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FAQs
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What is occupational therapy?·Occupational therapy promotes health and wellbeing through the use of daily activities through our occupations. Occupational therapists help all individuals across different life spans achieve important developmental milestones and learn new important skills sets needed to achieve independence in your everyday life.
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What do OTs do in a pediatric-based setting?·In a school and pediatric-based setting, OTs may help with the following: range of motion(ROM), strengthening, bilateral coordination, executive functioning, visual motor skills, visual perception, motor planning, adding adaptations and modifications to daily tasks, etc.
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What diagnoses do OTs help with in a school-based and outpatient setting?·Diagnoses OTs may help in a school-based and outpatient setting include (but not limited to) the following: Autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, ADD, developmental delays, sensory processing, visual perceptual disorders, visual processing deficits, auditory processing, handwriting (gross and fine motor affecting academics), gross motor and fine motor deficits, and ROM deficits
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