As occupational therapists, it is our core function to ensure that our patients are able to function at their optimal levels in the activities of their everyday lives. WFOT defines occupations as the “everyday activities that people do…to occupy time and bring meaning and purpose to life. …include things people need to, want to and are expected to do.”[1] When we work with children, it is not sufficient to correct their sensory integration, motor development or visual perception if when they leave our care they are still unable to function adequately at school. As OT’s, we spend considerable time correcting our young patients’ pencil grip and ensuring that the foundations for good handwriting are well laid before we discharge them. However, reading is also a key occupation. Over the many years that I have been working in private practice with children with learning difficulties, I noticed that when I included reading foundations in my therapy, they began to cope quicker and easier at school. This was even the case when the children were receiving speech therapy and remedial teaching to help with their reading development.
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Grant McFarlane
10/5/2016 08:42:26 pm
book overcoming dyslexia by Sally Shawitz i as a dyslexic studied i seen links to OT i wondered if there is a link. i read your info i be interested to ask questions understand more please email me so we can chat.
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Britney Nash
6/10/2020 07:49:02 pm
Hello,
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27/1/2021 06:02:27 pm
Great information about occupational therapy. It helped me a lot. Thanks for sharing!
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