Lifespan Occupational Therapy

Welcome!  Fair-Field Functional Therapy offers occupational therapy services for children and young adults with a variety of needs, and in a variety of settings.

If someone has referred you to an occupational therapist, you might have a diagnosis already (like SPD, TBI, ADHD, or Autism), or maybe just a hunch,  but something isn’t working.  Motor or cognitive skills, attention, and sensory processing differences may be causing breakdowns at school, home, and the community.

Occupational therapy impacts those activities that occupy our time:  meeting basic needs, playing, learning, working, moving, managing our time, money, transportation, even our bodies–in other words, everyday living.

Whether you need help in basic life skills, you’d like to supplement your young child’s school-based therapies, or want to start addressing broader life skills for an older child or young adult, Fair-Field Functional Therapy targets life where it is lived.

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Taming the Grinch at Your House

While reading The Grinch (who) Stole Christmas one night, My son on my lap, and the tree, all a-light, I pondered the Grinch at holiday time, Hating the noise, the singing, the standing in line.   The Dr. (Seuss) said he saw no reason for it…. His head, or his heart?  His shoes, or their [...]

Six Tips for Capturing Santa Photos on the Autism Spectrum

I don’t come from one of those families that, growing up, had a picture taken every single year, fail none, on Santa’s lap.  My family had other traditions for the holidays, and Santa’s lap did not figure among them. So, when it comes to getting my son, on the spectrum, onto Santa’s lap, it is [...]

Showering as Sensory Tool

I’ve been unable to find any evidence regarding the benefits of showering, but anecdotally, it has become one of my favorite self-regulation tools.  As children head back to school, parents are in the position of adjusting their child’s sensory diet to now fit the morning routine.  That can be tough. When I became a parent, [...]

Book Review

I was asked by the website “Our Journey Thru Autism” to review a book in time for October as Sensory Awareness Month.  View my guest blog at http://bit.ly/nGWgd9

About Me

Teresa Fair-Field, OTR/L
Owner, Occupational Therapist

With a 17-year career in community re-entry neuro-rehabilitation, I specialize in assessment and coaching of functional living skills, incorporating sensory needs and support strategies in a real-world setting.

I am currently co-authoring an ongoing study utilizing behavioral data as evidence in the efficacy of occupational therapy interventions for children and youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The work has been accepted by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) for presentation at the 2012 Annual Conference & Expo.