Occupational Therapy For Kids in Salisbury: Helping Children Achieve Goals & Developmental Milestones
Occupational therapy for kids in Salisbury is a treatment that helps children achieve independence by strengthening the development of their fine, sensory, and visual motor skills. These skills are usually developed during infancy and become important for children to function and socialise with other children. If you believe that your child needs it, get in touch with Bridging Potentials.
Bridging Potentials specialises in occupational therapy for kids. Our team of occupational therapists (OTs) has helped countless children to gain independence through our therapy sessions. Our holistic approach treats the upper body and can include speech therapy. Occupational therapy and speech therapy are often interrelated as many areas of difficulty are usually addressed by our experienced OTs.
Develop & Strengthen Your Child's Motor Skills With Occupational Therapy For Kids in Salisbury
During infancy, fine motor skills, sensory motor skills, and visual motor skills are in development. As parents, we are almost always aware if our children respond well to stimuli, such as when they begin to grasp our fingers or when they try to make out what they see, hear, smell, taste, or touch.
Fine motor skills allow us to make small, precise movements using the muscles in our hands, fingers, wrists, feet, and toes. It also involves muscle, joint, and nerve coordination that are built on gross motor skills which allow us to make bigger movements. We use our fine motor skills when we eat, write, use tools, use electronics, play video games, and the like.
Sensory motor skills are our ability to incorporate sensory information with motor commands that allow us to produce exact and well-coordinated movements. It’s a combination of sensory (sight, smell, touch, taste, hearing) and motor (movement) skills. We use our sensory motor skills when we colour figures, cut out shapes using scissors, play dough, climb up a stair, slide down, etc.
Visual motor skills involve the eyes, brain, and body where eye, hand, and arm movements are in coordination to complete a task. Visual motor skills allow visual perception (ability to interpret the environment through what we see), motor control (ability to regulate movement), and eye-hand coordination to work together to complete tasks. We use our visual motor skills when we draw, build blocks, ride a bike, etc.
These motor skills are what our paediatric occupational therapists watch out for, among other things. When any of these motor skills seem to not be on display when you interact with your child, you have to call in an expert to check if there is a need for occupational therapy for kids. Bridging Potentials is just a phone call away: 0432 450 307.
About Us
Bridging Potentials is your partner in preparing your children for the future through occupational therapy for kids in Salisbury that enables them to become independent and self-sufficient. With a team of experienced professionals specialising in paediatric occupational therapy, you can ensure your child will learn to develop an independent lifestyle by improving their motor, sensory, behavioural, social, and cognitive skills, among other things.
Using standardised testing, clinical observations, and other measuring tools to gauge your child’s strengths and limitations, our team of expert paediatric occupational therapists will develop a customised program that will help your child build their skills, equipping them in the process, to let them do the things they want to do, from simple tasks like getting ready for the day, preparing food, using public transport and the like to managing relationships, finding employment, and so on.
Let Bridging Potentials be your dedicated partner in providing support for your child here in Adelaide. We believe in creating and supporting a community where each individual is valued and accepted, where our shared connections and experiences create a special bond that shapes the future of our children.
