Paediatric occupational therapy

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Our Paediatric Occupational Therapy provides all your children's needs under one roof.  We understand that the best way to ensure your child achieves their potential is to engage with you and your family throughout the assessment and therapy process, including the development of goals and your home program.  We provide services that involve, strengthen and support families. We value mutual trust, respect, honesty, and open communication.  We are also open to feedback.  We have experience working with different cultures and have the ability to provide culturally sensitive services and use interpreters as required.  We are passionate about helping children and want to ensure every child is given the best chance of success in life and that parents receive the support they need.  

It can be difficult as a parent understanding what is best for our children, especially when they are having difficulties either at school or at home. These difficulties can appear in the form of behavioural turbulence, sensory disruption, learning difficulties as well as specific conditions including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ADHD/ ADD and ODD.

Occupational Therapy can help parents to understand why their child is having difficulties and will work with you to overcome these challenges.  The Occupational Therapist may conduct some assessments and share the outcomes with your child's GP, Paediatrician and/ or school to enhance their ability to learn, behave and socialise at school and at home.

We will develop goals with you and your child so that they are realistic and achievable.  We will then provide occupational therapy treatment with your child at your home, your child's school or our clinic and then teach you how to carry on these activities at home in between therapy sessions to maximise the outcomes for your child.

We focus on actives that are fun and that fit in with family time.  We encourage siblings to attend sessions and participate in therapy where appropriate.

Kids In Motion Occupational Therapy helps children to learn, grow and reach their full potential to perform important roles in their life.  

If your child is displaying any of the behaviours below and you are concerned, call us and speak to one of our Occupational Therapists so that we can help you.

• Has frequent tantrums or meltdowns (often over minor things)
• Has an aggressive manner/ acts out
• Is stubborn / close minded 
• Does not show emotion 
• Appears withdrawn/ depressed
• Has difficulty maintaining attention
• Has difficulty switching between tasks
• Fidgets
• Dislikes tags on clothes/ textures
• Has trouble making friends
• Does not play well with peers and/or siblings
• Is a fussy eater
• Has difficulty brushing teeth or eating different textured foods
• Is struggling with school
• Academic performance has deteriorated
• Has poor, illegible handwriting (despite age)
• Appears tired all the time
• Has difficulty getting to sleep
• Is clumsy
• Has poor co-ordination and has difficulty with sport
• Has been slow to reach developmental milestones

This is not a comprehensive list and some of these behaviours can be explained following an Occupational Therapy assessment and in some cases may reassure you that everything is OK. Where we cannot help, we can help you make a referral to the appropriate service (eg. Psychologist).