Fine Motor

The ability to strengthen, control and coordinate movements using the small muscles in the hands and fingers for tasks that require precision, such as gripping a pencil, buttoning a shirt, or tying shoes.

Visual Motor

These skills involve coordinating visual information with hand and body movements, such as catching a ball or copying shapes, and help children improve coordination, focus, and engagement in everyday tasks.

Emotional Regulation

The ability to recognize, understand, and manage emotions, helping children cope with frustration, anxiety, or excitement, while building self-awareness, self-control, and appropriate emotional responses.

Social Emotional 

Help children manage their emotions, build positive relationships, develop self-awareness, and improve their ability to navigate social situations, handle frustration, and communicate effectively.

Bilateral Coordination

The ability to use both sides of the body together efficiently, essential for tasks like clapping, jumping jacks, and using both hands for activities such as cutting or tying shoes, while improving motor control and balance.

Executive Functioning

Executive functioning skills help children initiate, follow through, and complete tasks, while also supporting their ability to plan, problem-solve, organize, sequence, and manage tasks effectively.

Body & Spatial Awareness

Include understanding a child's body position in space, which supports coordination, movement, and the ability to navigate their environment safely and effectively.

Core & Postural Control

Involve strengthening the muscles of the trunk and improving balance, stability, and posture, which are essential for sitting, standing, and moving with control during everyday activities.

Community Integration

The ability to participate in community activities, navigate public spaces, interact safely with others and public safety officials, and follow social and safety cues in environments outside the home and school.

Independent Living

Focus on developing the abilities to manage daily home tasks, such as cooking, cleaning, budgeting, and personal care, to live independently.

Handwriting & Typing

These skills focus on developing the coordination and dexterity needed for effective written communication, improving letter formation, spacing, and legibility in handwriting, as well as speed and accuracy in typing.

Visual Perceptual

Involve interpreting and making sense of visual information, which is essential for tasks like recognizing shapes, understanding spatial relationships, and tracking objects.

Sensory Processing

Involves interpreting and responding to sensory input, helping children with sensory processing difficulties develop strategies to manage sensitivities and enhance focus, engagement, and daily tasks.

Focus & Attention

Involve a child's ability to sustain attention, filter distractions, and stay engaged in tasks, essential for completing schoolwork, following instructions, and participating in activities.

Self-Care

Involve the abilities children need for tasks like dressing, grooming, eating, toileting, and bathing, with occupational therapy helping them develop independence, self-confidence, and participation in daily activities at home and school.

Coordination & Balance

Coordination and balance skills help children develop the ability to control and align their body movements, supporting tasks like walking, running, jumping, and participating in sports or daily activities.

Upper Body Strength

Refers to the development of strength and endurance in the arms, shoulders, and torso, which are essential for tasks like lifting, reaching, and maintaining posture during daily activities.

Personal Safety

Teach children how to recognize and respond to potential dangers, understand safety rules, and remember important personal information, such as their name, address, and emergency phone numbers.

Travel Training

Target skills necessary to navigate public transportation, follow safety guidelines, adhere to pedestrian signals like crosswalks, and build independence when traveling in the community.

Work Readiness

Include skills that help children develop the abilities necessary for future employment, such as time management, task completion, communication, problem-solving, and workplace safety.