Learn for Life Occupational Therapy

10/10/2025

Engagement is the secret ingredient in therapy 🌟 When kids are fully involved, they learn faster, practice skills more, and have FUN doing it!

We’ve put together 6 ways to make therapy engaging: movement, challenges, being silly, hide & seek, and themes… but that’s not all. There’s one tip as neuroaffirming therapists that makes the biggest difference 👉 Swipe to find out!

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16/09/2025

🌟 We’re hiring an OT! 🌟
At Learn for Life, you'll help people 'learn skills and live fully' while enjoying a balanced caseload, tailored growth, and a collaborative team.

Ready to make a real impact? Apply via the link below or email us today!

📍 Torrensville, SA
📧 Apply now: admin@learnforlifeot.com.au

https://www.seek.com.au/job/87162042?ref=recom-homepage&pos=2&origin=showNewTab =b58529cb41a2f14f4dca5eedd1a29ba8f1b5fc63

 At Learn for Life, we see the incredible potential in every person. We understand your commitment to finding the right support, and we're genuinely excited to work alongside you to focus on what matters most and create meaningful change together.

10/09/2025

Ever wonder what’s in an OT's therapy bag? 👜 Each resource is fun, practical, and designed to help clients reach their goals! Inside, you’ll find tools that support real-life skills and independence:

🎳 Boosting hand-eye coordination
🔺 Learning shapes & colours
💵 Practicing money skills
📋 Managing personal info & forms
✍️ Strengthening grip & handwriting
🤔 Building problem-solving skills

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08/09/2025

The Spoon Theory helps explain what it’s like living with chronic illness or disability 🥄

Each task, like getting dressed, cooking, working, or socialising, costs a spoon. Some days you start with plenty, other days you wake up with only a few. Once the spoons are gone, that’s it, you can’t borrow more without paying for it tomorrow.

This is where Occupational Therapy can help. We work with you to prioritise tasks, conserve energy, and adapt your routines so you can do more of what matters without burning out. OT helps you make every spoon count!

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05/09/2025

Learning never stops here! 👫🏻🤝
Alongside 1:1 supervision, our OTs come together each month for peer supervision, to share ideas, swap resources and explore case studies. It keeps us inspired, connected and equipped to give our clients the very best support.

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02/09/2025

Every child learns in their own way, and the right supports can make all the difference in the classroom. As OTs, we love helping create spaces that are calm, inclusive, and set kids up for success.

👉 Swipe through to see 5 simple yet powerful OT strategies that can support focus, learning, and participation in the classroom.

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17/08/2025

This year’s Book Week theme is “Book an Adventure!” 📚

The Rainbow Brain takes readers on an exciting journey through the colourful world of an AuADHD mind. In Occupational Therapy, we use stories like this to support self-discovery, helping clients explore their unique strengths, curiosity and ways of thinking🌈🧠

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15/08/2025

As a strengths-based clinic, we love noticing the unique qualities of our neurodivergent clients 🌈

Whether it's their passion, determination, sense of justice, sharp memory, or eye for detail, we celebrate these strengths and help each person feel proud, capable and confident in therapy 💛

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14/08/2025

The Sky/Grass/Dirt letter concept offers a clear visual guide to help young children learn letter sizing and placement.

Letters are grouped into three sizes:
☁️Sky - for tall letters like f and h
🌿Grass - for small letters like a and e
🌱Dirt - for hanging letters like g and y

We find this approach works well for our young visual learners. And by supporting letter sizing and placement, handwriting legibility naturally improves📝

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12/08/2025

Improving handwriting legibility is about so much more than just copying letters! ✍️ Our Occupational Therapists support handwriting by looking at the whole child.

We begin with the foundations like posture, hand strength, and the ability to cross the midline, as these play a big role in writing readiness.

We also consider how a child sees and processes visual information like tracking and eye-hand coordination 👀

Letter knowledge is introduced in fun and multi-sensory ways using movement, tactile tools, and play-based activities that help learning stick 🎨🧠

We teach letters in movement-based groups so children learn consistent patterns, not just isolated shapes ⚪️⬜️

And when it comes to legibility, spacing, sizing, and line placement are just as important. We help kids understand how to place tall, small, and hanging letters clearly on the page ✏️

Our approach blends two evidence-based programs to build confident and capable writers who feel proud of their work.

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08/08/2025

When therapy feels like play… magic happens! 🪄

Osmo blends real-world play pieces with interactive iPad games, so kids see their movements come to life on screen.

In OT, we can target skills like letter recognition, writing, drawing, problem-solving, and social connection - all while kids are laughing, exploring, and eager for more!

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22/07/2025

Do you know what our hidden sense is?

Interoception is our internal sense that helps us notice things like hunger, pain and emotions.

When kids learn to recognise their body signals, they can better understand how they’re feeling and choose the right strategies to stay calm, focused and in control.

In this post, we break down what interoception is, why it matters, and how OTs help build body awareness.

Swipe to learn more!

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