Occupational Therapy

The mission of MMI’s Department of Occupational Therapy is:

• to help children and adults with developmental disabilities and sensorimotor challenges participate successfully in everyday activities utilizing evidence-based practice and family-centered care,
• to provide clinical training to the next generation of practitioners,
• and to support research activities that promote clinical excellence.

Typical Reasons for Occupational Therapy

• Assistance to increase independence in self help skills, fine motor skills or sensory motor abilities.

• Developmental delays and/or perceptual challenges that interfere with an individual's participation in daily living activities at home, school or in the community.

• Difficulty with physical, cognitive or sensory areas that interfere in living life to the fullest.

Our Experienced Team Includes

• Certified assistive technology professionals.
• The largest occupational therapy team in the state with extensive experience.
• Professionals with specialty certification in school systems.
• Providers who have achieved board certification in pediatrics.

Family-Centered Care

Occupational therapists help individuals with developmental and physical disabilities, as well as sensorimotor challenges to successfully participate in everyday activities and tasks, including:

• Activities of daily living.
• Assistive technology.
• Attention.
• Environmental modifications.
• Executive function.
• Fine motor skills.
• Leisure skills.
• Play.
• Rest and sleep.
• Seating and positioning.
• Self-help skills.
• Sensory processing.
• Social emotional skills.
• Visual motor skills.
• Vocational skills.

Outpatient or Short-term Therapy Opportunities

Occupational therapists provide therapy services for adult and pediatric patients through outpatient care or center-based clinics. Both self-care and motor concerns can be addressed in outpatient or short-term, intensive programs.

• Adult services focus on occupational therapy skills needed to successfully transition to independent living.
• Aquatic occupational therapy can promote strength, endurance and motor function.
• Equipment and orthotic evaluations can help with the selection and use of equipment aiming to enhance their ability to engage in everyday activities.
• Functional driving assessment and treatment can increase independence in community mobility.
• Functional vision and Cortical Visual Impairment Assessments can offer information about how individuals use their vision in everyday activities.
• Motor evaluations at Nebraska Medicine and Methodist Women’s Hospital NICUs to assess patients' fine motor and gross motor skills, limitations and to establish therapy needs.
• Pelvic floor occupational therapy designed for children with developmental disabilities can help with pelvic floor dysfunction, such as urinary leaks, bedwetting, constipation and bowel movements.