Occupational Therapists are skilled in helping children to maximize their functional abilities and to enhance participation in day to day activities. These daily occupations include:
- self-activities (feeding, dressing, bathing, toileting)
- early learning and school activities (classroom behaviour, organization, printing, cutting, fine motor activities)
- play/leisure activities (play skills, social skills, participation in extra-curricular activities)
Occupational Therapists assess a combination of:
- Functional Activities: dressing, feeding, toileting, printing, riding a bike, trying shoes
- Fine Motor Skills: bilateral coordination, in-hand manipulation, visual motor integration, visual-perception, motor planning and coordination, body awareness, oral-motor skills, attention and executive function (planning and judgement)

