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SERVICES

I can help with a variety of difficulties experienced by children and young people. I always start with trying to understand what they are finding difficult and how that affects their lives at home, in education and socially. A thorough assessment is essential to understand underlying problems and to plan appropriate treatment. Families often find that this process of assessment can help them discover their own ways of helping their young people to do the things they need or want to do.

THINGS I CAN HELP WITH:

  • Sensory Integration (also known as Sensory Processing)

  • Development of fine and gross motor skills

  • Visual motor perception

  • Hand -eye co-ordination

  • Developing independence

    • Personal Activity skills e.g. using the toilet, washing, grooming

    • Domestic Activity skills e.g. washing clothes, managing money

    • Community and Social interests

  • Dyspraxia (Developmental Co-ordination Disorder)

  • Feeding and eating difficulties

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  • Access to learning

  • Transition planning (for instance, between schools or into college)

  • Foetal Alcohol SpectrumDisorders – Occupational and sensory aspects

  • Mental health difficulties related to occupation.

  • Training design and delivery

  • Parent/carer support

THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES

​I have successfully undertaken the following training and have experience to offer assessments and interventions using:

 

Theraplay® Informed Practice.  

Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) informed practice

Sensory Attachment Intervention techniques in practice including the Just Right State protocols for parents and children

Sensory Integration practitioner – post graduate certificate in sensory integration

Foundation level family therapy

Introduction to Therapeutic Life Story Work

TEST ADMINISTRATION

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In addition to the standardised and non-standardised assessments I am qualified to offer as an Occupational Therapist, I have undertaken further training and assessment to offer the following:

 The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule- Second Edition (ADOS-2) which is a semi-structured assessment of communication, social interaction, and play/ imagination for individuals suspected of having autism or other pervasive developmental disorders.

Sensory Integration and Praxis Test (SIPT) which offers the most complete and flexible assessment of sensory integration available

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