Intro
Occupational Therapy Assessment
A detailed initial assessment is used to examine current abilities and to identify underlying reasons for referral or presenting problems. Based on the results of standardised and unstandardised assessments, clinical observations or testing procedures, we develop and implement an intervention program that is thoroughly discussed with the client/institution/caregivers/parents to achieve our clinical outcomes. This is best practice.
An assessment can include:
- Fine and Gross motor coordination
- Sensory Processing
- Handwriting and Graphomotor skills
- Functional performance
- Activities of daily living and independence skills
- Developmental assessments
What to look out for if you are considering an OT assessment for your child:
- Poor attention or concentration
- Decreased fine motor skills and poor handwriting
- Clumsy, disorganised or forgetful
- Trouble interacting with peers or authority figures appropriately
- Difficulty controlling behaviour and emotional responses
- Difficulty carrying out activities of daily living.
Occupational Therapy
Our Occupational Therapy services are unique to each individual. The occupational therapist will select, in collaboration with the client/family, the most appropriate clinical approaches, therapy intensity, frequency, and duration.
Benefits of occupational therapy include improved attention, organization, behavior, sensory processing, motor coordination, sequencing, fine motor skills and independence in activities of daily living.
Our individual sessions consist of 50 minutes of direct services and 10 minutes of feedback with the parents/client.
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