Occupational Therapy (OT) helps people of all ages and abilities participate fully in daily life, whether at home, school, work, or in the community. OTs build and restore skills, adapt tasks and environments, and support development, recovery, and independence. From infants learning milestones to older adults maintaining safety and connection, OT meets people wherever they are and helps them reach meaningful goals. By focusing on abilities rather than limitations, OT empowers clients to live, learn, work, play, and belong. Simply put, OT is about thriving at every stage of life.
Supporting Every Child’s Journey
Whether it’s building fine motor skills, boosting self-confidence, or navigating sensory and emotional challenges, our books turn important skills into exciting adventures. Each story gently introduces strategies that children can relate to and practice in real life.
In What Is OT?
A playful introduction to occupational therapy — created just for kids and families.
In What Is OT?, pediatric occupational therapist Justine C. Bedocs, OTR/L (affectionately known as “Justine Jellybean”) helps children and parents understand what occupational therapy is, what to expect, and how it helps kids grow, play, and thrive.
Starting OT can feel confusing Why am I here? What will I do? — and this book answers those questions in a warm, friendly way. Through colorful illustrations and simple explanations, What Is OT? invites children to see therapy as a fun, empowering journey toward independence and confidence.
HAND SKILLS IN OT
In this second book of the What Is OT? series, Justine C. Bedocs, OTR/L, helps children and families explore the world of fine motor skills — the tiny yet powerful movements that build independence, confidence, and success.
From coloring and cutting to buttoning, zipping, and writing, Fine Motor Skills in OT shows how occupational therapy turns everyday tasks into opportunities for growth. Through playful practice and purposeful activities, children strengthen their hands, improve coordination, and develop the focus needed to shine in school and daily life.
Brain & Body Skills in OT
Discover how the brain and body work together to build balance, coordination, and confidence!
This beautifully written and illustrated book helps children and the adults who support them understand how occupational therapy strengthens the connection between movement, learning, and everyday life. Through fun, purposeful activities, kids learn how skills like motor planning, postural control, and body awareness empower them to move, play, and thrive.
Eyes and Hands in OT
Through fun, hands-on activities, kids learn how their eyes, hands, and brain work together to explore, play, learn, and complete everyday tasks. From writing and cutting to building and catching, this book helps children, and the adults who support them, understand how eye-hand coordination and visual skills develop and why they’re so important for success at home, in school, and in play.
Life Skills in OT
Life Skills In OT introduces the essential everyday activities children practice in occupational therapy, from self-care and organization to problem-solving and participation at home and school. It’s a fun, easy way to show kids how OT helps them grow, learn, and thrive.
Sensory Skills in OT
Sight, Hearing, Touch, Taste, Smell, Body Awareness and Balance and Movement. When all eight sensory systems work together, children can focus, stay calm, and feel confident in daily life. OT uses movement, play, and sensory-rich activities to help organize these systems and promote learning, self-awareness, and emotional growth. This book helps children and families celebrate their sensory differences and learn tools to support success at home, at school, and everywhere in between.
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SKILLS IN OT
This story teaches children how their feelings, body clues, and social understanding work together to help them participate in daily life. Through simple rhymes and relatable moments, children learn to notice what is happening inside their bodies, understand their emotions, and respond in ways that support calm, confidence, and connection.
The story also teaches social awareness, helping children recognize signals from others. Facial expressions, tone of voice, posture, and energy level all give clues about how someone feels. Learning to read these clues helps children build friendships, communicate clearly, and respond with kindness.
Primitive Reflexes
Primitive reflexes are the automatic movements babies are born with. These reflexes help infants survive, develop, and learn about their world. They guide early actions like sucking, rooting, grasping, turning the head, rolling, crawling, and responding to sounds and touch.
As children grow, the brain learns to take over these automatic movements. The reflexes then integrate, which means they blend into more mature, controlled skills.
Benefits of the What Is OT? Series
The What Is OT? series helps children and families understand how occupational therapy supports growth in every area of life. Through playful storytelling and real world examples, each book highlights a unique set of skills from fine motor and sensory processing to emotional regulation, coordination, and daily living. Together, the series builds awareness, confidence, and independence by showing how OT helps kids connect what they practice in therapy to what they do every day. Perfect for parents, teachers, and therapists, these books create a shared understanding of how OT nurtures strength, focus, and self-esteem helping children discover the joy of learning, moving, and growing with purpose.
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