Occupational Therapy
​Occupational therapists help individuals accomplish everyday activities, or “occupations”, that are meaningful and essential. The primary occupations of childhood are play, learning, and self-care. Through play-based activities, OTs provide opportunities for children to improve their fine motor, gross-motor, social skills, visual-motor, self-care, self-regulation, and interoception. Occupational therapy services help children learn how to navigate and participate in their home, school, and community environments.
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Examples of some of the skills we work on are:
- Self Care Skills
- Feeding & Eating
- Oral Motor Skills
- Fine Motor Skills (including handwriting)
- Gross Motor Skills
- Social Skills
- Sensory Processing / Sensory Integration
- Self Regulation
- Executive Functioning
- Bilateral Integration
- Motor Planning
- Interoception
- Postural Control
- Visual Motor Integration
- Visual Perception
- Vocational Skills
- Individual, group, and consultation services are available
Jamie L. Harmon, MOTR/L, NTP, is a licensed Occupational Therapist and Nutritional Therapy Practitioner. She received her Master’s in occupational therapy from the University of Southern Maine in 2009 and earned her Nutritional Therapy certification in 2021. In addition to recently joining Play Warriors, Jamie is a full-time clinical faculty member at the University of New England in the Master of Occupational Therapy Program. Before joining UNE, Jamie was an occupational therapist and milieu coordinator for 12 years at Spring Harbor Hospital for the Developmental Disorders Program. Jamie joins Play Warriors with extensive experience providing occupational and nutritional therapy for children, youth, and teens with a variety of conditions including; autism, anxiety, ARFID, depression, down syndrome, sensory processing disorder, food selectivity, feeding and eating disorders, fine and gross motor delays, developmental delays and challenging behaviors. In addition to her professional career, Jamie enjoys spending time at home with her family and friends, hiking, reading, weight training, swimming, and abeing by the ocean.