OT Intervention List

    1. To facilitate learning of concepts - Teaching-Learning Principles

    2. To facilitate learning of concepts - Demonstration and Return Demonstration

    3. To facilitate learning of concepts - Explanation and Discussion

    4. To facilitate learning of concepts - Role Playing

    5. To facilitate learning of concepts - Simulation

    6. To facilitate learning of concepts - Problem Solving

    7. To facilitate learning of concepts - Using Audiovisual aids

    8. To facilitate learning of concepts - Repetition and Practice

    1. To feed self safely and appropriately

    2. To don and doff clothes safely and appropriately

    3. To defecate safely and appropriately

    4. To urinate safely and appropriately

    5. To take a bath safely and appropriately

    6. To wash hands safely and appropriately

    7. To brush teeth safely and appropriately

    8. To fix hair safely and appropriately

    9. To remove hair from body/face safely and appropriately

    10. To wash face safely and appropriately

    11. To apply deodorant safely and appropriately

    12. To cut nails properly and appropriately

    13. To apply and remove sanitary napkin/tampon safely and appropriately

    14. To care for the skin, eyes, nose and ears safely and appropriately

    15. To understand appropriate sexual expression

    1. To care for pets safely and appropriately

    2. To clean the house safely and appropriately

    3. To care for plants safely and appropriately

    4. To fold clothes safely and appropriately

    5. To prepare a simple meal safely and appropriately

    1. To better understand own body and different objects (exploratory play)

    2. To substitute an object in place of other objects during play (pretend play)

    3. To use a material to create a new object for play (constructive play)

    4. To participate in games with rules

    1. To increase interest and improve skills in leisure activities - visual arts

    2. To increase interest and improve skills in leisure activities - performing arts

    3. To increase interest and improve skills in leisure activities - music

    4. To increase interest and improve skills in leisure activities - sports

    1. To improve reading skills

    2. To improve skills in answering math problems

    3. To encourage child's cooperation in the classroom

    1. To develop appropriate handwriting skills according to age - Development of Pre-Writing and Handwriting Skills in Children, and Pencil Grasp Development

    2. To write appropriately in relation to equipment, environment and body position (Ergonomic Factors)

    3. To write with proper formation of letters - Legibility Components

    4. To trace lines, shapes, letters and numbers properly and efficiently

    5. To copy lines, shapes, letters and numbers properly and efficiently

    6. To write letters and words in cursive properly and efficiently

    7. To write dictated words properly and efficiently (dictated writing)

    8. To write a sentence or paragraph properly and efficiently (composition)

    1. To encourage proper behavior - using prompts and cues

    2. To encourage proper behavior - using reinforcements

    3. To encourage proper behavior - using consequences/ punishments

    4. To encourage proper behavior - using behavior contracts

    5. To encourage proper behavior - using token economy

    6. To encourage proper behavior - using time-out

    7. To encourage proper behavior - using shaping and chaining

    1. To encourage understanding of thoughts and feelings in a particular situation (emotional awareness)

    2. To calm self down when feeling strong emotions

    1. To take turns with another person while doing a task

    2. To improve imitation skills

    3. To encourage use of appropriate words when interacting with other people

    4. To encourage use of appropriate gestures when speaking and interacting with other people

    5. To encourage use of appropriate facial expression when speaking and interacting with other people

    6. To initiate conversations appropriately

    7. To terminate conversation appropriately

    8. To respond appropriately to conversation partner

    1. To explore and participate in jobs aligned with interests and skills (job exploration and participation)

    2. To express feelings and beliefs appropriately

    3. To request for needs to accomplish role appropriately

    4. To express one’s strengths and limitations clearly and appropriately

    5. To solve encountered problems independently

    6. To set goals for the self

    7. To use a telephone safely and appropriately

    8. To encourage understanding of proper money management

    9. To purchase goods/services safely and appropriately

    10. To commute safely and appropriately

    11. To learn to adjust self to a group appropriately

    12. To maintain safety of self, home and community

    1. To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - tactile seeking

    2. To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - tactile avoiding

    3. To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - tactile hypersensitivity

    4. To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - tactile hyposensitivity

    1. To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - proprioceptive seeking

    2. To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - proprioceptive avoiding

    3. To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - proprioceptive hypersensitivity

    4. To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - proprioceptive hyposensitivity

    1. To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - vestibular seeking

    2. To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - vestibular avoiding

    3. To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - vestibular hypersensitivity

    4. To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - vestibular hyposensitivity

    1. To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - visual seeking

    2. Sensory integration techniques - Activities for improving oculomotor skills

    3. To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - visual hypersensitivity

    4. Sensory integration techniques - Activities for improving visual perceptual skills

    1. To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - auditory seeking

    2. To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - auditory avoiding

    3. To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - auditory hypersensitivity

    4. To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - auditory hyposensitivity

    1. To provide enough sensory input on the face, mouth, jaw, teeth, cheeks and tongue - orofacial massage

    2. To sip food/fluid properly and safely

    3. To blow during eating properly and safely

    4. To bite/chew food properly and safely

    5. To lick food properly and safely

    6. To attempt touching food with different textures properly and safely

    7. To attempt touching food with different temperatures properly and safely

    1. To finish an activity without getting distracted (concentration)

    2. To delay behaviors done impulsively (impulse control/response inhibition)

    3. To follow instructions properly (following instructions)

    4. To adjust self to changing situations (flexibility)

    5. To devise a plan for goal completion (planning)

    6. To create and maintain a system for easy retrieval of information or materials (organization)

    7. To manage time while performing tasks properly (time management)

    8. To remember information while performing complicated activities (working memory)

    9. To attain a goal and persist in its completion (goal-directed persistence)

    10. To evaluate one’s own thoughts and feelings about a situation (metacognition)

    11. To start a task immediately (task initiation)

    1. To reach, grasp, carry and release different objects

    2. To increase grip strength necessary for task performance

    3. To improve bilateral coordination of hands necessary for task performance