OT assessments

A calm starting point for understanding what may help.

Assessments can help when routines feel difficult, a family wants clarity, or a team needs practical next steps. We begin with your questions, your child’s strengths, and the activities that matter.

Start with a conversation

When a clearer picture would help

An assessment may help when daily life feels harder than expected, patterns are difficult to understand, or the adults around a child need a clearer next step.

Questions that keep coming up

You notice patterns or concerns but are not sure what they mean or what may help.

Routines that feel difficult

Dressing, meals, sleep, transitions, play, school, or other daily activities are becoming harder.

A shared understanding would help

Parents, educators, or other professionals need a clearer picture of how to support the child consistently.

What an assessment may involve

We begin with your questions, your child’s strengths, and meaningful activities. We look at participation and what may make daily life more manageable.

An assessment is not a pass-or-fail test.

Talk through what you notice

We discuss your questions, what you have tried, and what you want to understand.

Look at meaningful activities

Depending on your questions, we may explore play, routines, movement, self-care, school participation, or other parts of daily life.

Identify useful next steps

We bring the information together and discuss practical options for your child and family.

Assessment is not always the first step.

Existing reports may already provide useful information, so you do not need to repeat the whole story. Start with what you have, and we can talk through whether assessment, therapy, consultation, or another option would be most useful.

Looking at the whole picture

An assessment looks beyond one skill or concern. Depending on your questions, we may consider:

Regulation and sensory experiences
Movement, coordination, and hand skills
Daily routines and independence
Feeding and mealtime participation
Play and social participation
School participation
Family routines and environments

What happens after you reach out

We listen, talk through the options, and help you identify a useful next step.

Tell us what is happening

Reach out and share what feels difficult, what you have tried, and what you want to understand.

STEP 1

Talk through the options

Together, we consider whether assessment, OT therapy, consultation, or another starting point would be most useful.

STEP 2

Choose a useful next step

If assessment is useful, we explain what information may help and what to expect. If another starting point fits better, we will talk that through with you.

STEP 3

She approaches each student as an individual, notes their strengths and needs, provides detailed assessments, and assists with programming.

School team member

Related support

These areas often overlap, and support can be shaped around more than one part of everyday life.

OT therapy and treatment Individual OT support for participation, regulation, daily activities, and routines.

Consultation, coaching and family support Support for parents, caregivers, educators, and teams involved in a child’s daily life.

Start with what is happening now.

Describe the routine, activity, or question that brought you here. You do not need to know the clinical term. We can talk through a useful next step together.