Occupational Therapy

Our team of Occupational Therapists (OT’s) specialise in children with physical and social/emotional difficulties. OT’s look at the occupations or activities that children perform including:

Self-care skills

such as toileting, dressing, eating, bathing/showering.

Play and social development

Social and emotional development assists children with pretend play, turn taking, cooperative play with other children, and their participation in group leisure/sport activities.

Skills for kinder or school

Fine motor skill development (writing, drawing, cutting),
gross motor development (climbing, riding a bike, access to playground equipment)
visual motor/perceptual skills (orienting self in space, judging distances, following lines when reading)
Building skills for the classroom (listening and following instructions, concentration, organising their school belongings)

Assessments

Assessments may be recommended by an external professional such as a Paediatrician or your child’s school. You may request a formal assessment or your therapist may recommend one for either funding and/or therapeutic purposes. Please feel free to discuss formal assessments, procedures, costs and benefits with your therapist at any point.

Who would benefit from OT?

Occupational Therapy is a health profession providing support, advice and intervention for children experiencing difficulties completing everyday tasks. It may include working with children with or without disabilities in some of the following areas:

Handwriting and fine motor skill difficulties
Emotional Regulation
Learning / attention difficulties
Planning and organisational difficulties
Social and behavioural difficulties
Self care difficulties

Services available

Individual therapy sessions in your home, school, kindergarten, child care centre or community location.
Assessment of your child’s development and skills using informal and/or formal standardised assessments e.g. fine motor skills, handwriting, sensory processing or play skills.
Reports and recommendations for other professionals working with your child (e.g. the classroom teacher) and funding applications.
Education sessions for parents and educators – please contact us to discuss your needs.

For more information or to book an appointment please call 0468 990 779

Speech Pathology

Our services cover Therapy, Developmental Assessments and Autism Spectrum Disorders.

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