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Enhance OT provide personalised and evidence based occupational therapy assessment and intervention for children and adults.
We offer extensive and thorough assessments (using standardised and informal assessment tools), direct therapy and provide advice to clients, parents and professionals, including schools.
In particular we provide specialist assessment and intervention to children and adults with sensory processing difficulties (using Ayres Sensory Integration theory and Sensory Integration and Praxis Test (SIPT)), development coordination difficulties and postural management needs in our specialist clinic setting.
At Enhance OT, Catherine and Grainne each have 10years post-graduate experience. They are CORU registered and highly committed to continuing professional development.
Catherine has worked as a paediatric (0-18years) occupational therapist for 10years. She has undertaken advanced training in the assessment and treatment of upper limb involvement in children with Cerebral Palsy; this has included training through CPTeaching in “Functional hand use in Hemiplegia”. Catherine is a certified-rater for the “Assisting Hand Assessment (AHA)” used to assess children with unilateral upper limb impairment. Catherine has postgraduate training in the “DIR/Floortime” treatment approach and in “Working with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)” and “Is it Sensory or is it Behaviour?”. Catherine is trained in the use of the “Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule ADOS-2” and is able to use this assessment as part of the multidisciplinary diagnostic assessment process for children being assessed for ASD. Catherine also has a special interest in working with children who present with difficulties with gross and fine motor coordination and handwriting difficulties. Catherine has recently received additional training in “Occupational Therapy for children with Handwriting difficulties” with Dr Sidney Chu through the National Centre of Rehabilitation Education. Catherine is currently completing postgraduate training in Ayres Sensory Integration (ASI) through the University of Ulster.
Grainne has worked across many clinical settings over the last 13years, including paediatric and adult physical, sensory and intellectual disability services and generic primary care services. She obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Advancing Practice in Occupational Therapy in 2017 (with distinction), specialising in complex postural management, pressure care and electronic assistive technology. She has completed postgraduate qualifications in Ayres Sensory Integration assessment and advanced intervention (to Advanced Practitioner level). Grainne is also a qualified Children’s Yoga teacher and is passionate about the benefits yoga can provide to children with coordination, praxis, sensory modulation and/or emotional regulation difficulties.
