Occupational Therapy
When to refer to Occupational Therapy (OT):
Decrease fine motor skills
- Cutting
- Grasping
- Feeding
- Hand eye and/or bilateral coordination
- Scissor use
- Handwriting
- Manipulating fasteners, lacing
- Hand/finger use
Feeding and/or oral-motor development concerns
- bottle feeding
- aversions to certain textures or tastes
- transitioning to solids
- swallowing concerns (gagging, chocking, coughing)
Motor delays/ Developmental Concerns
- not achieving age-expected milestones
- difficultly keeping up with peers
- difficulty performing dressing, toileting, hygiene, feeding tasks
- difficulty with gross motor development (balance, coordination, motor planning, ball play)
Difficulty with sensory integration
- under or over sensitive to sensory input
- challenges with proprioception (body awareness in space)
Suspicion of Developmental Coordination Disorder