OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
"Engage in everyday life. Advance with the help of Occupational Therapy sessions."
Down South Therapy Occupational Therapists are highly experienced in the provision of specialised evidence-based services to infants, children, teenagers, and adults with and without a diagnosis.
Our Services are accessible through Private Funding, NDIS, Medicare and more, for more information on how to access our services, see our Rebates & Funding Page
We provide individual, paired and group Occupational Therapy sessions for individuals with a range of diagnosed and undiagnosed difficulties, ranging from but not limited to:
- Motor skill difficulties
- Learning difficulties
- Behavioural difficulties
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Acquired brain injury
- Cerebral palsy
- Down syndrome
- Fragile X syndrome
- Hearing impairment
- Vision impairment
- Dyslexia
- Mental health difficulties
- Dyspraxia
- Attention and sensory regulation difficulties
- Developmental coordination disorder
- Specific skill-based difficulties impacting on performance at home and/or in the community
- Sensory processing disorder
Our Occupational Therapists can assist individuals in the areas of but not limited to:
- Fine motor skills
- Gross Motor Skills
- Social skills
- Play skills
- Attention regulation
- Sensory regulation
- Mealtimes and feeding
- Sleep
- Toileting
- Independence
- Managing and regulating anxieties, avoidance, anger, frustrations and challenging behaviours
- Upper limb rehabilitation including post botox intervention
- Equipment sourcing and provision
- Environmental modification
- School and work performance
- Problem solving and organizational skills
Down South Therapy Occupational Therapists are experienced in the provision of specialised evidence-based services and education and information sessions to parents, siblings, families, schools and community organisations. Our therapists provide individual, paired and group based intervention.