What is Occupational Therapy?

Occupational therapy is a healthcare profession focused on helping individuals of all ages participate in the activities and tasks that are meaningful and important to them.

Mainly, occupational therapy aims to promote one’s independence, improve their quality of life, and overall enhance their well-being by addressing physical, cognitive, sensory, and emotional challenges that may impact a person’s ability to engage in daily activities.

How can Occupational Therapy help?

Occupational therapists use a variety of interventions to help children improve their functional abilities. Occupational therapists often use purposeful activities that are relevant to the child’s unique goals, allowing them to practice and develop the skills they need to perform daily activities effectively.

Related skills and difficulties:	How they might be expressed in daily life:
Poor Fine/Gross Motor skills	Difficulty climbing stairs without holding the banister pass the age of 3, difficulty drinking from a cup pass the age of 2, trouble holding utensils or pens, balancing issues, constant fidgeting, an inability to stay still.
Sensory Processing Difficulties	Frequent and unpredictable meltdowns when exposed to different sensory stimuli, don’t respond when called upon, repetitively doing the same action, unusual interest with certain activities or objects.
Difficulty achieving academic progress	Difficulty understanding the process of time, difficulty learning new concepts, difficulty focusing on tasks.
Deficits in executive function skills	Difficulties in emotional regulation, inability to plan and organize daily activities, have trouble following instructions and managing their time, having trouble controlling their impulses.

What will the therapy process look like?

Our therapists are skilled in assessing all the previously stated skills, and this will be the primary focus during the initial assessment process, as outlined below:

For a full occupational therapy assessment, caregivers will get a full report with detailed information. The report will be broken down into specific areas with standardized scores and percentiles, and how the child relates to other children of the same age.

Occupational Therapy Services offered at SpeechUp

We provide an occupational therapy package that includes:
1、One initial assessment with a summary report
2、12 weekly treatment therapy sessions of 50 minutes each

In some cases, we can provide online therapy sessions through telehealth, which can be further discussed and determined during the initial assessment process.

什么是作业治疗

作业治疗是一种医疗保健专业，致力于帮助所有年龄段的个人参与对他们有意义且重要的活动和任务。它赋予我们目标，让我们能够与周围的世界互动、高效工作并尽我们最大的能力有效地驾驭世界。

作业治疗的主要目的是通过解决可能影响个人参与日常活动能力的身体、认知、感官和情感上的挑战来促进个人的独立性，提高生活质量并全面提高生活幸福感。

作业治疗有何帮助？

作业治疗师使用各种干预措施来帮助儿童提高他们的功能能力。作业治疗师经常使用与儿童的独特目标相关的有目的的活动，让他们练习和发展有效执行日常活动所需的技能。

您的儿童可以从作业治疗中受益的一些迹象：

相关技能:	日常生活中的表现方式:
精细/粗大运动技能较差	3岁以上无法不扶栏杆爬楼梯, 2 岁以上时难以用杯子喝水, 无法握住餐具或笔, 难以保持平衡, 经常坐立不安，无法保持静止。
感觉处理困难	当暴露于不同的感官刺激时，会发生频繁且不可预测的情绪崩溃, 被呼唤时不予回应 , 重复做同样的动作, 对某些活动或物体有异常的兴趣。
难以取得学业进步	难以理解时间的进程, 学习新概念有困难, 难以专注于任务。
执行功能缺陷	情绪调节困难, 无法计划和组织日常活动, 难以遵循指示和管理时间, 难以控制自己的冲动。

SpeechUp 的作业治疗是什么样的？

我们的治疗师擅长评估所有前述技能，这将是初步评估过程中的主要关注点。

对于完整的作业治疗评估，照顾者将获得一份包含详细信息的完整报告。该报告按特定方面进行细分，以标准化分数和百分位数体现结果，并展现接受评估的儿童与同龄其他儿童的关系。

SpeechUp 提供的作业治疗服务

我们提供短期作业治疗方案套餐，其中包括：
1、1 次初步评估及总结报告
2、12周治疗疗程，每周一次，每次50分钟

在某些情况下，我们可以通过远程医疗提供在线治疗课程。请在初步评估过程中与我们进一步讨论并确定。