• Occupational Therapists at Childworks can help your child:

FINE MOTOR

• Pencil grip
• Buttons, zips, locks, food packets
• Cutting and pasting
• Using utensils such as cutlery, toothbrush and hair brushes
• Muscle tone and strength
• Drawing, writing and colouring in
• Handwriting

GROSS MOTOR

• Midline crossing
• Bilateral coordination
• Range of motion and dexterity
• Stability and posture
• Coordination
• Muscular tone, strength and endurance

SELF CARE

• Dressing and undressing
• Eating
• Bathing and showering
• Toileting (Wiping, flushing, routine, hand washing, re-dressing lower body)
• General hygiene
• Independence
• Brushing hair and teeth
• Shoelaces

SCHOOL READINESS

• Preparing before the big ‘first day’
• Support for parents leading up to beginning
• Self care
• Fine motor
• Gross motor
• Visual motor
• Executive functioning
• Social skills
• Independence and confidence building
• Transitioning skills
• Modifications and strategies

SENSORY SUPPORT

• Self regulation
• Sensory strategies to implement at school and home
• Attention and concentration
• Assistive equipment
• Sensory diet tailored to your child’s needs
• Environmental modifications (including home and school visits)

VISUAL MOTOR

• Copying patterns, letters and words
• Letter, name and number recognition
• Figure ground discrimination (finding objects in busy classroom setting, for example)
• Scanning and reading
• Writing and drawing

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING

• Organisation and prioritisation
• Perseverance when completing new or challenging tasks
• Impulse control
• Metacognition
• Emotional Regulation
• Working memory
• Time management
• Attention and concentration
• Task completion
• TAFE, University, Job readiness

SOCIAL SKILLS

• Joining a group
• Winning and losing fairly
• Compromising
• Social problem solving
• Turn taking and sharing
• Following game rules
• Understanding others’ perspectives (thoughts, feelings and interests)
• Self advocacy
• Establishing and maintaining friendships
• Bullying and cyber safety skills

Parent / carer / support staff support regarding:

• Creating and maintaining a supportive sensory environment in the home and community
• Suggestions for ensuring kids have an environment at home and school that supports their functional and cognitive skills
• Toileting support
• Sleep support
• Feeding and ‘picky eater’ support
• Calm down strategies to use when those ‘big emotions’ take over

• Advocating for your child using Neurodiversity Affirming strategies

• Applying for NDIS funding or additional school supports
• Pre school, Primary school, High school, TAFE, uni or job readiness & skills
• Assessment and NDIS funding request applications
• General early childhood and development support

Neurodiversity affirming therapy for clients experiencing the following diagnoses (but not limited to):

• Trauma (Trauma Informed Care strategies)
• Children with a Pathological Demand Avoidant profile
• Oppositional defiant disorder
• Executive functioning challenges
• Sensory processing challenges
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
• Global Developmental Delay
• Intellectual disability
• Dyspraxia
• Dyslexia
• Developmental Coordination Disorder
• Down Syndrome
• Hypermobility
• Acquired trauma (eg upper limb rehabilitation especially after breaks and sprains)