What a motor and daily-skills session looks like
The hour is one skill: a grasp, a button, a sit that lasts, a texture they will touch. It is taught by our special education and ABA team. It is not licensed occupational therapy — we print that on the pillar so nobody pastes it onto Google.
Written by the Inclusive Developmental and Therapy Center therapy team — our Speech & Language Therapist, psychology and ABA staff. This page is awaiting its clinical review.
Who is in the room
Mahnoor writes the plan after the first look. The adult running the hour is from special education, ABA, school-readiness or psychology — not a licensed occupational therapist. When a child needs a formal hand assessment, sensory integration therapy or a medical opinion, we refer. Pillar: motor and daily skills. Honest scope: sensory support, honest limits.
The shape of the hour
We watch sitting, cutting, threading, drawing, a zip, a spoon. We pick the floor of the building that is thin — core, shoulder, fingers — not the letters on the page. Then one activity, repeated, stopped while it is still going well. More handwriting homework on a tired hand is how a child learns to hate the pencil. Related: handwriting help, pencil grasp.
What you take home
One kitchen-table job: playdough, pegs, a thick crayon, a button on a spare shirt. If it needs a clinic swing, it is not home practice. A consultation is Rs 1,500 and lasts up to 50 minutes.
The honesty, again
This is skill-building by the special education and ABA team. Formal OT and Ayres SI are a separate profession. We refer when that is what the child needs. Pillar: motor and daily skills.
The idea behind the work (in the books)
Big movement first, then the small work. We do not have a licensed occupational therapist on staff.
Case-Smith — occupation as the daily task
Goals in ordinary words: “does up his own buttons”, not “improves bilateral coordination”.
Exner — the hand under the pencil
Playdough, pegs, a small crayon before copy-work. More handwriting homework on a weak floor teaches dread.
What the research tells us
This isn’t just our opinion — it’s grounded in published research. Here are a few findings from trusted, independent sources:
Novak and Honan’s systematic review of paediatric occupational therapy found strong evidence that task-specific handwriting practice improves handwriting. That is about repeated, specific practice of the skill — not a claim that Inclusive delivers licensed occupational therapy.
— Novak and Honan, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal (2019). View source
Take a worksheet home
Print one sheet. Fill it in this week. Bring it to the consultation — a consultation is Rs 1,500 and lasts up to 50 minutes.
Motor skills checklist
Big movements, small ones, and everyday self-care.
Home practice log
One skill, a few minutes, one line of what happened. Bring it next time.
Fine-motor home program (PDF)
Five minutes most days. Chair before handwriting.
Book a consultation
Contact owner Muhammad Salman Afzal first. No referral needed. A consultation is Rs 1,500 and lasts up to 50 minutes.
A session — questions parents ask
Is this occupational therapy?
No. We do not employ a licensed OT. We build handwriting, dressing, feeding-as-skill and regulation. Formal OT is referred out.
Will more tracing fix the writing?
Usually not, if the hand is tired because the body cannot sit. We look underneath the letters first.
Do you have a sensory gym?
No, and we do not sell one. Practical regulation in an ordinary room. If a child needs a clinic SI programme, that is a licensed OT.
Can this be online?
Coaching a parent through a dressing or pencil routine can. Hands-on assessment of a hand usually cannot. See online motor-skills coaching.
Is this occupational therapy?
No, not in the licensed sense. We say that on every one of these pages.
Ask about a session
A short, friendly conversation is the best first step. Call, text or WhatsApp us — we’ll listen and guide you, with no pressure.
MPS Road, Block A Model Town, Multan (near Bloomfield Hall School, Street No. 2) · Mon–Fri, 2 PM – 6 PM