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Pediatric Occupational Therapy
Our Pediatric Occupational Therapy services support and promote independence with activities of daily living; integration of sensory systems; self-regulation skills; upper body strength and function; feeding skills; handwriting skills; motor planning and praxis; body awareness; bilateral coordination skills and balance; visual motor and visual perceptual skills.
The Pediatric Occupational Therapist provides intervention to infants, toddlers, children and adolescents with disorders affecting motor and behavioral skills. Our team is highly skilled and state licensed.
Our expertise includes:
Fine and gross motor skills development
- Upper body and fine motor strengthening – pencil grasp, scissor use and more
- Neurodevelopmental Facilitation Techniques
- Bilateral coordination skills and balance
- Activities of daily living training
Visual Motor Integration/Visual Perceptual Skills
- Handwriting training (Handwriting Without Tears Program)
- Ocular motor skills for visual tracking with reading and writing skills
Sensory Integration Therapy
A child who shows difficulties with the foundations of their senses – whether it be delays in coordination or verbal communication – may show problems in learning, behavior and with self-esteem. Skilled occupational therapy can help your child obtain the skills they need to function. A child’s sensory strengths and challenges will be identified. An individualized treatment plan is created for each child. Since treatment is play-based, it may look like your child is simply playing. However, the process is complex and interactive, with the therapist identifying specific sensory needs. The therapist is constantly adapting activities, presenting new challenges for the child and integrating these activities with the child’s interests. The child is then set up for improvements with self-regulation, postural control, praxis and sequencing, eye/hand coordination, fine motor skill development, social and emotional development and academic learning. If you have questions about any activities, please ask.
Healthcare Professionals
Greg Sinner of Hastings
For Hastings resident Greg Sinner, life changed on February 1, 2023, when he was told he had cancer.
“One minute, life is routine and running fast; then the doctor sits you down and tells you that you have cancer, and everything changes.”
Right away, Sinner was put in touch with the Morrison Cancer Center and Dr. M. Sitki Copur, where he had an appointment a few days later. Dr. Copur created an aggressive plan of radiation and chemotherapy to shrink Sinner’s tumor. The goal was…
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Doug Kristensen of Kearney
Doug Kristensen, University of Nebraska at Kearney Chancellor, recently shared about his experience as a patient at the MLH Wound Center:
When Doug Kristensen was told hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy could help him, he was worried.
The Minden resident did not relish the thought of driving to Lincoln or Omaha every day to get the treatment for his bladder, which was damaged from radiation therapy at an independent facility. But he was encouraged when he found out the treatment was available…
Cheryl Moeller of Grand Island
When Grand Island resident Cheryl Moeller discovered she had lung cancer a year ago, she had her family and friends on her side. In addition, she said, she knew exactly where she wanted to go for help: Dr. M. Sitki Copur and the Morrison Cancer Center.
Cheryl said all employees at the Morrison Cancer Center in Grand Island and on the Mary Lanning Healthcare Oncology Unit were “fabulous.”
“They were right there with me the whole time,” she said. “The whole staff saw me at the good…
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