OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SESSION

Occupational therapy can be of benefit to the children with Scholastic difficulties to improve Academic performance in classroom.

Name of child XYZ attends Occupational therapy evaluation as per school referral for poor academic performance.

Occupational therapists developed therapeutic goals based on deficits areas found during evaluation.

The therapeutic plan was then designed to cater the child's needs.

During the treatment session based on therapeutic goals and objectives,The therapist worked on deficit areas such as core muscle strength, Visuo motor( eye hand coordination) , Handwriting skills,Perceptual and discrimination skills and so on.

Relevant home program was also provided to parents to practice skills taught during session to support generalization/carry over to other context .

At the time of Reevaluation/post evaluation child showed significant progress in scholastic skills.

Furthermore the teacher and parent also acknowledged the change in academic productivity of the child name XYZ.

Indeed Occupational therapy can play an important role in helping students like XYZ to improve scholastic performance.

EVALUATION(ASSESSMENT)

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THERAPY

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POST EVALUATION

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