Essay 3: Literature Review , Topic

The topic that I will be discussing is the influence of occupational therapist of children with learning disabilities and how it is essential for their learning and their transition to regular classes and then to the regular world. Occupational therapist help those develop skills that they will need in normal life in the world. Not only do they help those in wheelchairs with disabilities but people who are not in that situation yet still have motor and everyday life issues. These life skills could start with holding a pencil to learning how to tie your shoe and even hold a fork, all of these being important to both the people and society. Occupational therapist help people both develop then refine this skills so that they could be used in their life as if they had knew it forever. This type of transition is important in the world because often those with disabilities are beyond due to the help that they may not be receiving to obtain these skills. Not only does this affect them later on in life but it affects them now in school, knowing that school and the students are ruthless with teasing. Personally my brother had to deal with a lot of things in school due to the fact that he had a learning disability and struggled to be at the same motor levels as other children in his class. Occupational therapist within his school helped him transition to now being in normal classes and doing ju jitsu.

                Knowing that my brother had struggled so much and this helped him I was curious how many other kids are affected like this and how does it affect those that do not get this chance. Developmentally this is something that could help a lot of children with both learning disabilities and illnesses that affect their brain. In this issue there are 4 stake holders, the student, the school, the occupational therapist and the teacher. While doing research I found that there are hundreds of stories, most of them are of struggle which makes me question why. The children deserve a right to have a fair chance in life and the education system.