Occupational Therapy

Activities of Daily Living

ADL’s, or Activities of Daily Living, are just that. They are the basic, everyday activities we engage in.

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Aquatic Therapy

Aquatic therapy is a skilled treatment technique used by our therapists to improve a child’s function in a natural and fun environment.

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Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability that can cause significant social and communication challenges, as well as global developmental delay.

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Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy is a neurological condition that occurs due to damage to the brain prior to, during, or shortly after birth.

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Crossing Midline

When Occupational Therapists refer to “midline”, they are describing the body’s imaginary line down the center of the body that divides it into the right and left sides.

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Down Syndrome

According to the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) (http://www.ndss.org/) Down Syndrome occurs when an individual has a full or partial extra copy of chromosome 21.

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Emotional Regulation

Emotional regulation, or self-regulation, is the ability to monitor and control one’s own behavior, emotions, or thoughts, and match one’s internal environment to the demands of...

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Fine Motor Skills

Fine motor skills include all of the small movements and coordination of muscles in our hands and fingers.

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Floor Time

At MPPT, our OTs always strive to provide client-centered, holistic, strengths-based approaches to therapy to help children to grow and develop.

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Handwriting

Handwriting is the written form of language. In order to produce written symbols, it is integral to coordinate multiple body systems including our eyes, arms, fingers and hand movements,...

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Motor Coordination

Coordination refers to whether a child can move their arms and legs together to work in a coordinated, effective way.

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Neuro-Developmental Treatment (NDT):

NDT is a holistic approach used by multiple disciplines to help in the development of children with neurological conditions, such as cerebral palsy.

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Ocular Motor Skills

At MPPT we have therapists trained in ocular motor skills. They have worked with developmental Optometrist and are highly skilled in addressing every day challenges for your child!

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Oral Motor

Here at MPPT, we have occupational therapists trained in the Beckman Oral Motor Protocol.

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Praxis

Let's start with praxis. You might hear praxis referred to as motor planning.

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Reflex Integration

A reflex is a motor response that automatically occurs each time a stimulus is provided.

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Sensory Feeding

Mount Pleasant Pediatric Therapy provides practical, individualized, and sensory based agenda to helping children who are “picky” eaters.

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Sensory Integration

Sensory integration describes how the brain receives and processes sensory information to then organize it to allow us to respond appropriately.

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Sensory versus Behavior

Is it sensory processing or is this a behavior? It is our job as occupational therapists to help determine where a child’s reactions are stemming from.

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Visual Motor Integration Skills

Visual Motor Skills, or Visual Motor Integration Skills, are the skills necessary to visually process information and react with the appropriate motor response.

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