Occupational Therapy

The Occupational Therapist’s role is to help patients in making the activities that occupy their day as independent, productive and energy efficient as possible. These skills and abilities for youth and adult patients may include developing skills needed for handwriting and typing, as well as activities of daily living including bathing, dressing, grooming, eating, toileting, meal preparation, home management, community living skills and leisure skills.

In order to achieve maximum independence in these areas, the therapist may address skills of motor coordination, organization, reasoning, problem-solving and visual perception. The therapist may also use adaptive equipment, compensatory strategies or adapt the environment in which the patient lives, works and plays. Our cutting-edge Simulated Therapy Apartment with “universal design” creates a simulated home environment where our patients can practice these everyday skills in a realistic environment. Focus areas include:

Visual/Perceptual Skills
Functional Writing Skills
Age Appropriate Play Skills
Therapeutic Listening
Sensory Integration/Sensory Processing
Self-Care Skills
Motor Coordination/Motor Planning
Oral-Motor Skills and Self-Feeding Skills
Neuro-Developmental Treatments
Handwriting Without Tears
High and Low Tech Equipment Assessment

Occupational therapy treatment is available for, but not limited to, the following diagnoses:

Brachial plexus injury
Cerebral palsy
Hemiplegia
Autism spectrum disorders
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Sensory integration dysfunction
Down syndrome or other congenital syndromes
Brain injuries and strokes
Developmental delay

Meet our Occupational Therapists:

Sarah Grassucci, MS,OTR/L

Sara Hudson, OTD, OTR/L

Call 937.853.5431 for more information about Therapy Services at URS.