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Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapists at CHKD help children of all ages overcome and adapt to the challenges of developmental delay, disease, or accident.

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MyCHKD Patient Portal

MyCHKD offers secure, online access to your child's health information as well as tools to help you communicate more efficiently with your CHKD provider's office. If you haven't done so already, please register for a MyCHKD account in person at your provider's office.

Encouraging Independence, Building Fine Motor Skills and Coordination

Our specially-trained occupational therapists help children of all ages overcome and adapt to the challenges of developmental delay, disease, or accident. 

Our occupational therapists are licensed/certified by the Virginia State Board of Medicine.

Helping patients achieve optimal function in one or more of the following areas:

  • Fine motor skills and coordination development
  • Activities of daily living, such as feeding, swallowing or dressing
  • Bathing/hygiene and use of equipment to increase independence and enhance performance
  • Upper extremity and trunk range-of-motion activities
  • Visual perceptual/visual motor skills
  • Sensory integration
  • Burn care, including scar management and pressure garments
  • Family and patient instruction and education
  • Coordination of care, including discharge needs

For the convenience of patients and their families, CHKD offers assessment and therapy services at several locations throughout the region.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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How do I schedule an appointment? How do I know what's covered by my insurance plan? Do I have to use the same office for all of my appointments? Answers to these and other frequently asked questions about physical, occupational, and speech therapies at CHKD.