Occupational Therapy for Children and Young People

Children and young people’s key occupations are to increasingly develop skills to look after themselves, to play and to learn. Occupational therapy can support children who have difficulties in these areas due to a disability, injury, developmental delay, or diverse learning style or need. OTs take a play-based approach to supporting children to be able to play, learn and look after themselves. OTs can also address social and environmental factors influencing the child’s experiences at home, school or in the community.

 

At Believe and Become we are passionate about working from strengths-based, neurodiversity affirming, and trauma-informed approaches. We help children and their families understand their rights to access supports and reasonable accommodations in education, community activities and later employment. We build their capacity to be able to understand their strengths and support needs and advocate for themselves.

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Occupational therapy can help children and young people with:

• Understanding their disability, strengths, rights and building self-advocacy skills

• Play and social skills

• Self-care skills like bathing, dressing, toileting, eating and sleeping

• Fine motor skills needed for handwriting, typing, dressing, feeding and play

• Gross motor skills, strength and coordination needed for sitting, walking, running, jumping and being active

• Sensory processing - managing all the information we receive via our senses

• Managing emotions

• School readiness and transition to school

• Transition to high-school and the workplace

• Attention, concentration, organisation and other executive function skills

• Life skills and problem solving

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At Believe and Become we offer clinic, home, early learning centre and school based therapy to meet your needs and preferences.

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We provide a range of standardised assessments and reports designed to facilitate access to services and supports, including the National Disability Insurance Scheme and reasonable accommodations in education or employment.