How do I know if my child has sensory or motor difficulties?

Your child may benefit from Occupational Therapy services if he/she shows:

• Low or decreased overall endurance (tires easily)
• Low or decreased overall strength or endurance (tires easily and poor posture)
• Defensive responses to smells, tastes, touch, sounds or self care activities
• Excessive seeking of smells, tastes, touch, sounds or mouthing
• Fear or hesitancy towards movement activities
• Excessive seeking of movement (crashing, spinning, jumping)
• Difficulty regulating behaviors (over/under reactive, over/under active)
• Difficulty with age appropriate self care skills
• Low or decreased safety awareness
• Clumsiness, poor coordination
• Difficulty manipulating toys, writing utensils or small objects
• Difficulty attending to tasks
• Difficulty calming self, changing routines or sequencing tasks
• Feeding difficulties (self feeding, limited variety of food)
• Lack of participation in age approriate academic activities

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