Our Services
Here at OT2U we offer the state of Florida the absolute highest quality of occupational therapy services for all of your child’s needs. We provide one-on-one virtual tutoring services nation- wide for children grades K-12!
Gross Motor Skills
involve larger muscle body movements such as running, jumping, walking, jumping jacks. Gross motor skills are essential for strength, balance, coordination, and reaction time.
Poor gross motor skills impair fine motor skills, participation in activities in school, the home, and community, decreasing confidence and self-esteem and coordination.
Fine Motor Skills
also known as dexterity is the coordination of smaller muscles, involving the synchronization of hands and fingers along with the eyes. Manual dexterity is controlled by the nervous system allowing the brain and muscles to work together. Fine motor activities include writing, coloring, cutting, stringing beads, dressing, eating using a fork/ spoon, toothbrushing, and stacking blocks. Gross motor skills need to be intact to develop fine motor abilities.
Poor fine motor skills impair the ability to hold a pencil/crayon, utensil use for feeding, cutting, handwriting, fasteners, buttons and dressing
Sensory Integration
sensory processing disorder is defined as, ” a neurological disorder in which the sensory information that the individual perceives results in abnormal responses.” (Ahn, Miller et. al., 2004; Ben-Sasoon, Carter et. al., 2009)
Sensory experiences include movement, touch, smell, taste, body awareness, sight, sound, and the pull of gravity.
Sensory information gets “mixed up” in their brain and therefore the responses are inappropriate in the context in which they find themselves.
Sensory integration therapy aims to help kids with sensory processing disorder by exposing them to sensory stimulation in a structured, repetitive way. The theory behind it is that over time, the brain will adapt and allow kids to process and react to sensations more efficiently and regulate their emotions to adapt to their sensory experiences/environments appropriately.
Handwriting
Handwriting is based on various components. Handwriting can be illegible, poor letter formation, unable to align letters or orient them to fit on the paper.
A child struggling with handwriting can be based on many different factors. Some of the factors involved include: attention, hand strength,grasp, core and postural control, and visual perceptual/ visual motor challenges.
At OT 2 U, we perform an evaluation where we look at the child as a whole to figure out where their handwriting challenges are coming from.
Once we recognize the root cause of their handwriting challenges, we provide fun interventions though play to improve deficits.
Visual Perpetual & Motor Skills
Visual perceptual skills allow a child to interpret what is being seen. Visual perceptual skills encompass visual discrimination, figure ground, visual memory, visual closure, and form constancy.
Visual motor skills allow a child to coordinate their eyes and hands to work together to complete tasks such as copying shapes/writing/ throwing and catching a ball.
Tutoring
We offer tutoring services for any child specializing in tutoring any subject grades K-12 for children with special learning needs. We know that every child learns best when taught to their learning style and ability. We utilize a unique occupational therapy approach and are able to tutor children differently through our occupational therapy lens. We have methods that will allow your child to become more independent in their learning abilities. We have proven methods to assist our clients with retain information, being organized, creating study habits and skills in addition, to the academic information required to succeed in their school career.
Consultation services
Navigating through all of the many obstacles of having a child with special needs is not easy… luckily, with OT2U, we are always here to help make it easier! We provide consultation services where we speak to directly to the parent (s) to provide guidance and parenting help using proven occupational therapy strategies to improve behavior, ways to interact/ways not to interact with your child, and most importantly place everyone on the same page. We are here as an advocate for your family. We support you and are here to give a helping hand. We use complete self-care, wellness/ holistic approaches designed to empower you as parents to improve the life of your child by also caring for yourself.
Contact
Phone: 954.464.7112
Email: Brittany@ot2ufl.com
Address
5944 Coral Ridge Dr. #168
Coral Springs, FL 33076
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