Chatterbox Offers Occupational Therapy Services for Children
At Chatterbox we want the best for your child. Our paediatric occupational therapists in Auburn have a warm and caring nature. 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 are warm and friendly. Your child’s successes will be celebrated. All our paediatric occupational therapy therapists share a passion to work with children and their families in order to help them achieve 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 can assess and treat children with difficulties in fine, gross, or visual motor skills. They also have the ability to help with sensory and emotional regulation issues. Occupational therapists enable children to be active and participate in their daily lives.
Paediatric occupational therapy is trained to assist children in the activities of being a child. This includes making friends, running, jumping and being creative. They also teach self-care skills, such as dressing and changing your shoes.
What Can A Paediatric Occupational Therapist Assist With?
The common issues Occupational Therapists in Auburn 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 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 is proven to be a key factor in helping children succeed now and in the long-term.. These difficulties don’t 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.
It is because they find it difficult. While a parent can’t cause their child these problems, a parent who provides the right support and advice can help their child achieve success.
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:
