Kids in Action Services - Occupational Therapy, Long Island, NY
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Occupational therapy is a health and rehabilitation profession. Its practitioners provide services to patients of all ages including infants and children who have physical, developmental, emotional and social deficits. Using purposeful activity, occupational therapy seeks to minimize the effects of disease, injury, congenital deficit, developmental delay or deprivation. Occupational therapists work as part of a treatment team, including the primary care physician, other healthcare professionals and the child's family.
Occupational Therapy services may be required for infants with:
Premature infants of low birth weight
Congenital abnormalities or genetic disorders
Neurological insult occurring before, during or after birth
Adolescent mothers, parents with a developmental delay or history or substance abuse
Poor behavioral state regulation
Occupational therapy services for infants may include
Promotion of oral motor development and eating skills
Promotion of age-appropriate mobility and motor skills
Facilitation of developmental skills and play behaviors
Instructing caregivers about development, play or physical handling of the infant
Improving behavioral state, organization and regulation through positioning and environmental control
Occupational Therapy services may be required for children with:
Learning disabilities, including dyslexia and dysgraphia (handwriting difficulties)
Emotional disturbances, behavioral problems, autism and phobic behavior
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and related disorders
Delayed motor development and dyspraxia
Orthopaedic disabilities, traumatic injuries, burns, and amputations
Developmental disabilities, including mental retardation, spina bifida and cerebral palsy
Occupational Therapy services for children may include:
Facilitation of normal developmental sequence
Decreasing the effect of pathology on functional abilities
Improvement of motor development, self-concept and emotional maturation
Promotion of age-appropriate independence in daily living skills
Design, Fabrication and application of assistive technology devices and services
Environmental adaptation to enable increased independence
Kids in Action of Long Island, Inc. offers occupational therapy evaluations and treatment services to infants and children 0-21 years old. Contact us regarding Early Intervention and Preschool Services.
Authorized Early Intervention, Pre-School CPSE and CSE services for eligible children are provided at no out of pocket cost to families. All professional staff are qualified, specially trained personnel credentialed and submitted to New York State for background checks by Kids In Action and licensed or certified by the State of New York.