by Brandon Varnado | Apr 11, 2025 | Blog
Play in occupational therapy helps your child develop essential life skills through enjoyable, purposeful activities. You’ll see improvements in motor skills, social interaction, and cognitive development as your child engages in sensory play, building...
by Brandon Varnado | Apr 11, 2025 | Blog
You’ll find occupational therapy supports your child’s school success through targeted interventions in key areas. OT helps develop essential fine motor skills for writing and drawing, improves sensory processing for better focus, and builds vital hand-eye...
by Brandon Varnado | Apr 11, 2025 | Blog
You can start strengthening your child’s development today with simple occupational therapy activities at home. Create sensory bins with dry rice or pasta, practice kitchen skills like kneading dough and squeezing citrus, set up balance beam challenges with tape...
by Brandon Varnado | Apr 11, 2025 | Blog
Your brain processes information from eight sensory systems, including sight, sound, touch, and movement. When you have sensory processing challenges, your brain can struggle to organize these inputs effectively, leading to feelings of overwhelm or anxiety. You might...
by Brandon Varnado | Apr 11, 2025 | Blog
Occupational therapy helps you master essential self-care tasks through specialized techniques and adaptive tools. You’ll learn strategies for dressing efficiently, managing buttons and zippers, and using helpful equipment for meal prep and eating. Your OT will...
by Brandon Varnado | Apr 11, 2025 | Blog
Your child needs both fine and gross motor skills for everyday activities. Fine motor skills involve small, precise movements using hands and fingers – like writing or buttoning clothes. Gross motor skills use large muscle groups for activities like running and...
