{"id":55,"date":"2019-11-11T13:52:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T13:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ariseot.co.za\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2019-12-28T09:55:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T09:55:26","slug":"what-is-occupational-therapy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ariseot.co.za\/index.php\/what-is-occupational-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Occupational Therapy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"55\" class=\"elementor elementor-55\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-34cf3070 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"34cf3070\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f8b8665\" data-id=\"1f8b8665\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48f04710 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48f04710\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-187 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/ariseot.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/logo-1-300x223.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ariseot.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/logo-1-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/ariseot.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/logo-1.png 506w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Occupational therapy asks the question,\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cWhat is meaningful and important to you?\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>For the children we work with, learning and play are the most meaningful occupations they participate in on a daily basis. A child\u00a0<strong>must play<\/strong>\u00a0in order to grow and flourish physically, cognitively, and socially. Their levels of engagement in play will affect their emotional maturity and self-confidence to try new things and explore new environments. With the help of Occupational Therapy, children can have enhanced holistic development including improved cognitive and academic skills, communication skills, regulated emotions, and well integrated gross motor, fine motor and visual perceptual skills ultimately enabling them to be independent at age appropriate tasks.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b7849b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b7849b3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce126a3\" data-id=\"ce126a3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06c0d63 elementor-shape-circle elementor-grid-0 e-grid-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"06c0d63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-facebook elementor-repeater-item-eb31f68\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ariseoccupationaltherapy\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Facebook<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-facebook\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-instagram elementor-repeater-item-64450e9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ariseoccupationaltherapy\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Instagram<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-instagram\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Occupational therapy asks the question,&nbsp;\u201cWhat is meaningful and important to you?\u201d&nbsp; For the children we work with, learning and play are the most meaningful occupations they participate in on a daily basis. A child&nbsp;must play&nbsp;in order to grow and flourish physically, cognitively, and socially. Their levels of engagement in play will affect their emotional maturity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-55","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ariseot.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ariseot.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ariseot.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ariseot.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ariseot.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/ariseot.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232,"href":"https:\/\/ariseot.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions\/232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ariseot.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}