Occupational Therapy and Literacy

ABSTRACT

Occupational therapists have a long standing history of working side by side teachers to enhance the writing skills of children. More recently, therapists are now promoting literacy and sharing their expertise with fellow professionals. This review will highlight research and resources occupational therapists can utilize to facilitate the literacy skills of the children they work with on a daily basis.

KEYWORDS:

• Literacy
• occupational therapy and literacy
• children
• reading
• writing
• learning disabilities
• cerebral palsy
• autism
• attention deficit disorder
• developmental delay
• dyslexia
• emotional behavioral disorders
• sleep
• anxiety
• Down syndrome