Paediatric Occupational Therapy
At Chatterbox we want the best for your child. Our therapists are kind and caring. They are passionate about working with children and helping your child to realise their true potential.
Our clinics provide a warm friendly environment where your child’s needs will be supported and their gains will be celebrated. All of our therapists share a passion for working with children and families to best support their learning goals.
Our therapists are committed to empowering children and families with communication skills which foster learning and encourage your child to join in on activities at home and within the community. We can provide care for children suffering from
- Fine motor Skills
- Gross motor Skills
- Sensory integration
- Sensory Processing and Sensory Defensiveness
- Social Skills
- Play Skills
- Self regulation
- Self Care and toileting advice
- Visual Motor skills
We believe every child has the right to have access to therapy no matter where they live, so we offer online therapy services as well as services within our clinics in Bella Vista, Oran Park and Penrith, we proudly also offer our services to local Baulkham Hills, Jamisontown, Werrington Downs, Cranebrook, Glenbrook, Castle Hill, Emu Plains, Glenwood, Kellyville, Kingswood and Seven Hills residents.
What does an Occupational Therapist Do?
Paediatric Occupational Therapists are trained to assess and provide therapy for children who may experience difficulties with their fine, gross or visual motor skills as well as sensory and emotional regulation difficulties. Occupational therapists help children to participate and engage in their everyday lives.
Peadiatric Occupational Therapists are trained to help children with the occupation of being a child, so making and keeping friends, playing, building, running, jumping, being creative, listening and self care skills like getting dressed and putting on shoes.
The common issues Occupational Therapists can help with are:
- Fine motor skills or finger skills like cutting, holding pencils, using zippers, doing up buttons
- Gross motor skills or whole body movements like running, jumping, swimming, riding a bike, throwing and catching balls
- Sensory Processing skills for concentration and learning that focus on how the body responses to external stimulus which impacts concentration, behavior and learning.
- Self care skills like dressing, toileting, eating or sleeping.
- Visual motor skills that help a child to interpret visual information that helps for reading, writing or catching a ball.
Occupational Therapists are specifically trained to assess and treat your child’s play skills, fine, gross and visual motor skills as well as to support emotional and sensory regulation skills.
Don’t wait. Early intervention has been proven to help children achieve their best both now and for later success. In general these difficulties do not just ‘go away’. Your child is not having these difficulties because they are lazy. You may find they are starting to avoid situations where they have to participate in an activity or will become frustrated when they have to do their homework.
This is because it is simply hard for them. A parent does not cause their child to have these difficulties, however a parent who has found the right advice and support can help their child to achieve success.
Book an appointment now to meet with one of our friendly and caring speech pathologists.