Lucy Bates Children's Occupational Therapist

13/04/2026

Back to school! Great morning today supporting staff at a specialist secondary school implement the DfE framework to support handwriting… Watch this space for more collaborations with this school supporting students with handwriting challenges…

13/04/2026

Back to school! This morning Lucy was at Sutton School in Dudley delivering handwriting training to support the school implement the new DfE framework on handwriting. Watch this space for an exciting collaboration with Sutton in the next few months.. do you need support with implementing this new framework in your school? Get in touch and we can help!

02/04/2026

Celebrating autism awareness day with a post from All on the board…

It's time Autism Awareness became Autism Acceptance.

09/03/2026

Over the last few weeks Lucy has been working with both Pens Meadow and Sutton specialist schools in Dudley to provide sensory boxes in each of the classrooms. The boxes are made up of a range of sensory supports, visuals, choice boards and how to use guides to support the regulation and engagement of pupils in the classrooms. If you’re interested in sourcing specialist OT support in your school or setting get in touch…

25/02/2026

We are still digesting the new white paper on education that came out on Monday. This response from the Royal College of Occupational Therapists is a good place to start..

The UK Government’s schools White Paper marks progress in recognising what occupational therapists have long said: children achieve and thrive when they get the right support at the right time.

Having occupational therapists embedded in schools and neighbourhood teams can reduce the fight families face just to access basic support. From handwriting to adapting environments, occupational therapists help children participate, learn and succeed.

The key question now is whether funding and workforce planning will match the ambition.

Read our full response below 👉 https://bit.ly/4aWXjce

23/01/2026

Lucy is off today refreshing skills and gaining certification with Rebound therapy. Rebound is a great therapeutic tool to use with a range of children. If you’re interested in supporting your children in this way get in touch for more details of how we could help deliver this in your setting!

18/01/2026

Last year Lucy recorded a podcast with the lovely Jordan from Sensory Class. Go over to https://sensoryclassroom.org/pages/podcast
To listen and get more information on how you can implement sensory circuits into your school or home…

07/01/2026

Anyone interested in feeding come along and book your space on this 3 hour course…

25/11/2025

Any health or education professionals wanting to learn more about feeding this is the course for you…

24/11/2025

I will be joining in with this challenge as part of the The Feeding Trust team… please make a donation so we can support more children with feeding differences…

18/11/2025

I will be getting involved in this challenge as part of The Feeding Trust 12 days of Christmas challenge… follow me and make a donation!

06/11/2025

As part of team our article about PFD has been published today in the Journal of Gastroenterology and Nutrition… 🧐🥳 take a look at the feeding trust website for the poster and link to full article…