitively; and difficulty maintaining a calm state.

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  Our team of Occupational therapists have the skills and training to provide the best assessment and therapy to your baby, child or adolescent to help them gain the necessary skills for participation and independence in the activities of their daily lives such as playing, learning and self-care.

  Our OT’s all have prior paediatric experience before joining our team, they participate in regular internal and external professional development and the best thing is, they love their jobs and love working with families and children.

  Therapy services are available all days except sundays

  New to Therapies for kids? Enquire now

  Have questions? Call us (91) 99626 30744