Townsville Occupational Therapy Service

Occupational therapists help children learn and develop skills to be able to engage, participate and achieve in everyday activities. Occupational therapists can help improve the following skills:
• Daily living skills: toileting, dressing, eating (including fussiness), cooking, cleaning and shopping
• Motor skills- fine motor, gross motor and motor planning
• Play skills: expanding and building on current play, imaginative play and playing with others
• School skills: handwriting, drawing, scissors
• Learning skills: attention/concentration, memory, problem solving, sequencing
• Social skills: making friends, navigating and understanding the social world
• Emotional management: learning how to handle emotions
• Sensory skills: under or over reaction to sensory input