Occupational Therapy: Help for Childhood Emotional Distress

Does your toddler cry easily or have frequent tantrums? You may wonder if some of the emotional stress you observe in your young child is related to an underlying developmental or sensory disorder.

Occupational Therapy: Help for Childhood Emotional Distress? The goal of pediatric occupational therapy is to help a child develop the skills he or she needs to understand and accomplish age-appropriate activities. Certainly, if a child is overwhelmed or feels inadequate in the face of day to day expectations this can contribute to emotional distress. So it is important to determine if there are underlying sensory or developmental differences.