Occupational Therapy
What is Occupational Therapy?
Occupational therapists (also known as OTs) help children to perform the activities that they need and want to do each day that bring meaning to their life.
How do I know if my child should have Occupational Therapy?
You may notice that your child is having difficulty:
- Coming up with their own ideas in play and imaginative play with toys.
- Being able to do the everyday activities in our daily routines. This includes brushing our teeth, getting dressed and using cutlery.
- Using the hand and fingers to stay in the lines and use scissors.
- Using the larger muscles of the body to catch a ball, jump and hop with control and use playground equipment.
- Differences in responses to sensations. This includes wearing clothes with different textures and dislike of loud noises.
- Understanding and managing big emotions and feelings.
Our Occupational Therapists can help children by looking at the building blocks of development so they can be more independent and engage in the meaningful activities in their world.
Occupational Therapy at Royal Far West
Our team of skilled Occupational Therapists support children, families and their school to help them thrive.
They support children with:
- Building gross and fine motor skills
- Play skills
- Self-care skills to increase independence
- Sharing ideas to children who react differently to certain sensations
- Building skills and sharing ideas to support regulation, learning and friendships at school and home
Our services in action
We’ve been supporting country kids via telehealth for over 10 years.
Find out more about how Royal Far West helped support Keaton with his speech and language development via telehealth.
Our Services
Speech Pathology
Our speech pathologists help children with communication difficulties, including speech sounds, stuttering, reading, and social skills to improve their communication to engage confidently with the world.
Psychology
Psychologists assist children with social-emotional difficulties that can hugely impact their behaviour, and their ability to interact with other people, and the environment around them to help them thrive.
Social Work
Social workers help individuals, families, and groups improve their wellbeing. They help support children and families connect to resources and develop strategies that help stressful or difficult situations.