What is Paediatric Physiotherapy?

What is Paediatric Physiotherapy?

Occupational therapy empowers children to participate in their activities of daily life, by developing their skills to overcome obstacles.

Occupational Therapists develop independence in children by providing them and their families with fun and positive activities to help them improve their cognitive, pyscho-social, motor and life skills. This is done by modifying tasks or the environment.

 

Conditions that we treat

Conditions that we treat

• Attention and concentration e.g. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

• Relation and communication e.g. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

• Neurological rehabilitation

• Self-Care: skills required to participate in daily routines such as dressing, toileting, showering, using cutlery, tying shoelaces.

• Fine Motor Skills: motor planning, grasp and handwriting.

• Gross Motor Skills: motor planning, coordination and sports related activities.

• Sensory processing / sensory integration: the processing of sensory information and interpretation.

• Visual perception: ability to understand what is seen and how it impacts on the development of reading, spelling and learning in the classroom.

• Learning capacity e.g. dyslexia, dyspraxia and dysgraphia.

• Sensory, behavioural and emotional regulation.

Specialised Intervention Approaches:

• Sensory Integration

• Therapeutic Listening™

• Therapressure™ Brushing

• MORE approach

• Auditory Processing

• Social skills groups and training

• Behavioural support and intervention