Occupational Therapy
The following behaviors may indicate the need for evaluation and perhaps intervention:
- apparent over-sensitivity or under-sensitivity to information processed through the senses (e.g. sights, sounds, tastes, smells, touch, movement)
- attention and/or organizational difficulties
- delayed fine and gross motor skills
- coordination problems
- difficulties sequencing actions
- poor self-concept regarding motor activities
- confusion over hand preference
- decreased body awareness and difficulties organizing his/her body in relation to the environment (e.g. bumping into furniture)
- handwriting and keyboarding difficulties
- problems with self-help skills related to dressing, eating, and personal care and grooming (e.g. managing fasteners on clothing, manipulating a knife or fork, using a toothbrush)
For more information, contact:
Christine Chang
202.944.2217
ot@labschool.org
