Childworks Occupational Therapy for Children
Childworks is an NDIS registered, neurodiversity affirming paediatric Occupational Therapy practice located in Dural, NSW.
Our Occupational Therapists are experienced in providing services to support autistic children as well as children who experience difficulty with attention, emotional distress and require support to meet developmental milestones.
We can provide individualised plans to enhance your child to develop their:
· Handwriting and school-based skills
· School readiness skills
· Daily self-care skills
· Fine motor and gross motor skills
· Emotional and sensory regulation skills
· Executive functioning skills such as problem solving, organisation, planning and recall.
Transition to school
School is a huge step for every child and some children need a little extra help. We can provide the following services:
· Work with your child’s childcare centre or preschool and prospective school.
· Develop an individualised programme and goals for your child including support for beginning handwriting, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, social skills, self-care skills and emotional skills.
· Provide a group school readiness programme to support your child to develop the skills needed to start school.
Neurological differences
Many children with neurological differences find tasks in everyday life difficult. We can provide the following services:
· Develop an individualised plan and goals to address the issues that your child may be experiencing.
· Work and liaise with preschools and schools to address the issues and support the staff to provide the best outcomes for your child.
Handwriting
Handwriting is still a very important part of your child’s education. Many tests including Naplan and the HSC include components of handwriting. Many children find producing legible handwriting at a reasonable speed to be difficult. We can provide the following services:
· Assess your child’s handwriting concerns and difficulties.
· Set goals to address these concerns.
· Provide weekly homework to support the development of your child’s handwriting.
· Provide a 1:1 handwriting programme called “Write On” to support children in Year 1-3 with developing good habits for handwriting early on.
Funding
NDIS: Childworks Occupational Therapy is a registered NDIS provider. We welcome Agency, Plan and Self-managed participants.
Medicare: Childworks Occupational therapists are registered with Medicare. There are multiple referral options to assist with the cost of therapy, please speak to our admin team during onboarding for more information.
Private: Childworks Occupational Therapy welcomes private paying clients.
All kids need, is a little help and someone who believes in them…
Please call Childworks on (02) 9055 4692 – to discuss how we can help your child
Transition to school. Will your child be ready?
For every child, transition to school is a big step. Some children need a little help to get ready for and to make that step into big school. Childworks can help. We will assess your child’s strengths with respect to school readiness, as well as areas where they may need some assistance.
Autism and other neurological differences
Occupational Therapy can help your child to participate in everyday routines and activities. Many children with neurological differences find fitting into everyday life difficult.
Handwriting Issues?
If your child is struggling at school, then handwriting difficulty may be one of the issues. Handwriting requires a complex skill set involving a combination of physical, perceptual, cognitive and sensory processing components. most of us take these skills for granted! But some children struggle to put everything together and that is where Childworks can help.
NDIS, Experience, Registration and Funding
Our therapists are experienced and fully registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). They have degrees in Occupational Therapy and are full and active members of Occupational Therapy Australia. We participate in regular training programmes, to ensure that we are up-to-date with the most recent research and techniques, to deliver the best possible Occupational Therapy for children.
Childworks is fully registered and accepts the following funding systems: NDIS, Medicare, FaCSIA including Helping Children with Autism and Better Start. Assessments and treatments can also be claimed on private health insurance.
Contact Childworks
If you would like to speak to someone about how we can help your child, please fill out the form below or contact (02) 9055 4692.