{"id":920,"date":"2021-08-29T20:58:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T00:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acandakids.com\/?p=920"},"modified":"2021-08-29T21:02:11","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T01:02:11","slug":"do-i-need-an-ot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1022.acandakids.com\/do-i-need-an-ot\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I Need an OT?","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Children develop at different rates and some variation is typical, however a child may benefit from OT support if showing:<\/p>\n<h3>Difficulty with self care tasks beyond what is expected for their age. This\u00a0includes:<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Toileting (awareness, coordination, completing all the steps)<br \/>\n\u2022 Dressing including buttons and zips<br \/>\n\u2022 Washing hands, brushing teeth<br \/>\n\u2022 Extreme discomfort with haircutting and fingernail trims<br \/>\n\u2022 Difficulties using cutlery<br \/>\n\u2022 Limited food preferences<br \/>\n\u2022 Decreased willingness to try new foods<\/p>\n<h3>Specific sensory needs such as:<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Putting hands over ears \/ startling with loud noises<br \/>\n\u2022 Tantrums in the shopping centre<br \/>\n\u2022 Anxious about going new places<br \/>\n\u2022 Avoiding light touch<br \/>\n\u2022 Seeking movement or crashing<br \/>\n\u2022 Avoiding certain fabrics (eg: tags in clothes)<br \/>\n\u2022 Smelling or licking \/ chewing nonfood items<br \/>\n\u2022 Increased light sensitivity<\/p>\n<h3>Difficulties with school:<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Attention and concentration<br \/>\n\u2022 Unable to sit still<br \/>\n\u2022 Poor reading<br \/>\n\u2022 Poor handwriting or fine motor skills<br \/>\n\u2022 Letter reversals<br \/>\n\u2022 Decreased coordination or clumsiness<br \/>\n\u2022 Difficulty learning new movement activities<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children develop at different rates and some variation is typical, however a child may benefit from OT support if showing: Difficulty with self care tasks beyond what is expected for their age. This\u00a0includes: \u2022 Toileting (awareness, coordination, completing all the steps) \u2022 Dressing including buttons and zips \u2022 Washing hands, brushing teeth \u2022 Extreme discomfort [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":2,"featured_media":921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[45,46],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/1022.acandakids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/child-ot.jpg","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1022.acandakids.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1022.acandakids.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1022.acandakids.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1022.acandakids.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1022.acandakids.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/1022.acandakids.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1022.acandakids.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1022.acandakids.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1022.acandakids.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1022.acandakids.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}