Occupational Therapy Services For Children at Chatterbox
At Chatterbox we want the best for your child. Our paediatric occupational therapists in Rydalmere are compassionate and caring. They are passionate about working with children, toddlers and infants, helping your child to realise their true potential – with 5 clinics across Sydney in Rosehill, Bella Vista, Oran Park, Kingswood and Penrith.
Our occupational therapy services offer a friendly, warm environment in which your child can feel supported and celebrated for their achievements. All our paediatric occupational specialists share a passion for helping children and families reach their learning goals.
How Can A Paediatric Occupational Therapist Help Your Child?
Our paediatric occupational 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 Rosehill, Bella Vista, Oran Park, Penrith & Kingswood, we proudly also offer our autism spectrum disorder services to local residents and Western Sydney Suburbs.
What does a Paediatric 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 assist children to participate and engage in everyday life.
Paediatric 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.
What Can A Paediatric Occupational Therapist Assist With?
The common issues Occupational Therapists in Rydalmere 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.
Paediatric occupational therapists are trained to evaluate and treat children's play skills, fine, visual, and motor skills as well as to support emotional and sensory regulation skills.
Don’t wait. Early intervention is proven to be a key factor in helping children succeed now and in the long-term.. In general these difficulties do not just ‘go away’. These difficulties are not caused by your child being lazy. Your child may avoid certain situations or get frustrated when they have homework.
This is because it is simply hard for them. Although a parent cannot cause their child to experience these difficulties, it is possible for them to find the right advice and support to help them.
Occupational Therapy Funding Options
There are options available to help you support your child with Occupational therapy and
speech therapy services. We are able to process:
