Occupational Therapy
You may consider OT screening or intervention if your child displays the following sensorimotor signs:
- Has difficulty manipulating tools with hands or with tasks that require using 2 hands together
- Has difficulty with utensils or is using a too weak or too powerful grasp for all tasks
- Has trouble with dressing tasks
- Recoils from touch or is bothered by certain fabrics or textures-Seeks out touch to the point it seems excessive (people or objects)
- Has trouble with handwriting legibility or output
- Falls out of a chair or surface without cause
- Trips and falls regularly
- Frequently gets lost or has trouble finding objects in a busy background, such as in a drawer
- Shows considerably poorer quality of movement
- Has more difficulty in crowded or noisy areas, to cover ears or retreat on a regular basis