We are excited to be offering Occupational Therapy assessment, consultation, and treatment services at Aurora Speech Clinic!

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Who are we?

 

Occupational therapists (OTs) are regulated health professionals who work with individuals to enable them to participate in the activities that they want or need to do on a daily basis. OTs treat individuals across the lifespan; their role is focused on enhancing an individual’s functioning in their daily activities, including self-care, leisure and productivity tasks.

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What do we do?

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At Aurora Speech Clinic, we assess and treat children in the following areas:

• Fine motor skills (i.e. handwriting, pencil grasp, cutting)

• Gross motor skills (i.e. ball skills, balance, coordinating movement)

• Daily living skills (i.e. dressing, toileting, self-feeding)

• Feeding skills (i.e. limited food preferences or picky eater)

• Sensory processing (i.e. avoids or seeks certain textures or movements)

• Self-Regulation (i.e. attention, impulsivity, emotional regulation

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Our OTs have experience with the following treatment approaches:

• Sequential Oral Sensory Approach to Feeding (SOS)

• Handwriting Without Tears

• Zones of Regulation

• And many more!

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Why do we do it?

 

Occupational therapy in children helps them to thrive in their home and school environments by providing a holistic approach to enhancing their independence and self-esteem in everyday activities. OT focuses on maximizing a child’s function in their occupations through skill development, task and/or environmental modifications and use of adapted tools to best support them in engaging in their daily lives.

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