San diego occupational therapy
                     Advantages of Occupational therapy for children
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IS A 
REHABILITATION DISCIPLINE HIGHLY 
CENTERED ON THE PERSON AND 
FOCUSED ON EMPLOYMENT, THAT IS, 
ON ALL THAT SERIES OF ACTIVITIES 
THAT OCCUPY THE INDIVIDUAL, 
SUCH AS PERSONAL CARE, 
PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES, AND 
LEISURE-RELATED ACTIVITIES.
Occupational therapy for children helps them to build 
skills that have "stopped" due to trauma or illness, thus 
allowing them to do their meaningful activities with 
personal participation. The activities are daily ones and 
can therefore include all those of growth and 
development, but also nutrition, play, social skills, and 
education. In a word, he promotes occupational 
performance, and it has been found, through studies, 
that the child who starts a path of Occupational Therapy 
from a very young age will have a better chance of 
reaching a high degree of autonomy as he grows up.
How Does Occupational Therapy Work
After a careful assessment of needs and the definition of 
measurable objectives, the therapist defines the rehabilitation 
intervention by selecting the most significant daily life occupations 
for the child to whom the therapy is addressed. Occupations are a 
means but also the end of the rehabilitation process. Among the 
objectives of treatment, there are, in fact, the improvements of 
performance and the degree of autonomy in carrying out the 
activities, the level of satisfaction related to one's role and quality 
of life, and social inclusion.
The occupations
The occupations assigned to the children will be 
adapted to their habits and age. Regarding self-care, 
the activities you - and for which - work will be 
brushing your teeth, eating, dressing, showering, 
organizing your backpack, or tying your shoes. In the 
field of productivity, they work on writing, drawing, 
listening, and going to school, while for leisure, 
occupations can be cycling, playing, being part of a 
group, playing sports, or playing.
Features
San diego occupational therapy aims to improve a 
person's ability to be self-sufficient (allowing him the 
greatest possible independence) and to carry out 
creative activities and work useful for himself and 
society. These activities are very varied and are 
organized subjectively according to the patient's 
characteristics and his possible congenital and acquired 
cognitive deficits. Thanks to the various activities 
carried out, occupational therapy allows the patient to 
increase the abilities affected by the cognitive deficit 
and to enhance the capabilities still intact so that they 
compensate for those deficient. Cognitive therapy 
achieves these goals by implementing 
Memory games can improve recognition and the 
ability to remember. At the same time, Occupational 
therapy children san diego can help the person use 
their strength to compensate for disabilities: for 
example, a person with hemiplegia can learn new 
ways to dress, tying their shoes and attaching 
buttons, enhancing the capabilities of the non-
paralyzed body side. The occupational activity is 
generally progressive: it starts with single and simple 
movements, which are then integrated to compose a 
more general and complex movement.
ADDRESS : MSOT, OTR/L 11172 
Corte Pleno Verano
CITY : San Diego
ZIP CODE : 92130
PHONE NO : 858-401-2677