Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapists are skilled at working with children and teens. We work with your team, which may include integration coordinators, carers, early education teachers, day centres and schools.
How can we help?
- Improve focus and concentration.
- Develop skills for playing and writing.
- Aid learning to make friends.
- Increase feeding skills and improve mealtime behaviour.
- Build skills for self-care independence at home or school such as dressing and toileting.
- Support with big life transitions, such as moving from kindergarten to school.
- Learning to play a sport that is important to you.
Specific Learning Difficulty
Occupational Therapists can screen for Dysgraphia if concerns have been raised about longstanding handwriting issues. We look at letter formation, placement, orientation, motor memory, pencil grasp, posture, speed of writing and content of writing. Your child may benefit from typing for long writing pieces or extra time at school to complete work.
We can write a report for school to support these adaptations if this is deemed necessary for your child or adolescent. Before a comprehensive assessment is completed, you should get your child’s vision and hearing checked.
For Dyslexia Assessment, please contact SPELD http://www.speldvic.org.au/
