Our Services
Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy involves the assessment, management, and intervention to develop, recover, or maintain meaningful activities in one’s everyday life or occupation. Simply put, our Occupational Therapists (OTs) work with individuals to ensure they are living their lives to the fullest! Some common areas that our OTs support with include:
- Gross motor skills (e.g. sitting, balancing, walking, climbing stairs)
- Fine motor skills (e.g. grabbing, drawing, writing, typing, using scissors)
- Oral motor and feeding skills (e.g. chewing, swallowing, drinking)
- Sensory processing and modulation
- Self-regulation
- Self-care skills
- Play and social skills
- Executive function
- Visual-perception and visual-motor skills
- Motor planning and coordination difficulties
- Attention and behavioural challenges
- Gross motor skills (e.g. sitting, balancing, walking, climbing stairs)
- Fine motor skills (e.g. grabbing, drawing, writing, typing, using scissors)
- Oral motor and feeding skills (e.g. chewing, swallowing, drinking)
- Sensory processing and modulation
- Self-regulation
- Self-care skills
- Play and social skills
- Executive function
- Visual-perception and visual-motor skills
- Motor planning and coordination difficulties
- Attention and behavioural challenges
Our team has extensive experience working with individuals with a range of diagnoses such as:
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Cerebral Palsy
- Dyslexia
- Dyspraxia
- Global Developmental Delay (GDD)
- Neurological conditions
- Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)
- Stroke
- Traumatic Brain Injuries
Occupational Therapy
For Children
Occupational therapy involves supporting children in their everyday activities whether it be at home, at school, at the shops or at the playground. We help children independently perform age-appropriate tasks, by helping them with strategies that build on their strengths. Maximising a child’s interaction with the world lays a solid foundation for their future growth and development.
The following are some common signs and symptoms that your child may benefit from occupational therapy:
- Developmental delays
- Impulsive behaviour and reduced self-control
- Handwriting difficulties
- Difficulties identifying letters or letter reversals while writing
- Difficulties copying figures
- Frequent falling when walking
- Prolonged tantrums and difficulties calming down independently
- Poor attention
- Behavioural challenges
- Difficulties in sensory processing (e.g. strong preference for or against certain types of textures in food, hypersensitivity to loud noises)
- Difficulties with sitting upright and general positioning
- Unable to independently feed, shower, or dress self
- Rigidity in the way certain things are done (e.g. presentation of food, way of playing, organisation of items)
At Ohana Therapy, intervention plans and goals are tailored according to each child’s motor, sensory, cognitive and psychosocial needs, which are considered in the context of the child’s family and environmental circumstances. Once OTs complete their assessment, they will be able to give parents valuable insights into the underlying reasons why their child may be responding differently to everyday activities and provide strategies on how they can help at home.
At Ohana Therapy, intervention plans and goals are tailored according to each child’s motor, sensory, cognitive and psychosocial needs, which are considered in the context of the child’s family and environmental circumstances. Once OTs complete their assessment, they will be able to give parents valuable insights into the underlying reasons why their child may be responding differently to everyday activities and provide strategies on how they can help at home.
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