What is Occupational Therapy?
Occupational therapy (OT) focuses on helping children engage in the daily activities—or “occupations”—that are essential to growth, learning and independence. Through individualized evaluation and treatment, occupational therapists work with children and families to build functional skills, support development and promote overall health and well-being.
Our services are delivered by licensed occupational therapists with extensive pediatric experience and specialized training, all within a supportive, family-centered environment. Care is provided on both an outpatient and inpatient basis as part of an interdisciplinary medical and rehabilitation team.
Why Choose GCH Buffalo for OT?
Families choose GCH Buffalo for occupational therapy because our experienced pediatric occupational therapists are licensed in New York State and certified through the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). We provide comprehensive evaluations and individualized treatment plans, integrated into a collaborative, interdisciplinary team. Our family-centered approach ensures that children receive therapy designed to improve functional outcomes and promote independence in daily life.
The Care We Provide
Occupational Therapy Evaluations
Comprehensive evaluations that assess fine motor and visual-perceptual skills, sensory processing and sensory-motor development, activities of daily living such as self-care and independence, feeding-related functional abilities and overall developmental performance across environments.
Individualized Therapy Services
Skill-building to support independence at home, at school and in the community, with strategies for sensory integration and regulation, fine motor development and hand-skill training, visual-perceptual skill development and functional mealtime support.
Specialized Therapy Services
Specialized interventions including developmental support from birth through adulthood, training in activities of daily living (ADLs), sensory-motor and sensory processing interventions, feeding skills and management, splinting and casting, aquatic therapy and scar management.
Meet Your Child’s Care Team
The Occupational Therapy Program is supported by a team of pediatric occupational therapists with specialized training and certifications. Therapists collaborate closely with physicians, families and other rehabilitation specialists to ensure each child’s therapy is goal-focused and coordinated with their overall care plan.
Where Your Child Can Receive Care
Occupational therapy services are available on both an outpatient and inpatient basis through the Robert Warner, MD Rehabilitation Center at the Golisano Children’s Buffalo Outpatient Center (Conventus), 1001 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203.
Frequently Asked Questions
Pediatric occupational therapy helps children develop the skills needed to participate in daily activities, including self-care, school tasks, play and activities in their home and community environments.
Children with developmental delays, sensory processing challenges, fine motor difficulties, feeding challenges, injuries or medical conditions that affect their ability to perform everyday tasks may benefit from occupational therapy.
A referral may be required depending on your child’s insurance and care needs. Your pediatrician or healthcare provider can help determine the appropriate next steps.
Occupational therapists work closely with families, physicians, educators and other therapy providers to ensure care is coordinated, individualized and goal-oriented.
Helping children build skills for everyday life
Our occupational therapy team supports independence, functional skill development and improved quality of life for children. Find a provider or location to take the next step.