Understanding Occupational Therapy: Supporting Child Development
Occupational Therapy (OT) is a therapeutic treatment that addresses barriers children face to successfully engaging in their everyday occupations or activities of daily living. At Empower Therapy, the trained OTs use a combination of educational models, an understanding of neurodevelopmental growth, milestone paces, and the patterns of childhood diagnosis to provide skilled interventions for children in our care.
Our Round Rock occupational therapy department not only serves our ABA neurodivergent clients in their individual needs in traditional ADLs but also addresses instrumental activities of daily living like family roles, emotional regulation, socialization, and communication skills. These are offered not just to our ABA client but to the larger community on an outpatient basis via diagnoses like ADHD, ADD, emotional dysregulation, PANDAs, and many others.
What Is the Importance of Occupational Therapy?
Occupational therapists are skilled in helping children's necessary skills to function in society. They understand how sensory, communication, play, emotional regulation, socialization, and other developmental deficits affect an individual's capacity to create a rewarding life. They work to improve fine motor skills, build self-help strategies, and increase self-confidence, as parents of children of former OT clients will attest.
How Do Empower Therapy’s Occupational Therapists Work?
Occupational Therapists (OTs) are trained professionals who craft individual plans for children to address noted needs along with parent concerns and with child input (when possible). These plans approved by a Physician are implemented in regular sessions where play, role-modeling, family education plans, and movement act as means for enacting change.
By using therapeutic techniques, occupational therapists enable individuals to overcome limitations, learn new skills, and/or regain lost skills with the goal of optimal independence for the child.
Why Empower Therapy?
Empower Therapy at Round Rock location hosts therapists who work extensively with neurodivergent children and a Director who currently provides Emotional Regulation OT services. Our unique methods of assessing, intervening, and continually including family during collaborative treatment make a significant difference in our services and successful outcomes. Our therapy sessions last from 30 minutes to 60 minutes based on the child's needs as determined in the evaluation and the structure of your insurance plans.
