ADHD & Executive Dysfunction

ADHD & Executive Dysfunction

Adults and children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and/or with executive dysfunction may experience a variety of difficulties on a day to day basis including: struggling with initiating and completing tasks, paying attention to detail, impaired ability to follow directions and more.

Adult OT Services

Adult OT Services

Aging and changes in health can impact our ability to perform day-to-day tasks including taking care of ourselves, taking care of our home, and our involvement in activities. Occupational Therapy (OT) is used to help identify ways to remain active at home and in the community.

Cancer Survivorship

Cancer Survivorship

If you are a cancer survivor and are experiencing changes in thinking, memory, and/or decision-making; get distracted; cannot quite remember something although it's on the tip of your tongue; occupational therapy may be a good fit for you.

Children, Youth, and Family (CYF)

Children, Youth, and Family (CYF)

Whether it’s helping students develop the skills they need to perform schoolwork and succeed in the classroom or working with kids in the clinic, home, or community setting, our clinicians are trained to address a wide variety of needs within each of these environments and tailor the treatment to best meet each child and family’s goals.

Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) and iCST

Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) and iCST

Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) is an evidence-based program for people with mild to moderate dementia. The program involves group or individual sessions of themed activities that exercise various cognitive skills.

Community Accessibility

Community Accessibility

Our community accessibility team examines residential and commercial buildings to evaluate ease of access for persons with a disability. They look at factors such as ramp dimensions, door width, turning radius for a wheelchair, and other contributors to accessibility.

Comprehensive Behavior Intervention for Tics (CBIT)

Comprehensive Behavior Intervention for Tics (CBIT)

Comprehensive Behavior Intervention for Tics (CBIT) is a non-drug treatment that teaches strategies to patients with tic disorders to help them reduce and better manage tics. CBIT may also benefit persons with Autism and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

COVID-19 Recovery & Rehabilitation

COVID-19 Recovery & Rehabilitation

Occupational therapy’s goal is to help patients utilize their strengths, maximize their potential, and counteract their limitations to help them meet their goals. Our team is here to work with patients recovering from the physical and emotional challenges patients may be facing from COVID-19.

Driving evaluation and rehabilitation services

Driving evaluation and rehabilitation services

A comprehensive driving evaluation by an Occupational Therapist can determine whether you have the skills and abilities to drive safely. These evaluations will include the clinical testing of vision, motor, cognitive skills, on-road assessment, and recommendation meetings.

Healthy Aging

Healthy Aging

As a person ages, it’s natural for abilities to evolve due to physical and mental changes that occur during this stage of life. Often requiring a modified approach to the normal habits and routines of daily living. Our focus is to help older adults live safely and independently.

Home Modifications

Home Modifications

If you are considering modifying your home for safety, our team of experts can help guide you through the process to make sure your home is as comfortable as it is safe…which will provide you with the peace of mind that comes with knowing it’s done right!

Low Vision

Low Vision

There are three core aspects of vision that play a vital role in a person’s ability to see properly. Visual acuity, visual field, and contrast sensitivity all work together to ensure that your eyes send the correct information to your brain so that your body can process the environment.

Milliken Hand Rehabilitation Center

Milliken Hand Rehabilitation Center

One of the first three hand rehabilitation facilities established in the U.S. With over 60 years of experience treating complex and common injuries, Milliken's occupational, physical and certified hand therapists provide care alongside physicians to bring perspectives to patient care in orthopedic and plastic surgery.

Movement Disorders

Movement Disorders

Movement disorders can have a large impact on an individual’s functional ability. Following diagnosis, a person may experience cognitive, emotional, or behavioral changes in addition to the physical changes in his/her ability to control movement.

NICU-Transition Services

NICU-Transition Services

Our NICU Transition Service is an in-home therapy that is the bridge between therapy at the hospital and services available in the community.  This program teaches you strategies to help your baby and ensures therapy services are received after NICU discharge.

Occupational Performance Center

Occupational Performance Center

Often, we identify ourselves by the work that we do. Following a new diagnosis, disability, or brain injury, people aren’t always ready or able to return to work or school in the same manner. If and when that happens, our unique team is here to help.

Parenting with Disabilities

Parenting with Disabilities

Raising kids can bring many challenges as well as present numerous learning opportunities throughout each age and stage of the child’s life. Our unique program explores resources for parents with disabilities in order to offer one-on-one assistive strategies.

Pediatric Feeding Services

Pediatric Feeding Services

Feeding is a daily activity of childhood that allows children to grow, develop, play, and learn. Children take part in meals and snacks multiple times a day and in a variety of settings like home, daycare, and school. Feeding goes beyond eating and swallowing. It also includes the process of participating in meal times and getting food and drink to the mouth.

Pediatric Vision Impairment

Pediatric Vision Impairment

Sight is one of our most important senses and any deficit in vision can affect a child’s ability to learn and engage in daily activities.  Visual disorders in children can include both deficits in their visual acuity and in their visual field.

Primary Care

Primary Care

Occupational therapy practitioners can uniquely contribute to interprofessional care teams that address the needs of an individual throughout their lifespan, especially those with chronic conditions by providing screening, evaluation, intervention, and education.

Self-management for Living Well

Self-management for Living Well

Within health care, the term “self-management” can mean many things. For us, it means helping people find ways to stay healthy and manage any chronic conditions that are present. Because needs are unique, we focus on strategies most impactful for you.

Stroke Rehabilitation

Stroke Rehabilitation

Stroke is a leading cause of adult disability in the United States. In the St. Louis region, strokes are among the top five causes of inpatient hospitalization for adults.  WashU OT helps individuals who have experienced stroke to achieve satisfaction with life, health, personal well-being and participation in life.

Train Your Brain Program

Train Your Brain Program

Designed with fun in mind, this camp will support your child in using the critical skills needed for successfully planning a project and carrying out the plan. Using evidence-based and fun activities, your child will design and build a variety of paper airplanes and test distance flown, time aloft, and accuracy.

Weight-Loss Habit Development & Coaching Services

Weight-Loss Habit Development & Coaching Services

There is strong evidence that supports intensive lifestyle interventions for clinically significant weight loss, and lifestyle interventions have shown to be more effective at managing weight loss even 1 year later than the standard care. Occupational therapists provide interventions such as behavior modification, exploring and engaging in physical activity, and modifying daily activities and occupations.

Wheelchair, Seating, Mobility & Assistive Technology

Wheelchair, Seating, Mobility & Assistive Technology

There are many ways to configure a wheelchair and numerous factors that must be taken into consideration. Our seating and mobility experts are uniquely trained to assess a client’s mobility needs, and ready to help make recommendations tailored to you.