What is it?
Paediatric and Youth Occupational Therapists work with children, adolescents and young adults to gain confidence and independence through supporting their development including:
fine motor and visual motor coordination skills
sensory and emotional regulation skills
independent living skills such as sleeping, toileting, dressing and eating
Who can it help?
Some of the reasons our patients visit include:
developmental delay and social difficulties
a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, attention difficulties, intellectual delay
emotional regulation and anxiety
dyspraxia, dysgraphia and other fine motor and visual motor coordination disorders
handwriting difficulties
struggling with planning and independent living skills