Occupational Therapy Services Occupational therapy can have an enormous impact on a child’s independence. Connecticut Children’s offers a range of therapeutic services to help children participate in normal activities, engage in play and sports, and ably return to home or school. What We Do The Connecticut Children’s Occupational Therapy team offers the following services: Aquatic therapy Assistive technology Biofeedback Computer/tablet access assessment and training Daily living skills assessment and training Feeding Fine motor skills assessment and training Handwriting assessment and programming Oral/sensory/motor/behavioral feeding assessment and programming Pain management Physical agent modalities Power mobility assessment and training Sensory integration assessment and treatment Splinting Therapeutic listening (to decrease sound sensitivity, improve attention and spatial awareness) Treatments for orthopaedic injuries Visual perceptual assessment and programming What We Treat Our occupational therapy services address: Decreased coordination for fine motor skills Grasping Drawing Cutting Writing Model building Difficulty processing sensory information Vision Touch Taste Smell Movement Sound Difficulty with feeding Motor (oral motor or utensil use) Oral sensory (tolerance for different tastes and textures of food) Behavior Orthopaedic conditions affecting range of motion, strength and/or endurance Traumatic injuries and sports related injuries Fractures Burns Brachial plexus injuries Concussions Post-surgery (hand, elbow) Sprains and strains Spinal cord injuries Traumatic brain injury Pain management including headache Learning problems related to attention, organizational skills and/or writing Neuromuscular conditions Cerebral palsy Muscular dystrophy Myelomeningocele Birth deformities Syndromes Residual disabilities related to infection, tumor, or trauma
