Occupational Therapy

What is Pediatric Occupational Therapy?

Occupational therapy (OT) is the only profession that helps children, newborns through teenagers, do the things they want and need to do through the performance of activities required in daily life. Occupational therapists (OTs) help children and their families live life to the fullest by helping them promote health and prevent (or live better with) injury, illness, or disability. Based on a thorough evaluation, an OT at Galvin Therapy Center will develop an individualized treatment plan to treat underlying and functional deficits. The core of OT is to promote participation in everyday activities.

We Can Help With

Missed developmental milestones
Fine motor delays
Visual motor/perceptual processing delays
Sensory processing disruption
Emotional/behavior dysregulation
Regulatory disorders
Feeding disorders and problem feeders
Dyspraxia/Developmental coordination disorder
Incoordination
Low/high muscle tone
Executive Dysfunction and attention deficits

How We Help

Sensorimotor therapies
- Ayres sensory integration
- Reflex integration programs
- Daily sensory plans
Feeding therapy
- SOS (Sequential Oral Sensory) approach
- Oral motor exercises
- Combined sensory and behavioral approach
Cognitive behavioral approach
Training on activities of daily living
Self-regulation and co-regulation training
Vision training
Cognitive orientation to daily occupations/executive function skill building
Systematic desensitization
Social skills training
Integrated Listening Systems (iLs)
Interactive Metronome (IM)
Early Start Denver Model
DIRFloortime® Model
Play development
Body balancing techniques
Parent training
Environmental/task modification