Children’s Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy offers many benefits, enhancing overall development and improving quality of life.
Through tailored interventions, we help improve motor skills, coordination, and independence in daily activities such as dressing, eating, and playing. We also focus on enhancing cognitive and sensory processing abilities, facilitating better concentration and learning. OT promotes social skills and self-esteem, promoting a more fulfilling and independent future.
We can help with:
Functional Difficulties
Fine and gross motor skills, tooth brushing, getting dressed, difficulties organising self and items
Emotional Difficulties
Anger, irritability, withdrawn, frequently upset, difficulty calming self .
Social Difficulties
Poor play skills
Academic Difficulties
Struggling to manage in the classroom, struggling to learn, easily distracted or poor attention to tasks, difficulties with transitions between activities or environments.
Assessments
We offer the following standardised assessments:
MOVEMENT ABC2
DASH
Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting
Sensory Profile 2
Beery VMI
Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration
TVPS
Test of Visual-Perceptual Skills (non-motor): 3rd Edition
and non-standardised assessments:
Gross Motor Difficulties
Fine Motor Difficulties
Attention and Concentration
Regulation
Dressing, difficulties organising self and items