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Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy

Everyone has occupations.... From the toddlers whose occupation is to play and learn to develop important skills, to adults whose occupation is to engage with family and friends and manage their home.

If you are a child with a neurological condition or an adult recovering from an accident or injury, Occupational therapy can help you learn new ways of doing activities and adapt to equipment or materials used every day.

Occupational therapists at Parrot child developmental center are skilled therapists trained to complete both standardized and informal assessments in a variety of areas including hand writing, fine motor skills, gross motor skills and sensory processing issues.

We offer assessment, education and intervention strategies for children, develop and deliver evidence based intervention plans through direct intervention and consultation with parents, professionals etc

What are the Peadiatric conditions we Occupational Therapist Works with?

  • Congenital Heart Disease
  • Neonatal Respiratory Problems.
  • Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Seizure Disorders and Epilepsy
  • Muscular Dystrophies
  • Neural Tube Defects and Spina Bifida
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Intellectual Disabilities
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Pervasive Developmental Disorders
  • Attention Deficit–Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Sensory Processing Disorder
  • Developmental Coordination Disorder
  • Down Syndrome

What are the performamce areas we Occupational Therapists work on?

  • Application of Motor Control/Motor Learning to Practice
  • Evaluation and Intervention to Develop Hand Skills
  • Sensory Integration
  • Visual Perception
  • Psychosocial Issues Affecting Social Participation
  • Interventions and Strategies for Challenging Behaviors.
  • Feeding Intervention
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Play
  • Prewriting and Handwriting Skills
  • Influencing Participation Through Assistive Technology
  • Mobility

The components and skills we assess:

  • Posture
  • Coordination (Gross Motor)
  • Coordination (Fine Motor)
  • Muscle Tone (Note Asymmetries)
  • Range of Motion
  • Presence of Primitive Postural Reflexes
  • Delayed Automatic Reactions
  • Oculomotor Abilities
  • Strength
  • General Endurance
  • Response to Physical Handling
  • Sensory Processing
  • Cognition Skills
  • Perception Skills
  • Academic Skills
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Behavioural Issues
  • Emotional and Psychological Development
  • Social Participation