Activities or daily occupations bring meaning, identity, health and wellbeing to us. If someone is having trouble successfully participating in activities he or she needs or wants to do, this can cause damage to their developmental, mental and/or physical health.

There can be many reasons for the struggle to engage successfully in these activities. Reasons can range from personal struggles such as a disability, to environmental barriers. All clients of Radiant Family Therapies receive a comprehensive evaluation and an individualized therapy plan created with the client and family. Progress is measured by how well the client improves in successful participation in activities.

Radiant Family Therapies provides occupational therapy to all ages but focuses more on children and utilizes a family centered approach to enhance the quality of life for everyone involved.

Why might a child need occupational therapy?

Any type of developmental delay can be addressed by occupational therapy (OT). Examples involve:

• Daily living skills like eating, dressing, toothbrushing
• Fine motor delays
• Handwriting challenges
• Social and behavioral concerns
• Cognitive struggles such as problem solving, attention and memory
• Sensory integration challenges
• Feeding difficulty due to oral motor and sensory processing issues
• Visual motor and visual perceptual struggles which can impact eye hand coordination and even reading

Why might an adult need occupational therapy?

Any adult not reaching his or her fullest potential to fulfill role expectations in the family, community, workplace and other types of community settings. So basically, everyone can use so some occupational therapy. Health-care insurance will cover intervention when there is a medical diagnosis and especially if that diagnosis is combined with a loss of function.

Disabilities, injuries, trauma and PTSD are common examples of issues commonly seen by occupational therapists. Adults can also have treatable sensory integration challenges, and this happens frequently when individuals have trauma and war histories.