Occupational Therapy intervention
Supporting You to Reach Your Full Potential
Functional Skills
Practical capacity building skills and opportunities to develop:
- Self care and life skills
- Instrumental ADLs such as taking medications, managing finances and bills, food preparation, housekeeping, laundry, shopping and many others
- Self- management skills
- Skills for caring for others
Community Access and Integration
Practical capacity building skills and opportunities to develop:
- Public transport skills training
- Shopping, dining and social integration
- Accessing the community and services
- Participation in leisure and recreation ‘activities of interest’
Assistive Technology
To facilitate enhanced safety, independence, access and self-management:
- Small aids for household tasks
- Assistive equipment
- Environmental controls
- Home modifications
- Assistance Animals
Psychosocial Skills
A functional approach to develop skills to:
- Improve self-awareness and self-management
- Manage the needs of others (support occupational roles e.g. parent)
- Regulate emotions to help cope with stress, anxiety, depression
- Develop routines and regular participation in ADLs
- Access the community to pursue social activities of interest as well as meaningful and productive tasks
Falls Risk Management
Practical strategies to reduce falls risks:
- Education and advice
- Provision of Assistive Technology e.g. Aids and equipment
- Home modifications
Cognitive Retraining and Compensation
A functional and practical approach to improve thinking skills such as:
- Attention and concentration
- Memory strategies
- Compensatory strategies to improve safety and independence
- Executive functioning skills
- Provision of Assistive Technology/ Aids
Sensory Modulation
Everyone perceives sensory information slightly differently and responds differently. We work together with you, using the information from the Sensory Profile Assessment to help you learn how to manage your unique sensory needs; to influence your emotions and behaviours; and adapt your environment for optimal outcomes and experience a better quality of life.
Canine Assisted OT
We offer Canine Assisted Occupational Therapy. This means a therapy dog supports our Occupational Therapist during therapeutic activities with our clients. Canine Assisted Occupational Therapy is risk assessed for suitability. If you are interested in please get in touch.
Sleep
We offer education and practical strategies to support better quality and duration of sleep. Sleep is an important occupation that directly influences your performance in all other ADLs.
Fatigue and Pain Management
We offer education and practical strategies to reduce symptoms of pain and fatigue. Pain and fatigue are subjective and variable so we appreciate each individual has different experiences and believe in a person-centred approach.