OTAH NDIS Goals Guide

The OT At Home Movement & Outdoor Play Program focuses on skill development in the following areas:

• Develop throwing and catching skills
• Develop ability to maintain engagement/attention to a task
• Develop coordination and balance
• Develop motor planning and sequencing skills
• Develop agility and spacial awareness
• Encourage daily body movement as a healthy habit
• Enhance physical and mental endurance capacity
• Improve physical strength
• Build core strength

The OT At Home Creative Program focuses on skill development in the following areas:

• Increase ability to follow instructions
• Develop ability to maintain engagement/attention to see a task to completion
• Develop task autonomy
• Improve hand strength
• Improve self confidence
• Develop fine motor skills through cutting, threading, twisting, folding etc.
• Develop resources and provide opportunity for engagement in creative play
• Develop executive function including planning, organising and sequencing

The OT At Home Gardening Program focuses on skill development in the following areas:

• Increase ability to follow instructions
• Ability to manipulate small objects (fine motor skills)
• Develop hand strength
• Develop ability to maintain engagement/attention to see a task to completion
• Develop executive function including planning, organising and sequencing

The OT At Home Cooking Program focuses on skill development in the following areas:

• Develop self confidence in skills for daily living
• Increase skills and safety when using a knife to cut ingredients
• Develop measuring knowledge and skills
• Increase ability to follow instructions
• Enhance awareness and practices for hygiene in the kitchen
• Develop executive function including planning, organising and sequencing

The OT At Home Cakemasters Program focuses on skill development in the following areas:

• Develop self confidence in skills for daily living including cooking and planning for shopping
• Develop measuring knowledge and skills
• Increase skills and safety when using a knife
• Increase ability to follow instructions
• Enhance awareness and practices for hygiene in the kitchen
• Develop executive function including planning, organising and sequencing
• Develop hand strength
• Develop motor skills

The OT At Home Mindset & Wellbeing Program focuses on skill development in the following areas:

• Develop awareness of underlying mental, social, environmental and emotional factors affecting functional capacity
• Experiment with strategies to overcome non-physical barriers to functional capacity
• Develop positive mindset for achieving functional goals
• Develop habits to support improvement in functional capacity

The OT At Home Lego Program focuses on skill development in the following areas:

• Develop executive function
• Motor planning, organising and sequencing
• Sensory attunement
• Improve social skills
• Develop language and communication skills
• Increase ability to follow instructions
• Develop the ability to maintain engagement/attention to see a task to completion
• Develop task autonomy
• Improve self-confidence

The OT At Home Handwriting Program focuses on skill development in the following areas:

• Lay the motor skills foundation for handwriting
• Develop core, upper body and hand strength to support handwriting skills
• Improve self-confidence
• Improve task autonomy
• Strengthen vestibular system and proprioceptive awareness in preparation for handwriting development