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| Occupational Therapy
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| As Occupational Therapists, our specialty area is in assessment of the day to day functioning of an individual which includes self care, management of household tasks, work and leisure. For this reason, the complete assessments are almost always conducted in the individual's home environment. |
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The assessment component of the service includes: |
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Comprehensive interview |
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Functional/physical assessment |
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Observation of function in day to day tasks |
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Use of various standardized and non-standardized assessment tools and indexes in order to provide an evidenced based opinion |
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Reference to norms, stats and clinical reasoning |
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Use of current literature references to support our professional recommendations |
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| From the information gathered during the assessment phase, a comprehensive report is compiled and presented in a manner that is very easy to read and use. |
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An Occupational Therapists' specialty area includes, but is not limited to, the following areas: |
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Activities of Daily Living - level of independence and functional ability |
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Typical daily routine |
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Attendant care/personal care requirements |
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Domestic assistance |
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Home maintenance assistance |
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Equipment needs and approximate costs |
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Future therapy needs and costs (occupational therapy) |
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Community access/transport |
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Comment on work options within current level of transferable skills |
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Future accommodation requirements or home modifications required (The details of changes required will be provided, however the solicitor needs to obtain costing of these recommendations from a builder or architect) |
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| Pediatric occupational therapy at AYUSH SOCIETY helps children gain independence and promotes development of fine motor skills, sensory motor skills and visual motor skills that children need to function and socialize in their home, school, play and community environments. In the case of an injury or debilitating illness, our services focus on rehabilitating children, allowing them to return to their daily routines at their highest level of function. |
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| At All Children's Hospital, our highly trained occupational therapists evaluate and treat children from birth to 21 years of age with a variety of diagnoses that may include: |
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Autism related disorders |
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Sensory integration disorders |
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Upper extremity (shoulder, arm and hand) injuries including brachial plexus injuries, burns, fractures, etc. |
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ADD/ADHD |
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Developmental disabilities |
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Down's Syndrome and other genetic diagnoses |
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Cerebral Palsy and other neurological diagnoses |
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Traumatic brain injury |
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Delays in fine motor and visual motor skills directly affecting academic performance |
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| Children may benefit from pediatric occupational therapy for: |
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Self-care skills including feeding, dressing and grooming |
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Hand strengthening and coordination skills required for activities such as cutting with scissors, coloring and writing, buttoning, using feeding utensils, etc. |
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Sensory processing and integration |
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Upper extremity (shoulder, arm and hand) splinting & serial casting |
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Neurodevelopmental treatment |
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Visual motor and handwriting skills |
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Pain management |
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Pelvic floor rehabilitation for urinary incontinence |
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Wheelchair and equipment evaluation |
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