Jaikripalu Prabhu Care Foundation
(NGO)
Reg. No. U85300MH2022NPL386152
A govt registered non-profit organisation that supports children & adults with special needs in their residential rehabilitation and provides training programs to parents & professionals of special needs.
Occupational therapy (OT) is a branch of health care that helps people of all ages who have physical, sensory, or cognitive problems. OT can help them regain independence in all areas of their lives.
Therapists who focus on the functional activities of daily living. A child’s “occupation” is self-care and independence at home and school. Areas addressed in therapy are safety, dressing, feeding, leisure activities, and job skills (for teens and adults). The most common services for children include help with motor coordination, handwriting, and issues of sensory integration.
What does the occupational therapist do?
OT helps kids play, improves their school performance, and aids their daily activities. Occupational therapists treat injured, ill, or disabled patients through the therapeutic use of everyday activities. They help these patients develop, recover, improve, as well as maintain the skills needed for daily living and working.
What are some examples of occupational therapy?
For example, activities to build fine motor skills might include picking things up with tweezers. Exercises to improve gross motor skills might include jumping jacks or running an obstacle course. For someone who struggles with motor planning, therapists might work on daily routines like getting dressed.
What is the main focus of occupational therapy?
What is the difference between physiotherapy & occupational therapy?
Occupational therapy practitioners enable people of all ages to live life to its fullest by helping them promote health, and prevent—or live better with—injury, illness, or disability.
The most basic difference between physical therapy and occupational therapy is that a PT focuses on improving the patient's ability to move their body whereas an OT focuses on improving the patient's ability to perform activities of daily living.
What makes occupational therapy unique?
Why would a child need occupational therapy?
Occupational therapy differs from other healthcare professions like physical therapy or nursing in its focus on treating the whole patient, rather than treating a particular injury, ailment, or disability.
If a child needs support to develop optimally, occupational therapy can help for children with developmental delays or a known physical or mental condition associated with a high probability of delays, occupational therapy can help improve their motor, cognitive, sensory processing, communication, and play skills.
What does a occupational therapist do in mental health?
OTs help people to identify the things they want and need to do in their lives, identify areas where skills development is needed and assess how the environment helps or hinders people in achieving their goals. In mental health the process is exactly the same
Can ot help with anxiety?
Occupational therapy plays an important role in helping clients with anxiety manage their condition and minimize its impact on their daily life. An occupational therapist will work with a client with anxiety to identify how the condition is affecting them and what their future goals are.
What is a pediatric occupational therapist do?
Pediatric occupational therapy focuses on helping children develop the skills they need to grow into functional, independent adults. Physical impairment, injuries and a host of other issues can hamper a child's ability to perform common tasks or progress normally through the stages of social or cognitive development.