Innova OT Occupational Therapy

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These executive functioning skills can be quite tricky to master
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Did you know that OTs can assist the development and support of executive functioning skills for primary and high schoolers.

Lets take a closer look at WHAT Executive Functioning and Higher Cognitive Skills mean -

Executive Functioning Skills guide everything we do. From making decisions, to staying on track with an activity, to planning and prioritizing a task.

Executive dysfunction can interfere with independence and the ability to perform activities.

The cognitive skills are an interconnected web of processing that allows for self-regulation, planning, organization, and memory.

💫 EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING SKILLS:

Emotional Control
Task Initiation
Task Completion
Working Memory
Planning
Prioritizing
Processing Speed
Organization
Attention
Self-Monitoring
Impulse Control
Cognitive Flexibility
Foresight
Hindsight
Self-Talk
Problem Solving
Persistence
Shift

Executive functions are heavily dependent on attention.

OTs use specific activities designed to assist children and adolescents in building executive functioning skills so that they are able to work independently and efficiently in daily tasks.

Stay tuned for ideas, activities and parent support for executive functioning at school and home 🤩

Innova OT
Passionate about Paediatric OT!
+27107860530
+27743230049
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Alternative postures for Fine Motor Skills 🤩

Looking for some creative ideas on HOW to play fine motor games that also support postural muscle development? Swipe left 🤩

One of the biggest building blocks is postural endurance - just being able to maintain a good sitting posture with out being overly restless, wriggly or fidgety 😬

If a child can’t maintain a sitting posture, it’s going to naturally be quite difficult to then manage fine motor tools like scissors or pencils for drawing or writing.

You can encourage these alternative postures to build postural strength to help develop fine motor skills.

Why do we play fine motor games in DIFFERENT positions? 😁

We are working on postural stability, making it more challenging in some ways, supporting the development of postural muscles in other ways ✨

Innova OT
Passionate about Paediatric OT!
+27107860530
+27743230049
[email protected]