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title: 'Video: What happens in an occupational therapy evaluation'
description: What goes on in an OT evaluation? Watch as an expert explains what happens in a comprehensive occupational therapy evaluation for children.
slug: ot-evaluation
author: The Understood Team
published: '2019-10-16T11:49:10.815Z'
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source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/ot-evaluation
lang: en
---

# Video: What happens in an occupational therapy evaluation

Does your child struggle with motor skills? Are you considering an [occupational therapy](https://www.understood.org/en/articles/occupational-therapy-what-you-need-to-know) evaluation? Find out what occupational therapists look at in an OT evaluation, including [gross motor skills](https://www.understood.org/en/articles/all-about-gross-motor-skills), [fine motor skills](https://www.understood.org/en/articles/all-about-fine-motor-skills) and sensory processing issues. Plus, learn what the evaluation results might include and next steps based on those results.

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