Occupational therapy is as the word implies: “therapy” to help a person who experiences barriers in whatever they want to, or have to, “occupy” themselves with. For children, this can be anything that affects them at home, school, or socially. Below is a list of some of the challenges children experience that I can help with. It is by no means an extensive list so please get in touch with me to discuss your child’s particular needs.
Completing an occupational therapy assessment is the first step in the process to helping your child. This will allow me to identify the underlying causes for the difficulties your child is having, and to plan a bespoke therapy program for them.
The assessment starts off with us having an initial free 10 minute consultation to determine if working together will be suitable. If we decide to proceed, the assessment process follows four phases, with payment required at each stage. Please note my hourly rate is $193.99 for all funding routes. Below is a summary of the process for a standard assessment (usually $1260.94), but please contact me for further information if needed.
Phase 1, you book a one hour parent/carer telehealth consultation, as well as your child’s assessment with me. I will then send you an online background information questionnaire to complete, which we can discuss further during the parent/carer consultation.
I assess your child in person. This may take between 2 - 3 hours, with adequate breaks to ensure your child remains focussed and able to participate to their fullest ability. I may also ask you to complete additional standardised questionnaires regarding your child’s sensory processing and motor processing abilities at this stage.
Involves analysing the assessment results and capturing it in a draft summary report, which normally requires 2 hours of report writing time. The purpose of this report is to inform therapy provision only, and it is not suitable for diagnostic purposes or the NDIS. I will share the draft report with you for review before we discuss it (phase 4), and ask you to book the 30 minute feedback session with me.
During Phase 4 we discuss the report and my recommendations for occupational therapy, during a 30 minute telehealth feedback session which you may want to attend with your child if suitable. During this meeting I will clarify any questions you have about the report, and we will agree on the final goals to address during therapy.
*re Phase 2: Please note that it may become necessary during this phase, that I carry out an observation of your child in their educational setting. This cost will be additional to the standard quoted fee including travel fees to and from the educational setting. However, I will discuss and agree the importance of an environment assessment with you first.
