Assessment
We have a wide range of services and techniques available to us to help children develop their skills in communicating and interacting. Working directly with the child and families, teachers and other important team members, we can maximise the child's skills and confidence in communication.
Find out more about the comprehensive assessments we offer our clients
Treatment
Read about the valuable treatment model our clients benefit from.
Education / Training
Find out what we are doing to promote the child's skills at home, school and at play.
Consultation
Consultation can offer support for parents and teachers.
Supervision
Supervision services are offered to occupational therapists
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Treatment is the vehicle for change! A clear assessment, well-designed treatment plan and integrated team approach are the key points of a successful treatment. Our focus is on providing our families with a service that is goal-directed, i.e. driven by the priorities and goals of the parents, teachers and, if possible, of the children themselves.
The aim of Treatment is to give children the opportunity to participate in their world in a more successful way.
Here are the key elements of our treatment programmes:
- Family-Centred: The family is the most important part of a child’s life, and a child is often the centre of a family. Because the family is the child’s advocate and because of the impact of a child’s difficulties on the family, families play the most important role in our programmes. As a parent, you will be asked to set the goals and directions of therapy, be your child’s advocate, act as a link between different environments (such as therapies, schools, clubs) and be your child’s facilitator outside of therapy. Our role is to guide and support you through this process.
- Evidence-Based: By basing our therapies on the latest research, we can ensure that our treatments are likely to have the best success. Our therapists frequently attend courses and spend valuable time reading journals and keeping up with what’s happening in the greater occupational therapy communities.
- Team-Approach: Our unique integrated Trans-disciplinary approach means our children benefit from the skills and experience of many different therapists. Many children with motor or sensory difficulties have other areas of concern, either as a direct consequent of their difficulties or because of an underlying disorder which results in multiple difficulties. For example, difficulty playing familiar children’s sports, such as football may result in children withdrawing from social situations and having difficulty developing appropriate social skills. It may (and often does) result in children developing low self-esteem and poor knowledge of themselves. Our integrated model means that each therapist shares skills with the person who is directly treating the child, resulting in the child’s (and family’s) service being more holistic and addressing more than just the motor or sensory difficulties. Thus the children benefit from aspects of occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, play therapy and many more, all within the same session!
- Specialist Skills: All of our staff have undergone extensive training in their specific areas. Our staff consider on-going learning to be a vital part of their role and are committed to offering the best service to our families. Through our unique trans-disciplinary model, our staff share these specialist skills with each other, thus expanding the skills your family benefits from.
- FUN: The key to the brain’s ability to change (a process called neuro-plasticity) is motivation, and nothing is more motivating to a child than having fun. Our one-of-a-kind therapy jungle is stimulating, creative and motivating and our therapists inspire the children to participate and develop.
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