OT Intervention List
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      - To facilitate learning of concepts - Teaching-Learning Principles 
- To facilitate learning of concepts - Demonstration and Return Demonstration 
- To facilitate learning of concepts - Explanation and Discussion 
- To facilitate learning of concepts - Role Playing 
- To facilitate learning of concepts - Simulation 
- To facilitate learning of concepts - Problem Solving 
- To facilitate learning of concepts - Using Audiovisual aids 
- To facilitate learning of concepts - Repetition and Practice 
 
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      - To feed self safely and appropriately 
- To don and doff clothes safely and appropriately 
- To defecate safely and appropriately 
- To urinate safely and appropriately 
- To take a bath safely and appropriately 
- To wash hands safely and appropriately 
- To brush teeth safely and appropriately 
- To fix hair safely and appropriately 
- To remove hair from body/face safely and appropriately 
- To wash face safely and appropriately 
- To apply deodorant safely and appropriately 
- To cut nails properly and appropriately 
- To apply and remove sanitary napkin/tampon safely and appropriately 
- To care for the skin, eyes, nose and ears safely and appropriately 
- To understand appropriate sexual expression 
 
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      - To care for pets safely and appropriately 
- To clean the house safely and appropriately 
- To care for plants safely and appropriately 
- To fold clothes safely and appropriately 
- To prepare a simple meal safely and appropriately 
 
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      - To better understand own body and different objects (exploratory play) 
- To substitute an object in place of other objects during play (pretend play) 
- To use a material to create a new object for play (constructive play) 
- To participate in games with rules 
 
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      - To increase interest and improve skills in leisure activities - visual arts 
- To increase interest and improve skills in leisure activities - performing arts 
- To increase interest and improve skills in leisure activities - music 
- To increase interest and improve skills in leisure activities - sports 
 
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      - To improve reading skills 
- To improve skills in answering math problems 
- To encourage child's cooperation in the classroom 
 
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      - To develop appropriate handwriting skills according to age - Development of Pre-Writing and Handwriting Skills in Children, and Pencil Grasp Development 
- To write appropriately in relation to equipment, environment and body position (Ergonomic Factors) 
- To write with proper formation of letters - Legibility Components 
- To trace lines, shapes, letters and numbers properly and efficiently 
- To copy lines, shapes, letters and numbers properly and efficiently 
- To write letters and words in cursive properly and efficiently 
- To write dictated words properly and efficiently (dictated writing) 
- To write a sentence or paragraph properly and efficiently (composition) 
 
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      - To encourage proper behavior - using prompts and cues 
- To encourage proper behavior - using reinforcements 
- To encourage proper behavior - using consequences/ punishments 
- To encourage proper behavior - using behavior contracts 
- To encourage proper behavior - using token economy 
- To encourage proper behavior - using time-out 
- To encourage proper behavior - using shaping and chaining 
 
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      - To encourage understanding of thoughts and feelings in a particular situation (emotional awareness) 
- To calm self down when feeling strong emotions 
 
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      - To take turns with another person while doing a task 
- To improve imitation skills 
- To encourage use of appropriate words when interacting with other people 
- To encourage use of appropriate gestures when speaking and interacting with other people 
- To encourage use of appropriate facial expression when speaking and interacting with other people 
- To initiate conversations appropriately 
- To terminate conversation appropriately 
- To respond appropriately to conversation partner 
 
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      - To explore and participate in jobs aligned with interests and skills (job exploration and participation) 
- To express feelings and beliefs appropriately 
- To request for needs to accomplish role appropriately 
- To express one’s strengths and limitations clearly and appropriately 
- To solve encountered problems independently 
- To set goals for the self 
- To use a telephone safely and appropriately 
- To encourage understanding of proper money management 
- To purchase goods/services safely and appropriately 
- To commute safely and appropriately 
- To learn to adjust self to a group appropriately 
- To maintain safety of self, home and community 
 
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      - To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - tactile seeking 
- To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - tactile avoiding 
- To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - tactile hypersensitivity 
- To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - tactile hyposensitivity 
 
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      - To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - proprioceptive seeking 
- To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - proprioceptive avoiding 
- To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - proprioceptive hypersensitivity 
- To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - proprioceptive hyposensitivity 
 
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      - To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - vestibular seeking 
- To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - vestibular avoiding 
- To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - vestibular hypersensitivity 
- To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - vestibular hyposensitivity 
 
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      - To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - visual seeking 
- Sensory integration techniques - Activities for improving oculomotor skills 
- To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - visual hypersensitivity 
- Sensory integration techniques - Activities for improving visual perceptual skills 
 
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      - To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - auditory seeking 
- To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - auditory avoiding 
- To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - auditory hypersensitivity 
- To encourage task participation through sensory regulation - auditory hyposensitivity 
 
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      - To provide enough sensory input on the face, mouth, jaw, teeth, cheeks and tongue - orofacial massage 
- To sip food/fluid properly and safely 
- To blow during eating properly and safely 
- To bite/chew food properly and safely 
- To lick food properly and safely 
- To attempt touching food with different textures properly and safely 
- To attempt touching food with different temperatures properly and safely 
 
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      - To finish an activity without getting distracted (concentration) 
- To delay behaviors done impulsively (impulse control/response inhibition) 
- To follow instructions properly (following instructions) 
- To adjust self to changing situations (flexibility) 
- To devise a plan for goal completion (planning) 
- To create and maintain a system for easy retrieval of information or materials (organization) 
- To manage time while performing tasks properly (time management) 
- To remember information while performing complicated activities (working memory) 
- To attain a goal and persist in its completion (goal-directed persistence) 
- To evaluate one’s own thoughts and feelings about a situation (metacognition) 
- To start a task immediately (task initiation) 
 
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      - To reach, grasp, carry and release different objects 
- To increase grip strength necessary for task performance 
- To improve bilateral coordination of hands necessary for task performance 
 
 
                        