{"id":2851,"date":"2024-12-26T13:34:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T11:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alfavitari-papakosta.gr\/?page_id=2851"},"modified":"2026-05-19T10:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T07:00:18","slug":"occupational-therapy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alfavitari-papakosta.gr\/en\/yphresies\/occupational-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupational therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Alphabetari Papakosta Niki<\/div>\n<h1>Occupational therapy<\/h1>\n<div>According to the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT), Occupational Therapy is the science that, through the use of therapeutically directed activities, aims to develop or restore the individual&#8217;s skills so that they can function effectively on a personal and social level.<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alfavitari_papakosta_services_ergotherapeia_06.webp\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>Occupational therapy<\/div>\n<h4>Indicative Difficulties<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Difficulty eating, dressing, or taking care of personal space<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Hypotonic muscle tone, feeling of weakness<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Fatigue during schoolwork<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Clumsiness, often stumbling or falling<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Doesn&#8217;t play with toys of his age or destroys them<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Sensitivity to clothing, bathing, nail clipping<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Difficulty drawing, using markers or scissors<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Hyperactivity, difficulty maintaining position<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Easily distracted or overly focused on an activity<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Reversal of letters\/numbers, illegible writing<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Difficulty participating in team games or sports<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Occupational Therapy Intervention<\/div>\n<h4>Assessment Areas<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Sensory integration<\/div>\n<div>Reception, regulation and discrimination of sensory stimuli (tactile, proprioceptive, vestibular)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Coarse Coordination<\/div>\n<div>Motor activities using large muscles: walking, jumping, balance, bilateral use<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Fine movement<\/div>\n<div>Hand and finger coordination for handling tools (pencils, scissors, etc.)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Self-service<\/div>\n<div>Developing autonomy in daily skills: dressing, feeding, organizing a school bag<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Cognitive domain<\/div>\n<div>Attentional focus, impulsivity, working memory, organization &amp; completion of activities<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Construction sector<\/div>\n<div>Ability to copy on a plane and paper, tracing<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Graphomotor domain<\/div>\n<div>Tracing, frame filling, prewriting, preparation for writing<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Practical mechanism<\/div>\n<div>Ideation (&#8220;what is it&#8221;), planning (&#8220;what to do&#8221;), planning and execution of an activity<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/alfavitari-papakosta.gr\/yphresies\/psuchiatriki-upostiriksi\/#faq\">FAQ<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/alfavitari-papakosta.gr\/en\/epikoinonia\/\">Contact us<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alfavitari_papakosta_services_ergotherapeia_09.webp\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>Signs that a child needs<\/div>\n<h4>Occupational therapy<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alfavitari_papakosta_services_ergotherapeia_12.webp\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>Occupational therapy<\/div>\n<h4>What does the intervention involve?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Sensory integration equipment<\/div>\n<div>swings, lycra, trampoline, balls, climbing wall<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Weighted assessment tests<\/div>\n<div>DTVP-2, DTVP-3, TVPS-R\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Fine mobility equipment<\/div>\n<div>beads, buttons, scissors, writing instruments<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Educational games<\/div>\n<div>eye-hand coordination, copying, handwriting exercises<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Interventions for<\/div>\n<div>attention, mobility, memory and organization<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Occupational therapy<\/div>\n<h4>Gallery<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alfavitari_papakosta_services_ergotherapeia_01.webp\" alt=\"\u0391\u03bb\u03c6\u03b1\u03b2\u03b7\u03c4\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9 \u03a0\u03b1\u03c0\u03b1\u03ba\u03ce\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1 N. - \u0395\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03b8\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03c0\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alfavitari_papakosta_services_ergotherapeia_02.webp\" alt=\"\u0391\u03bb\u03c6\u03b1\u03b2\u03b7\u03c4\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9 \u03a0\u03b1\u03c0\u03b1\u03ba\u03ce\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1 N. - \u0395\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03b8\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03c0\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alfavitari_papakosta_services_ergotherapeia_03.webp\" alt=\"\u0391\u03bb\u03c6\u03b1\u03b2\u03b7\u03c4\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9 \u03a0\u03b1\u03c0\u03b1\u03ba\u03ce\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1 N. - \u0395\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03b8\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03c0\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alfavitari_papakosta_services_ergotherapeia_05.webp\" alt=\"\u0391\u03bb\u03c6\u03b1\u03b2\u03b7\u03c4\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9 \u03a0\u03b1\u03c0\u03b1\u03ba\u03ce\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1 N. - \u0395\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03b8\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03c0\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alfavitari_papakosta_services_ergotherapeia_07.webp\" alt=\"\u0391\u03bb\u03c6\u03b1\u03b2\u03b7\u03c4\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9 \u03a0\u03b1\u03c0\u03b1\u03ba\u03ce\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1 N. - \u0395\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03b8\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03c0\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alfavitari_papakosta_services_ergotherapeia_08.webp\" alt=\"\u0391\u03bb\u03c6\u03b1\u03b2\u03b7\u03c4\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9 \u03a0\u03b1\u03c0\u03b1\u03ba\u03ce\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1 N. - \u0395\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03b8\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03c0\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alfavitari_papakosta_services_ergotherapeia_10.webp\" alt=\"\u0391\u03bb\u03c6\u03b1\u03b2\u03b7\u03c4\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9 \u03a0\u03b1\u03c0\u03b1\u03ba\u03ce\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1 N. - \u0395\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03b8\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03c0\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alfavitari_papakosta_services_ergotherapeia_11.webp\" alt=\"\u0391\u03bb\u03c6\u03b1\u03b2\u03b7\u03c4\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9 \u03a0\u03b1\u03c0\u03b1\u03ba\u03ce\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1 N. - \u0395\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03b8\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03c0\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alfavitari_papakosta_services_ergotherapeia_13.webp\" alt=\"\u0391\u03bb\u03c6\u03b1\u03b2\u03b7\u03c4\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9 \u03a0\u03b1\u03c0\u03b1\u03ba\u03ce\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1 N. - \u0395\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03b8\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03c0\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Programs\/djpreschool_programs_08.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>    &#8220;Occupational therapy teaches people how to live better, not despite their difficulties, but with them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<footer>\n<p>                <cite>Mary Reilly<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<!-- 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