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The primary goal of pediatric occupational therapy is to enable children to participate in the activities of everyday life. Occupational therapists achieve this outcome by enabling children to do things that will enhance their ability to participate or by modifying the environment to better support participation.<\/p>
Play is considered the \u2018job\u2019 of a child \u2013 this is where they learn how to interact with the world, learn the rules of socializing, and develop their cognitive, language, and motor coordination skills.<\/p>
At school, a child learns the basic skills they will need as an adult out in \u2018the real world\u2019. As teenagers, we learn our own sense of self, our passions and interests, and make decisions about our skills and future.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
A child\u2019s occupations will typically include self-care activities, play and social interactions, and learning. If a child is having difficulty in performing any of these tasks, an OT will look at what components of the task are providing an obstacle, and work together with the child and their family to help the child successfully participate in their daily occupations. This might include showing the child how to do the task more effectively, changing the requirement of the task to suit the skills of the child, or changing the environment to support independence.<\/span> An OT working with children helps kids having difficulties with sensory integration, gross motor, fine motor, visual perception, behavioral, and self-care. These may include:<\/p>\n Eating<\/strong> \/ Toileting<\/strong> \/ Sleeping<\/strong> \/ Play with peers<\/strong> \/ Sports or physical activity<\/strong> \/ Handwriting<\/strong> \/ Reading<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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