Occupational therapy for kids in Narellan and surrounding areas

Occupational therapists are trained health professionals who help people achieve their daily occupations that may include self-care, work/ school, and leisure activities. OTs work with children to enhance their development and to improve their confidence, social skills, motor skills and general well- being.

Why your child might see an occupational therapist (OT)

Your child might see an occupational therapist (OT) if they are having trouble doing everyday things because of physical, psychological or emotional problems, developmental delay or intellectual disability. If your child has difficulty in any of the listed areas contact us today.

A child is playing doctors with toy dinosaurs at occupational therapy

What we specialise in

  • Fine motor skills

    • Fine motor skills may involve the use of very precise motor movement in order to achieve an especially delicate task. Some examples of fine motor skills are using the pincer grasp to pick up small objects, cutting, colouring, and threading beads and handwriting.
    • Handwriting skills.
      • Includes grip and handwriting mechanics, letter formations, legibility, spatial organisation of written work, writing speed and fluency.

  • Gross motor skills

    • Includes strength, muscle tone, motor coordination and motor planning required to perform activities with larger muscle groups such as jumping, hopping, skipping, riding a bicycle and swimming.

  • Visual perceptual skills

      • Foundation for copying, reading, spelling, sight word retention, numeracy, comprehension & written expression.

  • Information processing

      • Includes memory systems and organisational skills, written expression skills (planning, sequencing and organising ideas and communicating these in writing).

  • Sensory processing

      • Sensory modulation including sensory defensive and sensory seeking behaviours.
      • Sensory regulation involving regulating a child’s arousal state (if too heightened [overactive] or underaroused [underactive]).

  • Attention and concentration

      • Maintaining attention over time. Modulating attention (broadening and narrowing focus and attention). – Shifting attention – Maintaining visual attention to task.

  • Activities of daily living

      • Includes self help skills for feeding dressing, bathing and independence in daily self help skills.

At Learn Through Play, we strive to make our therapy an enjoyable and positive experience for our children so they can feel comfortable, have fun and have the best opportunity to grow and learn.

We aim to help our children to live their lives with more joy by being more independent in everything that they do. Ultimately, Occupational Therapists aspire to promote confidence and quality of life for children and their families.

“Children learn as they play. Most importantly children learn how to learn.”

Fred Donaldson

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