Our Occupational Therapy practice focuses on Paediatric intervention, working with babies and children up to the age of 13 years.
As many of a child's daily occupations take place at home and at school, we will often assess areas of concern identified by a child's parents or teachers:
Difficulty with the activities of daily life
- Eating, Dressing, Grooming, Bathing, Sleeping, Toileting
Developmental delay
- Delays in achieving motor milestones such as rolling, sitting, crawling and walking.
- Delays in social interaction and communication when compared to their peers.
- Delays in play skills when compared to their peers.
Sensory Integration difficulties
- Negative responses to non-threatening sounds, movement, touch, lights or colours.
- Difficulty managing and controlling emotions or staying calm.
- Trouble tolerating changes in routine or plans.
- Difficulty perceiving body language, personal space or facial expressions.
- Accident prone – clumsy or uncoordinated. Using inefficient ways of doing things.
- Difficulty playing with age-appropriately toys.
- Difficulty using objects such as scissors, crayons, buttons, zips and containers. (tool manipulation)
- Difficulty learning age-appropriate concepts such as colours, numbers and shapes.
- Inability to sit still, increased energy levels and always on the go.
- Day-dreaming, lethargic or inattentive
School related concerns
- Poor physical development and sitting posture (gross motor skills)
- Challenges in areas of literacy and numeracy (visual perceptual skills)
- Delays in pencil grip, colouring and cutting (fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination)
- Difficulty with copying written work, letter formation, sizing and spacing (visual motor integration)
- Delayed personal management or independence (time-management, emotional control, social interaction)
- Poor attention and concentration
Children are best engaged when tasks are fun, novel and playful and our treatment sessions are therefore aimed at involving the child in play-based activities.
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