Midlands Occupational Therapy

Treatment

Treatment may take place in the most appropriate place for the child – that could be at school/nursery or at home. Midlands OT encourage parents, carers and school staff to be fully involved to increase everyone’s understanding of the child’s difficulties and so we become partners in achieving goals and long term results that can be seen across the child’s daily life. Treatment should be fun for your child, a variety of equipment is used and generally most children thoroughly enjoy therapy. As well as targeting the specific goals therapy also aims to increase your child’s confidence and self esteem. Treatment is usually preceded by an assessment by a Midlands OT therapist and will have clear goals which have been agreed with parents or schools. Therapy is tailored in terms of frequency depending on your requirements, and can range from blocks of weekly individual sessions, to more sporadic visits to set up programs for parents or school staff to carry out. Therapy is always reviewed regularly, using appropriate outcome measures, to monitor effectiveness. Training can be offered to the staff working with your child to help them understand your child’s needs and work effectively with them.