The Occupational Therapy team at Kennedy Krieger Institute provides a comprehensive evaluation of current function and plans a customized treatment program in collaboration with the individual and family.
We also work in consultation with relevant service providers to address specific life skills in areas of:
- Fine motor
- Play
- Oral motor
- Visual perception/visual motor
- Cognition
- Sensory
- Activities of daily living, including eating, dressing, sleeping, hygiene and toileting
Our team focuses on helping clients achieve independence throughout their lives. Goals may include improvements in the following areas:
- Performance of daily tasks such as writing, dressing, brushing teeth, and self-feeding
- Participation for active engagement in play and movement activities
- Body structure and function: strength, endurance, coordination, range, balance
- Independence with wheelchair mobility
- Ability to participate with peers in developmentally appropriate play, school routines, leisure activities including socialization, confidence and self-esteem.
- Caregiver training and education that includes home programs and connections to community resources
Who We Serve
The Occupational Therapy team provides care for clients with disabilities ranging from mild to severe and from infancy to young adulthood. OT is also an integral service within clinics serving adults. OT serves clients with a wide range of diagnoses and disorders including, but not limited to:
- Attention and impulsivity disorders
- Autism spectrum disorders
- Brachial plexus
- Cerebral palsy
- Developmental delays
- Feeding disorders
- Genetic Disorders
- Movement disorders
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- Neurodegenerative disorders
- Neurological disorders
- Rett syndrome
- Sensory processing disorders
- Spina bifida
- Spinal cord injuries
- Traumatic brain injuries