Occupational therapy focuses on the therapeutic use of movement and play to enhance one’s development to promote improved sensory processing, fine and gross motor skills, and overall self-care.

Our occupational therapists help children, adolescents, and adults with autism and related disorders to develop the necessary skills needed to lead more independent and fulfilling lives through enhancing the following skills:

  • Balance/coordination
  • Strength/core stability
  • Fine motor
  • Visual perception/visual motor
  • Handwriting
  • Peer play
  • Oral motor /feeding/oral sensory
  • Activities of daily living (i.e.; dressing, self-care, home management) development
  • Focus/attention/organization
  • Ability to self-regulate

Our therapists have specialized training in the following areas:

  • Alert Program (“How Does Your Engine Run?” )
  • Beckman’s Oral Motor Assessment and Treatment
  • Talk Tools Therapy (Oral Motor Program)
  • Handwriting Without Tears
  • Zones of Regulation