Occupational Therapy Services Offered at AAK Therapy

Pediatric Occupational Therapy uses personalized treatments and programs to help kids learn functional skills that are essential for daily living, growing and thriving. At All About Kids Therapy Services, we create fun sessions that engage your child’s interest, with personalized treatment plans that encourage beneficial growth and development.

Our team provides individualized care focusing on helping kids develop skills at a personalized pace, in order to enhance their quality of life and enable them to thrive in their environment – including physical, sensory, communication, cognitive, adaptive, self-care, and social-emotional development. Contact us to learn if Pediatric Occupational Therapy is the right choice for your child!

Benefits of Pediatric Occupational Therapy

Improves the way your child interprets and processes their experience of, and sensitivity to, sensory information and stimuli (touch, movement, lights, sights, sounds, smells, temperatures, taste or textures)

Teaches children to develop physical strength and endurance

Improves physical range of motion

Teaches children to develop and improve balance and coordination

Improves fine motor skills development and function

Improves independence and ability to perform daily activities and routines

Promotes developmental progression

Improves emotional regulation and self-soothing skills

Improves child’s sleeping and eating habits and patterns

Improves skills related to attentiveness and retention capacity

Improves social skills

Improves child’s ability to complete daily self-care tasks such as: feeding, dressing, brushing teeth and hair, and bathing

Improves motor skills and coordination

Signs Your Child May Benefit from Pediatric Occupational Therapy

  • Is sensitive to, or may dislike, being held, hugged or cuddled

  • Dislikes laying on stomach

  • Has not reached developmental stages or milestones

  • Exhibits jerky arm movements

  • Exhibits stiffness or weakness in arms and hands

  • Difficulty performing tasks with both hands simultaneously

  • Difficulty cutting with scissors

  • Exhibits poor handwriting

  • Is sensitive to, or may dislike, specific clothing

  • Experiences difficulty with hand-eye coordination

  • Difficulty buttoning, snapping, zipping, or tying laces

  • Exhibits neglectful patterns of self-care

  • Experiences erratic extremes of alertness

  • Exhibits poor attention and retention

  • Experiences difficulty with change and transitions

  • Exhibits excessive tantrums

  • Experiences difficulty with changes in routine

  • Experiences difficulty socializing or interacting with peers

  • Experiences decreased self-esteem

  • Avoids eye contact

  • Experiences difficulty with coordination

  • Experiences difficulty maintaining posture

  • Experiences difficulty sitting still

  • Exhibits poor balance and body awareness

  • Often walks on tiptoes

  • Experiences hypersensitivity/hyposensitivity to stimuli (touch, movement, lights, sights, sounds, smells, temperatures, taste or textures)