San Diego Occupational Therapy

@lwtears is one of our favorite handwriting programs! This curriculum involves a sensory and motor approach to writing and pre-writing skills. Mat Man is a favorite activity at our clinic for teaching how to draw a person and work on pre-writing skills. When we heard about the @lwtears Mat Man costume contest, we had to enter! Which is your favorite Mat Man costume? Harry Potter, pirate, or fisherman? Swipe to see our Mat Man looks! #MatManHalloween2020 #SDOTINC #sandiegooccupationaltherapy #OT #occupationaltherapy #sensory #sensoryintegration #spd #sensoryprocessingdisorder #tricare #militarymoms #play #matman #costumecontest #halloween #lwtears #learningwithouttears #handwritingwithouttears #lwt #hwt

Even through Halloween looks a little different this year, we love hearing the excitement about costume planning from our kids! We’re launching a costume contest this year to add to the fun! Enter for a chance to win a $25 gift card! To enter the contest, post a picture of your child in their costume by 10/30, tag @sandiego_occupationaltherapy, and use the hashtag #SDOTcostumecontest. We can’t wait to see everyone’s costumes! #SDOTINC #sandiegooccupationaltherapy #OT #occupationaltherapy #sensory #sensoryintegration #spd #sensoryprocessingdisorder #tricare #militarymoms #play #halloween #halloweencostume #costumecontest #contest #SDOTcostumecontest

Before after Sometimes our treatment activities involve a lot of setup and cleanup time, but it is always worth it to see our patients achieving new skills while having a blast! #SDOTINC #sandiegooccupationaltherapy #OT #occupationaltherapy #sensory #sensoryintegration #spd #sensoryprocessingdisorder #tricare #militarymoms #play #rockwall #cleanup

Looking for a Halloween-themed activity to do at home? Try ghost bowling! This is a great activity for fine motor AND gross motor skills! Save empty bottles and fill them with cotton balls or tissue paper (bonus points if you use tweezers), then decorate the outside with a spooky face to make ghost bowling pins! Experiment with setting up the pins in different places or adding a balance challenge while you bowl! Adding a weighted ball is a great bonus for calming proprioceptive input! #SDOTINC #sandiegooccupationaltherapy #OT #occupationaltherapy #sensory #sensoryintegration #spd #sensoryprocessingdisorder #tricare #militarymoms #play #halloween #bowling #craft #finemotor #finemotorskills #grossmotor #grossmotorskills #proprioception #sensorybreak

Happy Fine Motor Friday! Here’s a fun, easy Halloween-themed craft to practice bimanual coordination and cutting skills! Help your child to trace their own hand and cut it out to create their own pumpkin! Have them draw on a face or get creative by gluing on odds and ends from around the house! #SDOTINC #sandiegooccupationaltherapy #OT #occupationaltherapy #sensory #sensoryintegration #spd #sensoryprocessingdisorder #tricare #militarymoms #play #craft #finemotor #finemotorskills #coordination #finemotorfriday #scissorskills #halloween #halloweencraft

What’s in a word search? SO many opportunities for skill development! Use word searches at home to work on horizontal and vertical visual scanning and ocular motor skills, figure-ground skills, and more! Have your older child make their own to word search to work on executive functioning, motor planning, spatial awareness, letter sequencing, etc. Make it fun by using chalkboards, whiteboards, sidewalk chalk, etc. to mix up the sensory experience and add some organizing sensor...y input - we love the proprioceptive input and postural/gross motor demands from this rock wall word search one of our kiddos created in our gym! #SDOTINC #sandiegooccupationaltherapy #OT #occupationaltherapy #sensory #sensoryintegration #spd #sensoryprocessingdisorder #tricare #militarymoms #play #wordsearch #spelling #visualmotor #visualperception #ocularmotor #ocularmotorskills

Does your child demonstrate letter or number reversals? Check out our blog post on reversals to learn more about when to be concerned about reversals and how to address them! sandiegooccupationaltherapy.com/blog #SDOTINC #sandiegooccupationaltherapy #OT #occupationaltherapy #sensory #sensoryintegration #spd #sensoryprocessingdisorder #tricare #militarymoms #play #blog #blogpost #reversals #letterreversals #writing #handwriting

Did your know your child should have a dominant hand established by age 5? Check out our latest blog post to find out how you can support your child’s development of a dominant hand! #SDOTINC #sandiegooccupationaltherapy #OT #occupationaltherapy #sensory #sensoryintegration #spd #sensoryprocessingdisorder #tricare #militarymoms #play #blog #blogpost #handdominance #finemotorskills #finemotor #handwriting

When should my child be able to say that? This is a question we get often! Check out our latest blog post about ages of speech sound acquisition, and factors that can influence acquiring speech sounds! sandiegooccupationaltherapy.com/blog #SDOTINC #sandiegooccupationaltherapy #OT #occupationaltherapy #sensory #sensoryintegration #spd #sensoryprocessingdisorder #tricare #militarymoms #play #speech #slp #speechsounds #speechlanguagepathologist #speechlanguagepathology #speechtherapy #speechlanguagetherapy #blog #blogpost

We can’t get enough of these sibling sessions! Working with siblings is a great way to teach co-regulation skills that can be carried over at home! #SDOTINC #sandiegooccupationaltherapy #OT #occupationaltherapy #sensory #sensoryintegration #spd #sensoryprocessingdisorder #tricare #militarymoms #play #siblings

That smile you get when you achieve something new! This superstar celebrated independently climbing up a ladder to ride her favorite zip line! This milestone moment brought big smiles all around! #SDOTINC #sandiegooccupationaltherapy #OT #occupationaltherapy #sensory #sensoryintegration #spd #sensoryprocessingdisorder #tricare #militarymoms #play #milestone #milestonemoment

What do potty training, hunger, and temperature have in common? Check out our latest blog post to learn more about interoception! sandiegooccupationaltherapy.com/blog #SDOTINC #sandiegooccupationaltherapy #OT #occupationaltherapy #sensory #sensoryintegration #spd #sensoryprocessingdisorder #tricare #militarymoms #play #interoception #interoceptivesystem #blog #blogpost