Occupational Therapy Services
Ages 0 – 18
At Purely Bright Therapy, our pediatric occupational therapy services are designed to help children achieve their full potential by enhancing their ability to perform daily activities and thrive in their environments. We focus on developing the skills necessary for children to engage in everyday tasks, such as self-care, play, school-related activities, and social interactions.
Key areas of focus in our pediatric occupational therapy services include:
Fine Motor Skills
Handwriting and Pre-Writing Skills: Developing pencil grip, letter formation, and writing endurance.
Hand-Eye Coordination: Enhancing the ability to perform tasks that require coordinated use of hands and eyes, such as cutting with scissors or threading beads.
Bilateral Coordination: Improving the ability to use both sides of the body together in a coordinated manner, essential for tasks like buttoning or tying shoelaces.
Sensory Processing and Integration
Sensory Modulation: Assisting children who are over- or under-responsive to sensory input, helping them regulate their responses to sensory stimuli.
Tactile Processing: Addressing sensitivities to touch that may affect daily activities like dressing or bathing.
Vestibular and Proprioceptive Processing: Working on balance, spatial orientation, and body awareness to enhance physical coordination and motor planning.
Self-Care and Independence
Dressing and Grooming: Teaching skills necessary for dressing, grooming, and personal hygiene.
Feeding and Oral Motor Skills: Addressing difficulties with eating, including chewing, swallowing, and using utensils.
Gross Motor Skills
Core Strength and Stability: Enhancing trunk control and postural stability, which are foundational for all movement.
Coordination and Balance: Improving the ability to perform complex movements with balance and coordination, such as running, jumping, and climbing.
Motor Planning: Assisting children in planning and executing multi-step physical tasks.
Visual Motor and Visual Perceptual Skills
Visual Tracking and Scanning: Helping children improve their ability to follow moving objects or scan environments effectively, crucial for reading and other academic tasks.
Visual Spatial Relationships: Developing the understanding of how objects relate to each other in space, important for activities like puzzles or copying from a board.
Play and Social Skills
Interactive Play: Facilitating cooperative play skills, including sharing, turn-taking, and following group play rules.
Imaginative Play: Encouraging creativity and role-playing, which are vital for cognitive development.
Social Interaction: Teaching appropriate social behaviors and communication skills to interact positively with peers.
School Readiness and Academic Skills
Attention and Focus: Working on sustaining attention to tasks and following classroom routines.
Organization and Task Completion: Helping children learn to organize their materials and complete tasks in a timely manner.
Adaptive Skills: Supporting children in adapting to new environments or transitions, such as moving from one activity to another.
Emotional and Self-Regulation
Managing Emotions: Teaching strategies for coping with frustration, anxiety, or anger in appropriate ways.
Impulse Control: Assisting children in developing self-control to manage impulsive behaviors.
Stress Management: Providing tools to help children manage stress and anxiety, promoting overall emotional well-being.
Fine Motor Skill Development
We help children improve their hand-eye coordination, grasp strength, and dexterity to perform tasks like writing, buttoning clothes, and using utensils.
Play and Social Interaction
We emphasize the importance of play as a tool for learning and development, helping children build the social skills they need to interact with peers and navigate social situations effectively.
Sensory Integration
Our therapists work with children who have sensory processing challenges, helping them better understand and respond to the world around them, whether it's through improving tolerance to sensory stimuli or enhancing sensory discrimination.
School Readiness
Our therapists work with children on pre-academic skills, including attention, organization, and classroom behavior, to ensure they are prepared for a successful school experience.
Empowering little hands, brightening big futures
Our experienced occupational therapists take a holistic approach, considering each child's unique strengths, challenges, and family dynamics. We provide personalized therapy plans tailored to meet the specific needs of each child, whether they are dealing with developmental delays, sensory processing difficulties, fine motor challenges, or other conditions impacting their daily life.
