Penrith

Our team are passionate about the importance of a collaborative, evidence-based approach to ensure therapy goals and strategies are meaningful and effective for maximising the participation of children and young people in their everyday environments. We work closely with parents and teachers to provide assessment and intervention aimed at increasing children’s confidence, enjoyment and independence in their home, classroom, playground, and community contexts.

Members of our team have completed additional training which includes It Takes Two to Talk – Hanen Program, Key Word Sign, Sounds-Write, Learn to Play (Stagnitti), The Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) Approach to Feeding (Kay Toomey), Conquering the Wees and Poos (Rebecca Khan), Zones of Regulation (Leah Kuypers), Traffic Jam in my Brain (Gen Jereb), Goal-Directed Training of Hand Function (Sydney University), DCD / Dyspraxia and the Role for Occupational Therapy (Lisa Scott), Perceive Recall Plan Perform (PRPP) System of Task Analysis (Chris Chapparo).

Goals we frequently address are in the areas of:

• Play and social skills
• Emotional regulation
• Receptive and expressive language
• Speech sounds
• Fluency (stuttering)
• Literacy (including phonological awareness)
• Social communication skills
• Fine motor skills (including handwriting)
• Gross motor skills and coordination
• Self-care skills (feeding, toileting, sleep, dressing, personal hygiene)
• Executive functioning (e.g., cognitive strategy use for attention and planning)
• Sensory processing

Our therapists are experienced in working with children and young people with:

• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Developmental Coordination Disorder
• Developmental Language Disorder and language delays
• Speech sound disorders
• Childhood Apraxia of Speech
• Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder
• Fluency disorders (stuttering)
• Learning disorders (including impairments in reading and written expression)
• Developmental delay
• Intellectual disability