OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Our occupational therapy unit specializes in assisting individuals facing a range of challenges including developmental, physical, cognitive, mental, visual, and sensory processing difficulties.
Our OTs are dedicated to empowering people of all ages, helping them acquire new skills or regain lost ones, and fostering independence and functionality in:
- Gross and fine motor skills
- Hand-eye coordination
- Social skills and behaviour
- Assistive device training and retraining
- Sensory processing and integration
- Play and leisure skills
- Pain management
- Executive function skills
- Balance and coordination
- Physical rehab
- Home management
- Self-care skills
- Emotional regulation
- and any other situation as a client’s condition may require.
Our goal is to help individuals overcome obstacles that impact their emotional and social well-being, cognitive development, and physical health, enhancing their ability to perform daily activities like self-feeding, bathing, dressing, and handling toys, social interaction, work and leisure, problem-solving and decision making, managing emotions, stress, and adaptive equipment use.
Through our comprehensive OT services, we aim to guide each person towards greater self-confidence, independence, and overall successful functioning.
Services we Provide
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Speech & Language TherapyOur speech therapy services encompass language development, articulation, fluency, social interaction, and communication. -
Occupational TherapyThrough our comprehensive OT services, we aim to guide each person towards greater self-confidence, independence, and overall successful functioning. -
Applied Behaviour AnalysisWe work tirelessly with our concerned parents and teachers to reshape and develop acceptable behaviour in children. -
Non-Profit ActivitiesFirstword is dedicated to supporting neuro-diverse children in our community, regardless of their economic background. -
Trainingwe provide continuous training and support to families, caregivers, teachers, and all individuals involved in the lives of those with special needs -
AdvocacyWe champion inclusive education by advocating for neuro-diverse children’s integration into mainstream schools.