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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