Levi and Ollie Therapy Dogs

27/10/2022

This week is OT week, and the theme for the week is “what OT means to me”.
Being an OT is a privilege, I have been fortunate to work with so many wonderful clients and colleagues in my career so far.
Being an OT means that I get to support children, parents/carers and their families to live meaningful lives doing what they love.

11/10/2022

What a wonderful program, especially for those families finding things a little challenging at the moment!

BREAKFAST CLUB 🍓🍞🧇

Every school morning 7am-8am free breakie program for kids ☺️
Come hang out in the sunshine and have some food before school ☀️ 🌿

16/09/2022

So to kick start my page properly, I’ll explain what an OT actually is and does!

Occupational Therapists’ support people to do the activities (occupations) that they need or want to do.

defines Occupational Therapy as “Occupational therapy (OT) is a degree-based health profession, regulated by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). Occupational therapists use a whole person perspective to work with individuals, groups and communities to achieve optimal health and wellbeing through participation in the occupations of life.” (Occupational Therapy Australia, 2022)

With children, we use a holistic, family centred approach to support the child and family to participate in meaningful occupations I.e. play, being able to eat a meal, use cutlery, self cares (toileting, getting dressed), make friends, develop motor skills (big and little muscle movements), sensory processing (more on this to come), emotional regulation, sleep, fussy eaters and more!

In perinatal health, we support mothers and carers with their mental health, self cares, establishing routines, manual handling (lifting baby, getting on/off chairs and in/out of cars), connecting with baby, adjusting to new roles, supporting your child with their emotional regulation and sensory needs, and more

07/07/2022

“Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!” Did you know this week is Reading books written by mob is a lovely way to teach your children about First Australians and their culture. These are stories my daughter chose for our shelf this week - we like to rotate books to keep story time interesting. Tell me your favourite books written by mob in the comments below!

30/06/2022

Hi I’m Ashley 👋 I’m a mum of two and I am passionate about supporting parents to raise resilient children while taking care of themselves too! As an Occupational Therapist, I bring a unique perspective to maternal care, looking at parents and families holistically to understand their roles and occupations (activities that a person does), collaboratively set goals and support clients to achieve them. I am very practical and like to see how we can fit ‘therapy activities’ into your daily life (more on this to come). During my pregnancies I found that most of the professionals I saw focused on labour prep and nothing was really there to support my transition to becoming a mum, how to navigate caring for yourself in the 4th trimester, understanding how to support my babies development. I became a mum thinking I needed to sacrifice my own self care and sometimes my own needs to support my family, but I’ve learned and teach my clients that you can’t pour from an empty cup, so get in touch and see if I can help fill yours!

08/05/2022

Hi guys! It’s been a while but we are back! And we have a whole lot of interesting content planned for you! Our mum has finished maternity leave after having a little boy! We have loved our time with our human siblings. Levi has also been out of action after eye surgery but the team have been so helpful, he will be back in the clinic soon! Be sure to follow our mums page too, there will be lots of info for OT’s and things to support expecting and new parents coming soon

30/10/2020

We love our job, each day brings new challenges but it’s a new opportunity to empower clients and add meaning to their life! We have mostly been focusing on working with children and their families since returning from mat leave. We support clients to manage emotions, go to the toilet on their own, get dressed, manage sensory issues, get around their house more easily, develop coordination and fine motor (hand) skills, we help parents play and connect with their children, importantly we help people find balance and have fun!

30/10/2020

Occupational therapists support people to participate in meaningful activities or ‘occupations’ like going for a walk, caring for your baby or dogs...

30/10/2020

I loved working in a with mum, we saw people of all ages and helped them return home after a , , ....

30/10/2020

complements by increasing motivation, lowering stress levels and making activities more fun!

26/08/2020

Our new normal for a few weeks....