Seirrah Occupational Therapy

04/01/2026

The farm is back open again from tomorrow! Lots of local children have inset day tomorrow - why not pop down and have a fun few hours 😊

Hey Guys! We are back open tomorrow until Christmas Eve! 10-5pm 7 days a week! However the Cafe will be closed tomorrow 5th of January for a deep clean and to sort fresh stock, the Cafe will be open Tuesday 6th of January for the remainder of the year! ❤️
We look forward to seeing you all! ❤️☕️

27/04/2025

Are you feeling confused about Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)?

Have you been told you need a sensory diagnosis to access support?

Or been asked to pay thousands of pounds for a private sensory assessment, marketed as an “investment”?

If so, you’re not alone, and you deserve clear, honest information.

Here’s the truth:
🚫 Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) is not a recognised diagnosis in the UK.

🔍 Occupational Therapists in the UK cannot diagnose SPD.

✅ What we can do — and what we always do at Seirrah Therapies — is assess sensory integration and processing difficulties, and show how they impact your child’s daily life, learning, and participation.

Sadly, some companies are still offering sensory assessments costing families thousands of pounds, selling them as an “investment” in certainty and answers.

But SPD is not recognised in NHS, education, health, or tribunal frameworks.

Families are often left feeling misled, disappointed, and even more out of pocket — without the guaranteed support they were promised.

At Seirrah Therapies, we will always give you clear, evidence-based assessments that focus on supporting your child’s real-life needs, not selling labels or false guarantees.

We are proud to stand alongside organisations like Ayres' Sensory Integration WISE and The Sensory Project, who have clearly reinforced that SPD is not a recognised diagnosis, and who continue to advocate for honesty, clarity, and ethical practice.

You deserve better.

You deserve information you can trust — not marketing spin.
You deserve real, meaningful support for your child, and it doesn’t need to cost thousands of pounds!

At Seirrah Therapies, we stand for honesty, integrity, transparency, and truly child-centred care — every step of the way.

In response to recent LinkedIn discussions about Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), we wanted to clearly share the position of ASI Wise & Sensory Project.
See the post here:
https://lnkd.in/ecA9MxPK

At ASI Wise & Sensory Project, we deliver evidence-informed post graduate MSc accredited education for Occupational Therapists (OTs), Physiotherapists (PTs), and Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) across the UK and Ireland.

We are often asked:

“Do you teach how to diagnose SPD?”

The answer is no. We do not. And neither do those who learn with us.

SPD (Sensory Processing Disorder) is not a recognised diagnosis in the UK or Ireland. It does not appear in the ICD-11 or DSM-5, and it is not accepted within NHS, HSE, education, or tribunal frameworks.
This is reflected in the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) 2021 position statement, which confirms that Occupational Therapists in the UK do not diagnose Sensory Processing Disorder, and that terminology around sensory integration and processing should focus on describing functional impacts to support participation.

No allied health professional practising in the UK or Ireland should be diagnosing SPD.

Yet families are still being told—incorrectly—that a “sensory diagnosis” is necessary for accessing support. Many are paying significant fees for private assessments that do not align with national standards, often leading to confusion and frustration.

We find this deeply concerning.

At ASI Wise & Sensory Project, here’s what we do teach:
• How to assess sensory integration and processing using internationally respected, evidence-based frameworks
• How to deliver sensory-informed practice within each profession’s domain of practice—occupation, movement, or communication
• How to embed participation as the central goal of all intervention
• How to use language that is accurate, defendable, and meaningful within health, education, and tribunal contexts

We are proud to stand for clarity, professional integrity, and ethical practice.
We teach what empowers people—not what sells.

If we want to truly support individuals and families, we must prioritise honesty, transparency, and the highest standards of professional responsibility.

https://sensoryproject.org/2025/02/06/why-we-recommend-using-sensory-integration-and-processing-and-framing-reports-around-strengths-and-difficulties-impacting-participation/

16/08/2024

This is awesome 🙌 well done Marks and Spencer

24/03/2024

How to reduce SENSORY OVERLOAD
What works for you? Is there anything that you could add to this?

24/03/2024

This is very insightful and beautifully presented. We see many young individuals who struggle just like Holly, and this slideshow helps with understanding a different perspective ❤️

09/05/2022

Paediatric Occupational Therapy is all about helping your child progress in their development and learning. We are here to engage, encourage and strive for the best for your child.

27/04/2022

🦸‍♂️🤸🏼‍♀️🏋🏽📝 ADHD and Me 📝🏋🏽🤸🏼‍♀️🦹🏽‍♀️

𝙸𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚖𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔?
𝙰𝚖 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚍, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑?
𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗, 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚜,
𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢’𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚍, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚎?

𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚖𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎, 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍,
𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚠, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚙𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚍,
𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜, 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚠𝚗,
𝙰𝚝 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝙸 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝, 𝚑𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚞𝚗 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚒𝚏 𝙸’𝚖 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗?

𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍,
𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚎, 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍,
𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚎, 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠,
𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠.

𝙸‘𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢’𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍,
𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗’𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚐𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚍,
𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚜, 𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚎,
𝙻𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖𝚜, 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚘𝚐𝚜, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚜 𝙸 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎!

𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚕𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎,
𝚆𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚊 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸’𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎,
𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍, 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎,
𝚃𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚘, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞.

𝙸𝚏 𝙸 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚎, 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚞𝚗 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢,
𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸’𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚝, 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢,
𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎, 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚙 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗,
𝙼𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘, 𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗.

𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚊𝚢,
𝚃𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚜, 𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢,
𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕,
𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗’𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗, 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎.

𝚂𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚕,
𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍, 𝙸’𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚕,
𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚎, 𝙰𝙳𝙷𝙳 𝚒𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛, 𝚒𝚏 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎,
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝙸 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚋𝚎.
© www.pdaparenting.com

24/04/2022

Great tip from WriteAbility 😀

Why should we encourage kids to work against vertical surfaces?
www.writeability.co.za

24/04/2022

🦋 The OT Butterfly 🦋 put together this visual to explain the cause of a potential after school meltdown. This concept also applies to other situations and not only school.

01/03/2022

Here are some ideas when talking about the weather 🥶 💨 ❄️ 🌧 ⛅️ ☀️

28/02/2022

🙌 send us your ideas 🙌

27/02/2022

This is a great poster from Learning Links with just some ideas for managing and avoiding post school meltdowns.

If your child is experiencing regular meltdowns, they may benefit from emotional or sensory regulation work with our team.