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1. Occupational Therapy For Children with Autism

2. Occupational Therapy for Children with Autism The Occupational Therapy department of Jewel Autism Centre provides one of the world’s best occupational therapy service with timely updations and therapy materials under the sensory integration therapy approaches. Our Occupational therapy program focuses on evaluation and training of gross motor skills, fine motor skills, cognitive-perceptual skills, pre-writing skills, activities of daily living, social skills, play skills, and sensory integrative dysfunction. According to the American Occupational Therapy Association, Occupational therapy is “skilled treatment that helps individuals to achieve independence in all facets of their lives. Occupational therapy assists people in developing the ‘skills for the job of living’ necessary for independent and satisfying lives.”

3. The role of Occupational Therapy (OT) in treating Autism Spectrum Disorder Occupational therapists study human growth and development and a person’s interaction with the environment through daily activities. They are experts in the social, emotional, and physiological effects of illness and injury. This knowledge helps them promote skills for independent living in people with autism and other developmental disorders. Occupational therapists work as part of a team that includes parents, teachers, and other professionals. They help set specific goals for the person with autism. These goals often involve social interaction, behavior, and classroom performance.

4. Occupational Therapy Useful for Evaluation of ASD The therapist observes children to see if they can do tasks they are expected to do at their age appropriate level getting -- getting dressed or playing a game. The therapist might note any of the following: Attention span and stamina Transition to new activities Play skills Need for personal space Responses to touch or other types of stimuli Motor skills such as posture, balance, or manipulation of small objects Aggression or other types of behaviors Interactions between the child and caregivers ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

5. How does Occupational Therapy help a person with Autism Spectrum Disorder? Occupational therapy may combine a variety of strategies. These can help your child respond better to their environment. These OT strategies include: Physical activities, such as stringing beads or doing puzzles, to help a child develop coordination and body awareness Play activities to help with interaction and communication Developmental activities, such as brushing teeth and combing hair Adaptive strategies, including coping with transitions ● ● ● ●

6. Why Would a Child With Autism Need to See an Occupational Therapist? In the case of autism, Occupational Therapists (OT’s) have vastly expanded the usual breadth of their job. In the past, for example, an Occupational Therapist might have worked with an autistic person to develop skills for handwriting, shirt buttoning, shoe tying, and so forth. But today’s Occupational Therapists specializing in autism may also be experts in sensory integration (difficulty with processing information through the senses) or may work with their clients on play skills, social skills and more.

7. Interaction & Communication Session

8. What are the benefits of Occupational Therapy for ASD? These are some of the skills occupational therapy may foster: Daily living skills, such as toilet training, dressing, brushing teeth, etc Fine motor skills required for holding objects while handwriting or cutting with scissors Gross motor skills used for walking, climbing stairs, or riding a bike Sitting, posture, or perceptual skills, such as telling the differences between colors, shapes, and sizes Awareness of their body and its relation to others Visual skills for reading and writing Play, coping, self-help, problem solving, communication, and social skills ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

9. By working on these skills during occupational therapy, a child with autism may be able to: Develop peer and adult relationships Learn how to focus on tasks Learn how to delay gratification Express feelings in more appropriate ways Engage in play with peers Learn how to self-regulate ● ● ● ● ● ●

10. Occupational Therapist’s interaction with the Child in Jewel

11. What Does an Occupational Therapist Do for Kids with Autism? Since kids with autism often lack some of the basic social and personal skills which are required for independent living, Occupational Therapists have developed techniques for working on these needs. For example: Provide interventions to help a child appropriately respond to information coming through the senses. Intervention may include swinging, brushing, playing in a ball pit and a whole gamut of other activities aimed at helping a child to manage his body in space. ●

12. Facilitate play activities that instruct as well as aid a child in interacting and communicating with others. Fora specialized Occupational Therapist, this can be specifically structured into play therapy; such as Floor time, which is developed to build intellectual and emotional skills as well as physical skills. Devise strategies to help the individual transition from one setting to another, from one person to another, and from one life phase to another. For a child with autism, this may involve soothing strategies for managing transition from home to school; for adults with autism it may involve vocational skills, cooking skills and more. ● ●

13. Sensory Processing for Occupational Therapy Sensory processing is the ability of the Human Body to receive information from our seven senses, organise and interpret these information and hence produce a meaningful response towards the received stimuli. The seven senses are: Auditory System Visual System Tactile System Olfactory System Gustatory System Vestibular System Proprioceptive System ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

14. Sensory Processing Activities for Occupational Therapy in Jewel Autism Centre

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