Everyone has an occupation, or job, to do. A kid’s occupation is to grow, learn, do schoolwork, and play. Our OTs at Monkey Mouths help kids who have a physical, sensory, or cognitive differences do everyday things like eating, putting on shoes and socks, focusing on learning, writing, and playing with toys or other kids.
Sensory Integration at Monkey Mouths involves understanding and managing the eight sensory systems, enhancing perception, behavior, and interaction. Our OTs provide targeted therapy, environmental adjustments, sensory diets, social skills training, and holistic collaboration for optimal outcomes.
Gross Motor Skills, crucial for activities like walking and playing, are addressed by Monkey Mouths therapists. Fine Motor Skills, vital for writing and self-care, are also evaluated and treated for optimal development.
Monkey Mouths OTs support children in developing Daily Living Skills, including ADLs and IADLs. Challenges in areas like dressing, feeding, and safety awareness are addressed through tailored, fun, and functional sessions.
Monkey Mouths OTs address handwriting challenges comprehensively. Evaluations cover upper body strength, fine motor skills, visual perception, and sensory processing, using tools like the Print Tool. Treatment, including Handwriting Without Tears program, aims for mastery through multisensory experiences.
At Monkey Mouths, our interdisciplinary team enhances children’s visual perceptual and motor skills. We address vital aspects like perception, attention, spatial awareness, closure, discrimination, memory, and sequential memory. If your child faces challenges, our committed therapists are ready for an evaluation to foster a foundation for lifelong learning.
At Monkey Mouths, our occupational therapists use Masgutova Neurosensorimotor Reflex Integration® (MNRI) to address reflex patterns. This technique facilitates sensory processing, motor rehabilitation, emotional recovery, and developmental enrichment. Signs your child may benefit include delayed milestones, coordination issues, sensory sensitivities, and more.
A pediatric occupational therapist (OT) helps children develop the skills they need to participate in everyday activities at home, school, and in the community. OTs work on areas such as fine motor skills, self-care tasks (like dressing, feeding, and grooming), sensory processing, attention, and play skills. Through fun, child-centered activities, they help children build independence, confidence, and success in their daily routines.
Your child may benefit from OT if they have difficulty with fine motor skills, sensory processing, attention, self-care tasks, emotional regulation, coordination, or participation in daily routines.
Yes. Occupational therapists work on hand strength, pencil grasp, letter formation, spacing, and other foundational skills that support successful handwriting.
Yes. OT can help children develop strategies to improve focus, participation, self-regulation, and organization during daily activities.
Yes. OT can help children who are over-responsive, under-responsive, or seeking certain types of sensory input develop strategies to regulate their bodies and attention. Therapists also partner closely with parents and caregivers to identify a child’s unique sensory needs and provide practical strategies that can be used at home, school, and in the community.
Absolutely. OT can help children learn or improve skills such as dressing, grooming, toileting, feeding, and other daily living activities.
Yes. Occupational therapists teach children strategies to recognize their emotions, manage stress, and respond appropriately to challenges and frustrations.
Yes. OT can address balance, body awareness, motor planning, strength, and coordination to help children feel more confident and successful during play, sports, and daily activities.
Sensory integration is the process of receiving, organizing, and responding to information from our senses. Occupational therapists use sensory-based strategies to help children process sensory information more effectively so they can participate successfully in everyday activities.
