Occupational therapy

The goals of occupational therapy are to improve participation and performance of the child in all his/her occupation like self-care, play, school and other daily activities. The occupational therapists assess the child and accordingly modify the environment and working style to better the participation of child in the activity.

Occupational Therapy helps the children with special needs by -

• Promoting independence
• Increasing participation in the society
• Facilitating motor development and function
• Improving strength and muscle tone
• Enhancing learning opportunities
• Easing care giving
• Promoting health and well - being
• Using assistive devices which would result in improved posture, balance and mobility.
• Improving visual perceptual skills which would help in classroom learning and academics.
• Improving handwriting skills
• Promoting health and well - being
• Improving oral motor skills
• Improving communication and socio - emotional skills

Occupational Therapists in our school help children with help of various devices –

• Physiorole – to provide unparalleled control
• Equilibrium board – to encourage rhythm balance and coordination
• Trampoline – to encourage balance and muscle control. Also to encourage confidence and feeling of success
• Peg boards – to recognize shape and numbers
• Flash cards – to recognize objects, numerical, colours, alphabets
• Inclined mat – to rolling and crawling
• Bolsters – for rocking exercises
• Bean Bags – to improve sensory inputs