Vestibular stimulation can have a significant impact on the nervous system. Vestibular sensations also help the nervous system to stay organized and balanced. Quick and fast movements tend to be alerting, and slow movements tend to be calming. An occupational therapist suggests … [Read more...]
Sensory Tactile Activities
Sensory Tactile Activities - Tactile activities can be an important part of sensory diet or fine motor skill building program. Tactile activities are very helpful in problems like hand and finger awareness, attention, and fine motor planning. What is a tactile system? The … [Read more...]
Sensory Diet Activities
What is Sensory Diet? A "sensory diet" is a planned and scheduled activity program designed to meet a child's specific sensory needs. There are many types of sensory activities that are similar to eating a "main course" and are very powerful and satisfying. Hence the name … [Read more...]
Sensory Integration
Sensory Integration and Occupational Therapy- Sensory integration therapy is an integral part of occupational therapy. Occupational therapist practices, sensory integration (SI) mostly in the pediatric population. Sensory integration is nothing but a developmental process, … [Read more...]
what does an Occupational therapist do?
What is an occupational therapist and what do they do? A professional who practices, occupational therapy is an occupational therapist. When occupational therapists use the term occupation, they are not talking about a job. Instead, they consider occupation as an activity that … [Read more...]
