Occupational Therapy Options
Individual in-clinic therapy sessions
Typically 50 minutes of face to face therapy. Our dedicated and highly skilled therapists utilise the remaining 10 minutes of the hour to plan individualised therapy activities and goals, based on their clinical observation to ensure the child is receiving optimal therapy consistently from week to week.
We welcome parents and on occasion, siblings into the sessions when appropriate, which allows for therapy to be realistic and suitable for the whole family to continue to apply in the natural home environment too.
Tele therapy
(Telehealth via Zoom)
We understand that OT services can be hard to come by, especially in rural communities. Childworks has therefore established a Rural Outreach Programme whereby therapy to rural communities such as Bathurst, Orange and others, can access OT via Telehealth. Additionally, Zoom sessions can be arranged for any client who may be unable to get to their clinic appointment for example due to sickness or other family members’ commitments.
Home, school & preschool visits
These can be arranged to be weekly, fortnightly or once off visits to assess and provide support to clients in their natural settings.
Occupational therapists have the opportunity once there, to ensure the learning and living environments are best set up to suit clients’ physical or sensory needs.
Multidisciplinary meetings
(Virtual and onsite)
We are solely an Occupational Therapy clinic, but we understand that best practice for children’s optimal therapy is to provide a holistic approach that includes a child’s speech, physical, mental, social, academic and developmental contexts. Thus, to ensure continuity of care throughout a child’s natural daily contexts, our therapists arrange regular meetings with school teachers and support team, speech therapists, psychologists, paediatricians, and dieticians.
Programmes to address specific development skills
- Handwriting: Write On
- School readiness: Ready, Set, Kindy
- Social skills: Ready, Set, Socialise!
- School holidays: Lego Club
Client and family-centred occupational therapy
When children have autonomy in designing their own therapy goals, they will have increased motivation to be involved in therapy. Our therapists work to ensure that both the clients and families can make evidence based and informed decisions regarding therapy goals.
NDIS reports, equipment, funding reports, school letter of recommended strategies, progress reports and more are available on request!
Standby waitlist
We understand that waitlists can be lengthy!
Let us offer you a few once-off sessions when our therapists get a cancellation.
We can provide client: therapist or parent: therapist support and home programme resources during these sessions that you can continue to use as you await a permanent therapy spot.