What is Occupational Therapy?

Pediatric occupational therapy helps children build the skills needed to participate in the occupations that are meaningful to them, whether at home, school, or another community location.

For children, occupations can include playing, learning, dressing, eating, writing, cutting, grooming, managing routines, and interacting with others.

If it is something that is important for you and your child- it is important to Bright Foundations.

Some areas that occupational therapy can address to help your child participate in their daily occupations can include, but definitely not limited to:

  • Fine motor skills

  • Gross motor skills

  • Play skills

  • Executive functioning skills

  • Handwriting and prewriting skills

  • Bilateral coordination skills

  • Core strength and postural stability

  • School readiness skills

  • Sensory processing and attention skills

  • Feeding and mealtime skills

  • Dressing and bathing

  • Motor planning and coordination

A young girl sitting on an orange cushion in a therapy or playroom, smiling and talking to a woman who appears to be a therapist or counselor, with colorful toys and play equipment in the background.