Nazia Jaffery - Occupational Therapist

29/07/2025

Play therapy is important in Occupational Therapy (OT) especially for children because play is a child’s primary occupation. Through play, children learn essential physical, cognitive, emotional, and social skills. Here's why it's a key component of OT:

🔹 1. Developmentally Appropriate

Children naturally learn and develop through play.

It aligns with their developmental stage and keeps therapy engaging and age-appropriate.

🔹 2. Builds Motor Skills

Activities like puzzles, blocks, or climbing improve fine and gross motor coordination, strength, and balance.

🔹 3. Enhances Sensory Integration

Play involving textures, movement, and sounds helps children with sensory processing difficulties to better regulate and respond to sensory input.

🔹 4. Improves Social and Communication Skills

Role play, turn-taking games, or group activities help children practice eye contact, listening, sharing, and emotional expression.

🔹 5. Encourages Problem Solving and Cognitive Development

Play-based tasks challenge memory, attention, planning, and decision-making skills.

🔹 6. Supports Emotional Regulation

Therapeutic play helps children express and manage emotions like anger, anxiety, or frustration in a safe environment.

🔹 7. Builds Confidence and Independence

Success during play builds self-esteem and helps develop autonomy in daily life skills.

29/07/2025

Occupational Therapy Activity Summary
Activity: Pre-writing Skills – Circle Drawing
Material Used: Light Table, Sand

Description:
Today during the OT session, the child was engaged in a sensory-based pre-writing activity using a light table. A thin layer of sand was spread on the surface, and the child was guided to draw circles in the sand.

Goals Targeted:

Fine motor control

Visual-motor coordination

Pre-writing skill development

Sensory exploration

The light table provided visual stimulation while the sand offered tactile input, making the task engaging and multi-sensory.

05/03/2025

University of Tasmania 🇦🇺
Wicking Dementia care and Educational Centre
Parkinson's MOOC 2025

24/02/2025

26/09/2024

Assalam.o.alaikum Everyone
Dear Parents
Our First workshop at this platform on Parental Guidance Program will be held on 5 Oct
Get register your self before deadline

Thankyou
Regards
Nazia Jaffery
Senior Pediatric Occupational Therapist
Operational Director AOT

28/08/2024

Today was a truly rewarding day at therapy!
We had a blast exploring the world of emotions with the kids.
We used fun activities like drawing, storytelling, and role-playing to help them understand and express feelings like happiness, sadness, anger, and fear.
It was amazing to see how open and creative they were.
Learning to identify and manage emotions is a crucial life skill that will benefit them for years to come.
The session was designed to give children insight into different emotions and feelings, helping them to understand and express these emotions in healthy ways.

28/08/2024

ALHAMDULILLAH 😇
"It has been a little over 13 years now, and I continue to love what I do. I love being a pediatric occupational therapist. I love learning and growing so I can better serve my clients and their families. I guess the lesson I learned is to always follow your heart and dreams. It allows you to truly be fulfilled and when it doesn't feel like work you naturally excel in it because others can see your passion." 💟

27/08/2024

Dear Parents,

I am starting online consultation for children effected by Autism, ADHD, communication disorder, cerebral palsy , Down syndrome and Sensory processing disorders etc.

I am also offering Independent diagnosis and treatment plan in collaboration with patient/family, delivering individual Occupational Therapy treatment according to child needs. I am available for consultation from every Monday to Saturday Book your slots now.

I am Senior Pediatric Occupational Therapist Professional with diversified experience in Middle East and Pakistan with almost 13 years of experience for managing and coordinating Rehabilitation Occupational therapy programs.

26/08/2024

Fundamental Elements of Documentation
Reference Domain and process American Journal of occupational therapy, standards of practice for occupational therapy.
Each occupational therapy client has a client record maintained as a permenant file. The record is maintained in a professional and legal fashion (i.e organized, legible, concise, clear, acurate, complete, current, objective) The following elements are present in all documentation
Client full name and case number if applicable on each page of documentation.
Date and type of occupational therapy contact
Identification of type of documentation, agency, and department name.
Occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant signature with a minimum of first name or initial, last name and professional designation.
When applicable on notes or reports, signature of the recorder directly at the end of the note without space left between the body of the note and the signature.
Countersignature by an occupational therapist on documentation written by students and occupational therapy assistant when required by law or facility.
Acceptable terminology defined within the boundaries of setting.
Abbreviation usage as acceptable within the boundaries.
When no facility requirements are listed, error corrected by drawing a single line through an error and by initialing the correction.
Adherence to professional standards of technology when used to document occupational therapy services.
Disposal of records within law or agency requirements.
Compliance with confidentiality standards.
Compliance with agency or legal requirements of storage of records.

25/08/2024

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24/08/2024

It’s been said a million times over “the occupational therapist just plays with my child”.Yes, occupational therapists do play with children. And that’s because that’s how children learn about the world around them and develop skills for living. However play isn’t all we do. There are a many things that we are navigating and adjusting for beyond what meets the eye. There is a wealth of clinical reasoning to inform the type of play we engage in, and why we do what we do. Everything we do, from our tone of voice to our posture and positioning, from our subtle facial expression to the chosen activity. There’s purpose in the play. The play is therapeutic. It’s supportive of a child reaching their occupation-based goal.And we call it, 𝑶𝒄𝒄𝒖𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒚. ✨