Motor Skills and Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy may be needed for girls with Turner Syndrome. Occupational therapists are trained to assist people of all ages perform the functional tasks that normally occupy their lives. The “occupations” of childhood are play, activities of daily living (feeding, toileting, dressing, grooming, mobility), learning and school performance; and learning skills that are essential to becoming functional and independent adults. Occupational therapy can address motor skills and coordination through gross motor activities, sensory activities and play to increase balance, coordination, motor planning, strengthening and endurance.