What We Offer

Occupational Therapy services with me

Occupational therapy in my practice focuses on a Sensory Integrative Approach and we use the DIR Floortime model as well as the SOS approach to feeding. The practice caters to children between the ages of 0 and 13 years. Parental involvement in therapy sessions is encouraged where appropriate to facilitate carry over between therapy and home environments. School visits and meetings are carried out when necessary however frequent contact with teachers is maintained.

Occupational therapy is recommended if your child has been diagnosed with:

• Learning Difficulties

• Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder

• Cerebral Palsy

• Prematurity of Birth

• Autistic Spectrum Disorder

• Discoordination Disorder

• Fetal Alcohol syndrome

​

In addition occupational therapy is recommended if your child has difficulties in any of the following areas:

• Delayed motor milestones and/or poor motor skills such as jumping, hopping and skipping

• Has poor body awareness and is clumsy resulting in clumsiness, frequent tripping or bumping into objects

• Poor fine motor skills – poor pencil grip, immature drawing or colouring skills, difficulty with handwriting and letter formation, poor cutting as well as difficulty completing fine motor play tasks such as peg boards or lego

• Difficulty with visual perceptual skills – a child who struggles to copy from the board; battles to recognise letters, numbers or shapes; difficulty with reading and spelling as well as letter and number reversals

• Difficulty with personal organisation or emotional regulation

• Struggles with various sensory input and is over or under responsive to sensory input leading to fussy eating, picky about clothes or routines etc. 

• Difficulties with fussy eating where range of food is limited to certain tastes, textures, temperatures, colours or smells

​

​

Therapy Process

Therapy starts with a comprehensive assessment of your child’s abilities to ascertain his/her areas of strength and weakness. This will allow for us to plan therapy accordingly. The assessment will look at your child’s abilities according to his/her age expectations in the following areas:

• Sensory modulation

• Emotional Regulation and Attention

• Postural Control and Gross Motor Skills

• Fine Motor Skills

• Visual Perceptual Skills

• Occupational Performance in age appropriate daily tasks (feeding, personal hygiene, dressing, academics, play etc.).

​

Therapy can take place in individual sessions and is based in accordance with your child’s needs and your affordability:

​

• Hour or half hour sessions with individual attention depending on the child’s age and abilities

• Parents are welcome to be involved in the sessions and is often encouraged

• Goals and activities are specific to your child’s individual differences and therapy needs