Children's Occupational Therapy

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<p>The Occupational Therapy service will provide children and young people with family centred services up until their 25th birthday that recognise and build upon strengths and focus upon improving outcomes. The Occupational Therapy service will assess needs and contribute to providing effective interventions for children and young people that will enable them to reach their full potential. The service will be provided to children and young people with the following needs: &bull; Cognition and learning; ? Being productive, e.g. participating in nursery, school and post 16 educational institutions &bull; Social, emotional, and mental health; ? Playing and socialising, including with friends, belonging to a group, participating in social activities within an educational environment &bull; Sensory and/or physical needs. ? Self-care routines, e.g., getting dressed, eating a meal, washing and toileting. &bull; Sensory processing needs &bull; Sensory Integration (SI) needs Community children&rsquo;s therapy services will implement an effective integrated working model which maximises the contribution of therapists within universal, targeted and specialist service areas. &bull; Services for all (universal changes and supports within a setting) &bull; Targeted services (for those groups of children/young people (CYP) identified at risk) &bull; Specialist services for individuals</p> Keywords: Children Occupational Therapy, effective interventions for children