EARLY INTERVENTION
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PRESCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN READINESS
Is your little one ready for preschool or kindergarten?
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Do they have the necessary skills needed to navigate peer social interactions, to attend to adult-directed routine tasks throughout their new daily routine, to fully and meaningfully participate in self-care, fine-motor, or gross motor activities in the school environment?
Let us help determine your child's readiness with a free-screening phone call, or initial evaluation today!
In addition to preparatory intervention being provided in the home, your home-based OT can act as an advocate for or during a transition to school based occupational therapy services via initiation of an IEP.
The Building Blocks to Readiness
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Self regulation including the ability to maintain adequate attention, maintain an appropriate attention level for adult-directed task, and maintain or change emotion as needed
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Sensory Processing skills including ability to regulate their own body to allow for attention, behavior, and learning in the classroom
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Receptive (understanding) and Expressive (using) language skills
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Social Skills to engage in peer play and activities as well as recognize and follow social-norms
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Planning and Sequencing to participate in multi-step tasks and activities
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Self care skills such as dressing, hand-washing, and day-time toilet trained
Fine-Motor Skills:
Pre-Writing, Handwriting, Cutting, & More
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Using an appropriate grasp of writing and coloring implements to color, draw, and/or write while applying appropriate pressure
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Establishing an appropriate grasp of scissors to cut across paper
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Indepenently open their water bottle, lunch box, backpack, etc.
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Manage their upper and lower clothing with no more than minimal assistance
Fine-Motor Skills:
Pre-Writing, Handwriting, Cutting, & More
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Using an appropriate grasp of writing and coloring implements to color, draw, and/or write while applying appropriate pressure
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Establishing an appropriate grasp of scissors to cut across paper
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Indepenently open their water bottle, lunch box, backpack, etc.
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Manage their upper and lower clothing with no more than minimal assistance
Helpful Resources for School-Aged Children & Their Parents
Navigating an IFSP and/or IEP
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If your child is 3 - 21 and eligible for special education and related services, they will be provided with an Individualized Education Program, or IEP.
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These plans can be confusing and difficult to navigate if it is your first time. Click on the button below to learn more, and ensure you have a proper advocate by your side at your meetings to ensure the plan is appropriate and client-centered to your child and family needs. This may be a therapist providing services to your child in the home, a Case Manager or Social Worker, or you as their parent and/or primary caregiver!
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