Sensory Needs Program
Pediatric occupational therapy focuses on helping children develop the skills they need to engage in everyday activities. One aspect of this therapy is addressing a child’s sensory needs. Sensory needs refer to how a child processes and responds to the sensory information they receive from their environment, such as touch, sound, and movement. At Kids In Motion Mobile Pediatric Therapy, therapists provide activities and interventions that target a child’s specific sensory needs.
What are the benefits?
By addressing a child’s sensory needs, pediatric occupational therapy can help children better participate in activities and achieve their developmental milestones:
- Improved sensory processing
- Better emotional regulation
- Enhanced motor skills
- Increased self-awareness
- Improved social skills
How can we help?
Occupational therapists receive specialized training to help children decrease sensitivity or increase awareness of sounds, tastes, touch, smells or sight/light.
- Picky eating
- Aversions to certain clothing textures
- Sensitivity to sounds
- Decreased safety awareness
- Placing non-food items into mouth
- Overly touching people or objects
- Stimming behaviors that negatively impact daily task completion