Pediatric Occupational Therapy

These activities include bathing, getting dressed, and cooking meals. In long-term facilities such as nursing homes or inpatient rehabilitation facilities, the occupational therapist may have patients partake in activities and games to improve balance and hand-eye coordination, with the ultimate goal of improving mobility to reduce falls and other injuries. Occupational therapists also work with people who have experienced traumatic brain injuries. They help stroke victims by providing exercises that help the patient learn how to use their arms and legs again. Pediatric occupational therapists work with children in various settings, helping the children achieve academic and non-academic goals.

Without occupational therapists, millions of people would struggle to live their everyday lives. Occupational therapists give specialized assistance to people with physical, developmental, social or emotional problems. This assistance is used to live productive and independent or semi independent lives. Occupational therapists can be used, and is effective for people of all ages. Many people have not heard of occupational therapy and are not aware of the positive impact it has on members of our society. With this paper I want to spread the knowledge that I have on occupational therapy. Many people that could benefit from occupational therapy do not even know that it exists. This career is difficult for everyone involved, but the impact it has

When Sean was 6 was referred to the Paediatric Occupational Therapist as the school was concern regarding Sean’s fine motor skills and the parents had concerns regarding his concentrations. The findings were that Sean’s motor coordination skills were within average for his age group. They also found that Sean has difficulties with concentrating and attending to activities, has poor confidence in his ability and has difficulties in visual perception, impacting on his

3. With SoonerStart there are several services available. We offer Speech Therapy-which will help with communicating with others. Psychical Therapy- which will help improve overall psychical strength and ability and improve large motor skills. Occupational Therapy- which will help with social interacting, and fine motor skills. As well as Developmental Therapy- this will improve the overall ability to be at age level in all areas of learning. We will work with you and your child as many times in a month that is allotted. We also offer other resources that will help place you and your child on the right path a few weeks before our services end. With the public school system here in Oklahoma we also offer these services as a pull out system which will allow your child the extra time needed to work on certain developmental areas while school is in session. These are more limited and the child has guidelines they have to meet before services could be extended. However, if these are not available there are many therapeutic offices that we will refer out to and get you with to continue on with intervention.

Children afflicted with illnesses or diseases that require treatment including multiple sclerosis, sports injuries, birth defects such as spina bifida, head injuries and developmental delays. Infants and toddlers can also be afflicted with swallowing or speech delays, which a speech therapist specialized in pediatrics, would be available for treatment. On the other end of the spectrum, patients in the latter years of their life can begin to have issues with their balance and muscle strength. Elderly patients with Parkinson’s disease benefit from all discipline programs such as the Big and Loud program which teaches them how to regain control over their movements improve muscle control and increase their balance.

Lighthouse Project is a pediatrics mental health clinic that integrates therapies, such as play therapy, to assist children in overcoming problems at home and in school due to their disorders and disabilities. The staff at Lighthouse Project split their time between clinic-based work in their San Jose clinic and school-based work at various Gilroy school districts. At the clinic the staff works strictly with high functioning children, providing both individual and group therapy sessions, similarly, in the school-based setting they do individual and group sessions, however, the individuals worked with are both low and high functioning. The purpose of the Lighthouse Project clinic is to incorporate different programs to engage the child and improve abilities that are debilitating, this is done with programs at the clinic involving social skills development, sensory integration and sensory processing, as well as fine motor/handwriting skills. At the schools the purpose is to close or minimize the gap between how much the child can achieve on their own and what other classmates are able to achieve on their own, the basic ideology is to have the child be able to achieve specific goals that those in their grade level are able to do, such as by first grade the child should be able to cut out outlines on paper with scissor, however some of our children are unable to do so and instead can only manage to snip the paper. Our organization also works with other agencies and individuals.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics describes an occupational therapist as one who treats patients who are ill, injured, or disabled by the therapeutic use of everyday activities. They help patients develop, recover, and improve the skills needed for daily living and working (2014-15).The Occupational Handbook describes the many jobs of these occupational therapists in steps. It states that the process begins with observing patients, interviewing them, and reviewing medical history. Once they evaluate the patient’s condition and needs, they develop a treatment plan that includes various activities to help them accomplish specific goals (2014-15). Occupational therapists can help with various disabilities in patients of all ages. For example, if an autistic child struggles with pinching the buttons on a shirt in order to button them, a therapist could give the child tasks such as beading, in order to teach them to grasp using two fingers (Sheryl Bos interview). They can also aid patients in learning how to operate special equipment and even educate a patient’s family or teacher/employer on how to accommodate and care for them (Occupational Handbook 2014-15). OTs can work in many settings as well. They are able to work in educational setting as well as mental settings. With this range, OTs can work in hospitals, schools, rehab centers, home health, or nursing care facilities (Occupational Handbook 2014-15). In order to become successful occupational therapists, the

Keeping a patient motivated, active, and engaged in the process is always important “it’s our foundation of Occupational Therapy Practice”. I would be extremely pleased to see my patients happy, smiling and slowly improving over time. I want to be there for them and help them as much as I know I can. I want to be a person who changes a life. My goal is to see my patients being able to regain abilities once again, for them not to give up and for them to show me that in the end it was worth it and I made someone regain

At-home occupational therapy for children is quickly expanding. For this reason, it is critical for individuals to understand the importance of this form of treatment. Often, scholarly articles use jargon the layperson would not understand. For this reason, the details presented in the article, “Pediatric Occupational Therapy in the Home”, has been revised. These revisions help better explain the benefits and issues regarding at home occupational therapy sessions. Please read the document thoroughly to understand the reasoning behind the edits made to this article. This document was written to display all changes made to the design, organization, and content to make the article more comprehensive. Having a comprehension of the revision will

When I attended the Terrace Child Development Centre, I witnessed one therapy session with a 7.5 month old who was born 5 weeks earlier. This child had two prior sessions with the occupational therapist to work on independent sitting, and rolling over. The therapy session for that day was about getting the infant to roll over properly and trying to get the infant to start crawl. The infant would roll over with a wide stance of legs and arms, using the arms and head to roll over, and not using the hips or legs. The occupational therapist showed the parents how to properly help the infant to roll over by getting the infant to roll with the leg and hip first with the use of the parent’s finger to guide the hip to roll over. The occupational therapist

Abilitations Children's Therapy & Wellness Center is a full-service physical therapy center. Their clinics are located in Knightdale, North Carolina and Raleigh, North Carolina. Abilitations Children's Therapy & Wellness Center offers physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, feeding therapy, fitness and wellness programs, and yoga for the special child. Their physical therapists can help with the diagnoses such as cerebral palsy, stroke, hydrocephalus, down syndrome, spina bifida, apraxia, incoordination and balance, autism, hypotonia- developmental delays, arthrogryposis, sports injuries, etc. They also treat the musculoskeletal injuries, back/neck pain, muscle strains, ligamentous sprains, torticollis, brachial plexus injuries,

A study conducted by Mahani, Karmiloo, and Amirsalari (2011) compared the effectiveness of the Modified Adeli Suit therapy (MSAT), Adeli Suit therapy (AST), and Neurodevelopmental therapy (NDT) for children with cerebral palsy. All of the main contributors to this article have received higher-level degrees, and the article was published in a reputable occupational therapy journal. This clinical randomized trial studied a total of thirty-six children that have cerebral palsy and who met the inclusion criteria. The thirty-six children were randomly placed into one of three groups: Modified Adeli Suit therapy, Adeli Suit therapy, and Neurodevelopmental therapy, and each child received their assigned therapy for two hours a day, five days a week for four weeks (Mahani, Karmiloo, & Amirsalari, 2011). The AST group received one hour of prep work, and the second hour was spent wearing the suit where they completed vigorous exercises. In the NDT group, the children spent the entire two hours performing passive and active movements. Lastly, the MSAT group conducted movements similar to the NDT group, during the first hour, and spent the second hour in the suit, where they performed fun and meaningful goal based activities. The Gross Motor Function Measure was used at zero, four, and sixteen weeks to compare the effectiveness of each treatment. The results show that the MSAT was the most effective treatment, and there was no significant difference in outcomes between the AST and NDT groups (Mahani, Karmiloo, & Amirsalari, 2011). However, any of the three intense therapies produced positive improvements. The experimenters believe that the shortened amount of time spent on each movement and the goal based activities correlated with the positive outcomes in the MSAT group (Mahani, Karmiloo, &

September 2001. Effects of a functional therapy program on motor abilities of children with cerebral palsy. Physical Therapy. [accessed 2015 February 23];81(9):1534 –1545. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11688590.

Job satisfaction is important when choosing a career of choice. Job satisfaction determines the extent to which a person like their job. According to Rosso, Bekas, and Werzesniewski (2010), “finding meaning in one's work has been shown to increase motivation, engagement, empowerment, career development, job satisfaction, individual performance and personal fulfillment, and decrease absenteeism and stress” (pp. 91-93). A cross-sectional approach was utilized to determine job satisfaction among pediatric occupational therapy (OT) practitioners in school versus medical settings. OT practitioners in school based settings versus OT practitioners in medical settings hold different responsibilities, yet they carry the same job title. The study aimed

M.P. was seen by OT for the 6-month reassessment on 03/07/2016. His mother presented during re-evaluation. Standardized testing with BOT-2, clinical observation, and caregiver interview revealed that his scores in fine motor precision, fine motor integration, manual dexterity, and upper limb coordination have increased since the initial evaluation, but skilled occupational therapy is still needed to increase his independence in education, ADLs, and