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How Occupational Therapy Can Help With Ag

Behavior In Children
February 23, 2021

Whether your child hits or bites because they’re angry or for other reasons you don’t fully understan
children can be a normal part of your child’s development. Typically, if any child receives constant n
their aggression and learns new skills for improving their behavior, aggression starts subsiding duri

But, aggression could sometimes be a symptom of a larger issue. In some situations, parents might
professional, like a pediatric occupational therapist who will provide the child with occupational ther

Obtaining a Pediatric Occupational Therapist’s Help

You’ll want to set up an appointment with a pediatric occupational therapist if your child’s aggressiv
hard for them to participate in family, school, or other activities. The therapist can evaluate your chi
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emotional problems or a learning disability that could be setting off the aggressive behavior.
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The Therapist’s Role

An occupational therapist can use informal and formal evaluation tools for identifying the motor, se
social-emotional factors that might contribute to the aggressive behavior of the child and help the s
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Once they collect information about your child under observational and standardized evaluations, t
to meet your child’s specific needs. The goal will be to increase functional participation and treat an
behavior. Examples of interventions might include:

Providing S.I. intervention (calming activities)

Role play behavioral consequences
Allowing extra processing time
Providing small group instruction
Encouraging downtime and breaks
Reducing the level of environmental sound/noise

Sensory Integration and Techniques

Lifestyle changes
Schedule Implementation
Social Participation Interventions
Coping techniques

Once intervention begins, the pediatric occupational therapist will typically provide treatment in an
home in an educational format so you can continue these clinical techniques on your own without th

Danielle Shulman

 Home-Based Exercises to Improve Fine Motor Skills

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WriteSteps Pediatric Occupational Therapy
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Danielle Shulman
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MSOT, OTR/L
11172 Corte Pleno Verano
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Does your child have difficulty with one or more of the following?
Handwriting (writing that is too light, too dark, shaky lines, letters that are improperly formed, etc.)
Fine motor skills (including activities such as cutting and coloring).
Weak hand strength or pencil grasp.
Visual perceptual skills (can affect academic activities including reading and writing).
Sensory integration.

We can help!
Danielle provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment in numerous areas, including visual
motor skills, visual perceptual skills, handwriting, self-care, and sensory integration.
Danielle provides one-on-one treatment to ensure an optimal learning environment for a child’s
success.
Danielle tailors her treatment sessions to be directly related to the school and home environment.
Teacher and parent consultation is provided in order to ensure cohesion among therapy, home, and
school environment.
Workshops may be presented to teachers and parents to help provide strategies to improve fine
motor skills and handwriting in the classroom or at home.

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WriteSteps Pediatric Occupational Therapy
Danielle Shulman
MSOT, OTR/L
11172 Corte Pleno Verano
San Diego, CA 92130
858.401.2677

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Directions
WriteSteps is located in the Torrey Hills suburb of Carmel Valley - just north of La Jolla and east
of Del Mar. The office is approximately one mile east of the 5.

From the 5 (North or South), take the Local Bypass / 56. This is just north of where the 5 and
805 merge. Once on the Local Bypass, take the first off ramp - Carmel Mountain Road. Travel up
Carmel Mountain Road and take a Right on Vista Sorrento Parkway. Then, take the first left onto
Ocean Bluff. Take the next left onto West Ocean Air. Take the first Right onto Via Cangrejo and
the first right onto Corte Pleno Verano. There is ample street parking.

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