Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy is a rehabilitative module, which aims to provide the child with tools and skills to improve his daily functioning. Therapy is accorded to both in- and outpatients. All occupational therapists have undergone advanced training in a variety of therapeutic interventions which allows them to provide the best treatment, and to remain abreast with latest the research and clinical findings.

Director of Occupational Therapy Services
Yuliana Eshel

Location: 3rd Floor (entrance level)
Hours: Sundays to Thursdays, 08:00-16:00
Appointments: 972-3-9253345/696, 08:00-15:00
Fax: 972-3-9253255
Email

Student Training and Child Development
Nurit Hellinger

Hand and Burns Rehabilitation
Dana Tolchinsky

Swallowing Disorders with Screening
Yuliana Eshel

Eating Disorders (Hospitalization)
Adi Aviezer

Eating Disorders Team (Day Care)
Adi Shimoni

Eating and Swallowing Disorders Team
Adi Aviezer, Adi Shimoni, Raya Tzartsur, Dikla Barak, Yuliana Eshel

Hand and Burns Rehabilitation Team
Dana Tolchinsky, Debbie Rosenzweig

Child Development Team
Irit Dar, Laila Najer, Nurit Hellinger, Raya Tzartsur

Services

• Developmental disorders
  
• Assessment of respiratory function and treatment
  
• Neurological assessment and rehabilitation
  
• Post-operative rehabilitation following orthopedic, plastic and neurosurgeries
  
• Sensory processing dysfunction
  
• Perceptual/cognitive function
  
• Fine and gross motor movement function
  
• Feeding, eating and swallowing disorders (videofluoroscopy)
  
• Cognitive assessment pre- and post-neurosurgery
  
• Initial rehabilitation prior to a long-term rehabilitation framework
  
• Initial rehabilitation for burn victims
  
• Appropriate linen covers pre- and post-surgery of the upper thigh with rehabilitation
  
• Appropriate pressure dressings for burns and scarring
  
• Counseling attending medical and para-medical personnel
  
• Counseling within the educational framework
  
  

Our Vision

Occupational Therapy Services ensures that close collaboration is maintained with all multidisciplinary personnel (doctors, nurses, dieticians, physical therapists, psychologists, communication technicians, and social workers) involved in treating the child and his family, in accordance with Schneider Children’s “whole-child-care” therapeutic approach.

The formulation of an individual therapeutic program for the child is based upon comprehensive evaluation and diagnosis. Counseling and guidance for the family is provided at all stages. Family members are encouraged to actively participate in the decision-making process and ongoing care, while taking the child’s educational needs into account at the same time.

Referrals

Letter from the community physician together with the payment guarantee
Referral by doctors at Schneider Children’s