Skills For The Job Of Living
Social Buddies
Looking for a fun and interactive program for your child to work on “fitting in”? S.E.E.K. Arizona’s Social Buddies was created to help children with developmental disabilities target and address these social “pragmatic” concerns.
Participants learn social skills and sharpen fine motor, motor planning, sensory integration, and self-help skills. This multi-sensory skill building group is co-led by an OT and a Speech Therapist, and targets children between the ages of 5-10.
Animal Assisted Therapy
Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) at S.E.E.K. Arizona engages learners in a most unique way: using animals to help achieve individual goals. Therapy dogs provide a highly motivating treatment approach as they meet a client’s emotional and sensory needs.
Therapy dogs enhance the therapeutic benefits of OT as they provide real motivation to clients of all ages and levels. Our specially trained canine “helpers” are used to encourage physical activity and interaction, and toaddress fine motor, gross motor,cognitive, psychosocial, sensory and vocational goals.
Social Paws/Paw Pursuits
S.E.E.K. Arizona uses AAT in group therapy as well. Participants in our Social Paws program learn social skills as they interact with therapy dogs and peers. This group is for participants ages 12 and younger.
The Paw Pursuits program encourages teenagers and young adults to learn vocational skills in a group setting.
Participants learn skills relating to canine care and basic grooming, and address OT goals while learning marketable target skills. After participating in the Paw Pursuits program, learners actually can demonstrate practical skills that can be used to care for dogs!
Skills For The Job Of Living
Occupational Therapy (OT) provides skilled treatment that helps an individual achieve progress toward physical and social goals.
The primary focus of OT is to assist people in developing the “skills for the job of living” necessary to lead independent and satisfying lives. For younger clients, these activities include eating, playing, and interacting appropriately with family members and friends.
Teenage and young adult clients learn vocational and pre-vocational skills, as well as access to community and financial management. Additional target skills include: fine, gross, and visual motor; self-help; sensory; and psychosocial.
In addition, S.E.E.K. Arizona provides specialized individual and group OT opportunities:
Programs Include: Social Buddies, Animal Assisted Therapy and Social Paws/Paw Pursuits See Program Details on Back.
Individual or Group Occupational Therapy Services
Individual or group OT services are delivered in various locations, depending on need: in-home, at S.E.E.K. Arizona’s main clinic or Therapy House, or in schools.
Parents, case managers, principals, or support coordinators wishing to obtain information about our OT services can do so by contacting the S.E.E.K. Arizona office.
DDD, health insurance, and private pay options are available for all OT programs.
