Visual Skills
Sensory / Motor
Preschool Age
Fine Motor Skills
COULD YOUR CHILD BENEFIT FROM
Fine Motor
If Your Child Is Demonstrating Some Of The Following, Occupational Therapy Might Be Beneficial.
*Difficulty with any of the above visual skills
*Difficulty finding own errors and self correcting work
*Avoids getting messy
*Hesitant to climb on playground equipment
*Continues to mouth toys or objects
*Over Sensitive to sounds (covers ears)
*Doesn't play or interact with other children as well as other peers
*Becomes overstimulated in busy environments
*Has a hard time transitioning between activities
*Difficulty sitting still
*Difficulty participating in age appropriate group activities
*Does not get dizzy or appears to get dizzy too easily
*Picky eater or does not eat certain textures of food
Self Care
Elementary School Age
Fine Motor Skills
Self Care
*Difficulty using a spoor or cuppy
*Difficulty dressing self
Sensory / Motor
*Not meeting developmental milestones
*Not reaching for or playing with toys
*Difficulty manipulating small objects
Visual Skills
*Difficulty with spacing between letters and words and position of words on lines
*Difficulty copying from the board
*Letter or word reversal
*Loses place when reading
*Difficulty with mazes
*Difficulty with word find
*Difficulty with visual tracking or visual attention
*Difficulty with puzzles
Middle School and High School Age
Fine Motor
Infants and Toddlers
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY?
*Difficulty holding pencil correctly
*Hand tires easily
*Hand hurts when writing
*Difficulty copying letters and words
*Lacks well established hand dominance
*Difficulty drawing pictures
*Difficulty coloring or cutting
*Difficulty writing
Sensory / Motor
*Unable to independently dress and groom self
*Unable to open bottles, jars, packets, and containers
Sensory / Motor
*Appears fearful of movement or needs unusual amount of movement to be calm
*Difficulty with transitions
*Overstimulated by busy environments
*Over sensitive to loud sounds
*Doesn't play or interact with other children
*More active then other children of the same age
*Becomes upset when dirty or during messy play
*Avoids playground equipment
*Does not appear to get dizzy or appears to get dizzy to easily
*Picky eater or does not transition to new textures
self Care
*Difficulty with any of the above sensory or motor skills
*Very disorganized: frequently misplaces school work
*Excessive need for movement
*Withdraws from touch
*Fatigues easily
*Difficulty manipulating small toys (stringing beads, stacking blocks)
*Difficulty with or dislikes puzzles
*Continues to scribble without details
*Continues to hold a crayon in a fisted or gross grasp
*Coloring and / or eating using the had on the side where the utensil is placed
*Difficulty cutting with scissors after age 4
*Difficulty typing shoes
*Difficulty dressing self, including fasteners
*Difficulty with grooming
*Difficulty using a spoon and fork
*Difficulty with any of the above fine motor skills
*Difficulty learning to type
*Difficulty opening packets and containers
*Writing takes much longer than classmates
*Handwriting not legible
*Tendency to confuse left and right
*Poor desk posture
*Becomes easily frustrated
*Difficulty sitting still
*Difficulty keeping hands to self
*Difficulty transitioning between activities
*Bumping into or crashing into items or people
*Avoids crowded situations or environments
*Fearful of movment or excessive craving of movement
*Makes excessive noise or is over sensitive to sound
*Easily distracted
*Disorganized
*Difficulty coordinating motor activities (difficulty with jumping jacks or riding a bike)
*Does not get dizzy or appears to get dizzy too easily
*Picky eater or does not eat certain textures of food