How we work

REFERRAL

When you feel ready, please contact our friendly Office Managers who will gather some information to help us in allocating the most appropriate therapist for your child and family. We understand how important it is to find the right match for you and your child’s needs.

ASSESSMENT

An initial parent/caregiver appointment then occurs to enable us to gather detailed information about your child’s strengths, challenges, and your goals for therapy. A follow up appointment is booked with you and your child for us to gather more information. This may include play, observations, and some more formal assessments if required. An important part is us finding out what goals your child has, as evidence tells us that therapy outcomes will be more successful if they are client directed.

THERAPY

Together we will work out a plan of action, which may include fortnightly or monthly appointments, or observations in their school, kinder, childcare, or home setting. Telehealth sessions (via video or phone) can also be arranged. You are an important part of the journey, so your participation in the therapy process including home practice is encouraged.

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What do we work on?

So, what areas does an OT actually look at?

Self-care skills: e.g. dressing, toileting, cutlery use, bathing/showering, fingernail and toenail cutting, menstruation management for teens
Sensory regulation skills: E.g. tools for calming or tools for maintaining focus
Student skills for school/kinder: e.g. attention/concentration, organizational skills, handwriting legibility and speed, scissor skills and tools use, visual perceptual skills.
Eating skills: E.g. ability to tolerate different textures and colours of food, using cutlery
Play skills: E.g. pretend play, play scripts, playing with others
Leisure skills: E.g. bike and scooter riding, gross motor and coordination skills for sports, arts and crafts
Sleep skills: E.g. Developing night-time routines, calming tools
Interoception skills: Our 8th sense: which tells us information about hunger, thirst, pain temperature, body clues for our emotions.

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Fidget Tools

Part of our role as occupational therapists is creating ‘sensory diets’ of tools that assist with keeping kids regulated.

What is Interoception?

Interoception is known as the 8th sensory system. It helps us to tune into our inner body signals to determine how we might be feeling. These signals may vary in intensity and are experienced differently by everyone.

Starting the year with your child’s teacher - Working together to build success:

What is sensory processing in the classroom?
Sensory processing is different for every child. Some children can become overloaded to the point they are seeking input such as fidgeting, leaving the work space or invading other peoples spaces. Other children may feel over loaded by avoiding further input, so they may hide under the desk, look away during instruction or have trouble initiating work.

Why Play? Is playing, therapy...

As Occupational Therapist’s we support children with many areas of skill development including self-care skills, social skills, sensory regulation skills and fine/gross motor skills. The main daily occupation children need to participate and develop skills in, is play.

Survival tips for Christmas Day for kids with sensory challenges

Christmas day and its celebrations can be fraught with many emotions ranging from elation and laughter, to tears and tantrums. For our clients it can be even more challenging to cope with due to sensory sensitivities and eating challenges. Meeting and greeting relatives, eating strange food at unfamiliar places, and travelling by car or plane can be a source of overload. Planning ahead may help ease the challenge.

8 Survival Tips for Christmas Shopping with Kids

Have you noticed the ‘silly season’ has begun? Car parks are busier, shopping centres are noisier and brighter, and everyone is rushing! Add to this some end of year fatigue and some sensory processing challenges….it’s a recipe for a huge MELTDOWN.