Elementary School (ages 6-10)
The following is a list of possible concerns that may warrant your elementary school-aged child being screened or evaluated by an occupational therapist:
- Difficulty with ball skills
- Appears awkward in movements
- Tendency to confuse left and right
- Poor desk posture
- Difficulty drawing, coloring, copying, cutting
- Poor pencil grasp
- Lacks a well-established hand dominance after age 6
- Avoids crowded situations
- Has trouble keeping hands to self
- Wears inappropriate clothing for the season
- Fearful of movement or excessive craving for movement
- Likes to make loud noises or appears overly sensitive to sounds
- Difficulty tracking an object with eyes
- Loses place when reading
- Letter or word reversals
- Poor spacing between words
- Forgets formations of letters
- Becomes easily frustrated
- Distractible
- Difficulty organizing work
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