In early primary school children need to be able to sit still at a desk and develop literacy and numeracy skills. They also need to start learning how to organise their possessions. and navigate more complex social skills. By the end of primary school, they need to have well developed writing skills and executive functioning skills that will allow them to be able to stay organised at high school.

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OT for primary school children works on:

• Gross motor skills

• Fine motor skills

• Visual motor skills

• Handwriting

• Sensory processing

• Emotional Regulation​

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