What is Occupational Therapy

Children’s Occupational Therapy support children and young people who are struggling to complete daily occupations (activities). Occupations are activities that children want to do, need to do or are expected to do in order to promote independence and improve quality of life.

The service supports children and young people in the community from 0-16 years old (or up to 19 years if attending a special school) in the Dudley borough. We see children with physical difficulties ranging from problems with motor coordination through to complex neurological or neuromuscular conditions, including cerebral palsy, and children presenting with complex health care needs.

We do this through looking at the child (their skills and needs), the occupation (activity) they want or need to do and the environment that they need to do the occupations within. The picture below shows how all these things work together.

You can read more about Children's Occupational Therapy here: RCOT Occupational Therapy Leaflet