Pediatric Occupational Therapy Addresses:

  • Fine motor development

  • Handwriting

  • Activities of daily living

  • Adaptive equipment

  • Assistive technology

  • Executive functioning skills

  • Joint range of motion and function

  • Motor planning and coordination

  • Neuromuscular development and re-education

  • Orthotic and prosthetic function and training

  • Positioning and caregiving routines

  • Problem-solving and cognitive skills

  • Self-care

  • Self-regulation

  • Sensory integration and modulation

  • Strength

  • Social skills

  • Visual motor and visual perceptual skills

Pediatric OTs often see children with the following:

  • ADD/ADHD

  • Autism spectrum disorder

  • Brachial plexus injury

  • Cerebral palsy

  • Developmental coordination disorder

  • Developmental delay

  • Down syndrome

  • Executive function difficulties

  • Genetic conditions

  • Handwriting difficulties

  • Juvenile idiopathic arthritis

  • Learning disorders

  • Limb deficiency or amputation

  • Metabolic conditions

  • Muscular dystrophy

  • Premature birth

  • Selective eating

  • Sensory processing disorders

  • Traumatic brain injury

  • Visual impairment