Occupational Therapists are specialists with a minimum of a master’s degree, a state license, and experience in assessing and developing the skills children need to grow into functional, independent adults. These skills include:
 

• Cognitive skills - remembering letters, shapes, and sequences

• Fine motor skills - finger dexterity, wrist and forearm control, and hand strength

• Gross motor skills - balance and body coordination

• Self-care tasks - dressing, bathing, and self-feeding

• Social skills - taking turns, listening and following direction

• Executive Function Skills - planning and organization, working memory, initiation, task monitoring, self-monitoring, inhibition, emotional control, and shifting/cognitive flexibility