Occupational therapy can have an enormous impact on a child’s independence. Connecticut Children’s offers a range of therapeutic services to help children participate in normal activities, engage in play and sports, and ably return to home or school.
What We Do
- Aquatic therapy
- Assistive technology
- Biofeedback
- Computer/tablet access assessment and training
- Daily living skills assessment and training
- Feeding
- Fine motor skills assessment and training
- Handwriting assessment and programming
- Oral/sensory/motor/behavioral feeding assessment and programming
- Pain management
- Physical agent modalities
- Power mobility assessment and training
- Sensory integration assessment and treatment
- Splinting
- Therapeutic listening (to decrease sound sensitivity, improve attention and spatial awareness)
- Treatments for orthopaedic injuries
- Visual perceptual assessment and programming
What We Treat
Decreased coordination for fine motor skills
- Grasping
- Drawing
- Cutting
- Writing
- Model building
Difficulty processing sensory information
- Vision
- Touch
- Taste
- Smell
- Movement
- Sound
Difficulty with feeding
- Motor (oral motor or utensil use)
- Oral sensory (tolerance for different tastes and textures of food)
- Behavior
Orthopaedic conditions affecting range of motion, strength and/or endurance
Traumatic injuries and sports related injuries
- Fractures
- Burns
- Brachial plexus injuries
- Concussions
- Post-surgery (hand, elbow)
- Sprains and strains
- Spinal cord injuries
- Traumatic brain injury
Pain management including headache
Learning problems related to attention, organizational skills and/or writing
Neuromuscular conditions
- Cerebral palsy
- Muscular dystrophy
- Myelomeningocele
- Birth deformities
- Syndromes
- Residual disabilities related to infection, tumor, or trauma