OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
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What is Occupational Therapy (OT)?

Occupational Therapy is a Regulated Health Profession, with a governing College (College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario).

Occupational Therapy is a client-centred therapy that focuses on the ability to carry out the "JOB" of living, or managing the tasks you need to do each and every day.

Occupational Therapists use a variety of models of practice encompassing the environmental, physical, emotional and mental well-being of the individual.  Goals are client-centred and are established with focus on facilitating independence with activities of daily living.

An Occupational Therapist can assist you and your loved ones, in addressing the following:

- Fine Motor Deficits in children
- Visual Motor and Perceptual Motor Deficits in children
- Life Skills Development
- Home Accessibility
- Home Safety
- Falls Prevention
- Cognitive Concerns
- Energy Conservation and Activity Tolerance
- Task Analysis and Activities of Daily Living Training
- Mobility Needs
- Seating and Positioning Needs
- Accessing funding agencies (i.e. ADP, March of Dimes)
- ADP assessments and applications

Occupational Therapists offer consultative and treatment options developed on an individualized basis to optimize safety, daily function, independence and quality of life.

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