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The Move Room is an Auckland based private paediatric occupational therapy clinic working with children/teenagers up to the age of 21.

16/07/2025

✨ THROWBACK WITH PURPOSE ✨

Looking back on this photo so much has changed since then, but it beautifully captures something that remains the same: our commitment to evolving alongside the children and families we support.

In paediatric occupational therapy, no journey stays still. Our clients grow, their needs shift, and life brings new challenges — and new strengths. As therapists, we evolve too. We deepen our knowledge, refine our approaches, and tailor goals to meet children where they are now, not just where they started.

Looking back helps us appreciate how far we’ve come — and how much potential still lies ahead. 💫

25/06/2025

🧠✨ Small group sessions = big progress! ⁣

In our paediatric occupational therapy sessions, small groups create the perfect space for kids to build essential skills through play-based activities. Whether it’s threading, building with Duplo or Lego, or engaging in hands-on tasks, these moments are full of opportunities to work on:⁣
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🔹 Fine motor strength and coordination⁣
🔹 Bilateral hand use⁣
🔹 Visual-motor integration⁣
🔹 Planning and sequencing⁣
🔹 Social interaction and communication⁣

These playful yet purposeful tasks help children gain confidence and independence in everyday activities—from using utensils to getting dressed.⁣

17/06/2025

⭐️ WELCOME TO OUR OT STUDENT ⭐️

With this week being week it’s fitting to celebrate and introduce to you our student Ashley who’s joined us from virtually across the other side of the world 🌍 for eight weeks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Here’s a little bit about her:

🏒 Proud Canadian who’d rather be on the ice than watching from the stands — playing hockey is one of my favourite ways to blow off steam.
🏕️ Hiking boots and a tent? Say less. I’m happiest out in nature with a campfire and fresh air.
🎲 Board games are my jam — I’m always up for a game night (yes, even the complicated rule ones).
🗣️ I speak a bit of French and Spanish — enough to get by and charm a waiter or two.
☕ No coffee for me, thanks — but hand me a chai or London Fog and I’m in heaven.
🤹‍♀️ Fun party trick: I can juggle with my hands and keep a soccer ball up with my knees and feet — both kinds of juggling count, right?
💇‍♀️ I’ve donated my hair three times so far — and it’s probably time for round four!
🐶 Dreaming of the day I can adopt a little Jack Russell — full of sass, smarts, and zoomies.
📺 Not much of a TV buff, but I am currently deep in a binge of The Crown.
🚪 In the past six months, I’ve been inside six different prisons — all part of my last occupational therapy placement!
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13/06/2025

⭐️ Fine Motor Skills with LEGO & DUPLO! ⭐️

LEGO and DUPLO aren’t just for play — they’re powerful tools for building strong hands and developing fine motor skills!

From pushing bricks together to pulling them apart, these activities strengthen finger muscles, support hand-eye coordination, and encourage precision and control — all key for school readiness and daily independence.

Through play-based therapy, we help little hands grow stronger and more confident, one brick at a time 🧱🖐️

29/05/2025

⭐️ WELCOME TO THE TEAM HAYLEY ⭐️

We’re so excited to have Hayley join us as one of our new OTs 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 She has slotted right on in and is beginning to develop some gorgeous relationships as she meets her new clients.

Of course in standard fashion let’s get to know her a little better with these 10 fun facts about her:

🍕 If it were possible, I’d eat pizza every single day without hesitation.
📚 Audiobooks over paperbacks — I love stories, just prefer them read to me.
🐾 Proud parent to a high-energy Border Collie who keeps life exciting (and me on my toes).
🎲 Avid board game enthusiast — especially cooperative games.
🧁 Baking? Let’s just say I’m better at eating desserts than making them.
✈️ I was once talked into jumping out of a plane from 18,000 feet.
💙 I re-watch Avatar: The Last Airbender (the animated series) every year.
🧑🏻‍🍳 My Ottolenghi cookbook collection is growing fast — my partner and I love cooking up feasts for our friends and family.
🎥 My ultimate way to unwind is a movie night — cozy couch, snacks, and a great film, please.
🎄 Top of my bucket list: a magical river cruise through Europe’s most festive Christmas markets.

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27/05/2025

⭐️ CROSSING THE MIDLINE ⭐️

➡️🧠 Here we’re working on crossing the midline, a foundational skill in a child’s motor development.

🧠 What is it?
Crossing the midline is when one hand (or foot) moves across the body to the opposite side. It’s essential for tasks like writing, dressing, tying shoes, and even reading across a page!

👩‍⚕️ Why does it matter?
When kids struggle with midline crossing, you might see them switch hands frequently, have trouble with coordination, or avoid certain tasks. Encouraging this skill helps integrate both sides of the brain, supporting everything from attention to motor planning.

🌌 How can you help?
Set up engaging, playful activities! For example when we’re reaching for stars and planets on the opposite side of the body this naturally encourages midline crossing. Bonus: it’s fun, visual, and invites exploration! 🚀

👏 OT Tip: Make it meaningful. Let the child lead the way—picking what they want to reach for boosts motivation and participation.

💬 Has your child been working on midline crossing? What activities do they enjoy?

23/05/2025

Our has been a daily hit in our space. With the surface area it covers it allows us to use it in so many ways such as building connections with our clients, practice letter formation, copying skills, working on the vertical allows for postural control, shoulder girdle strengthening and working on those skills 👌🏻
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13/05/2025

There’s something about our OTs, it’s the way they guide our kiddos and scaffold the support they provide them that demonstrates their gentle, warm, caring and disposition ✨
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30/04/2025

The favoured lycra swing for so many of our clients 🩵 The amount of laughs, squeals of delight, requests for more and the change in the kids once they’ve had their time in their is priceless ✨ All that rough and tumble, swinging, rolling, rocking and more gives them the input some of our clients are craving and they leave clinic much more and happier ☺️👌🏻
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17/04/2025

⭐️ HAPPY BIRTHDAY ⭐️ We want to wish our and amazing clinical manager the biggest 🥳 Thank you for everything you do for us and we hope you have a well deserved long weekend with gorgeous company and delicious food/wine (lucky you don’t need good weather for that!) ✨
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16/04/2025

It’s all about working on those skills, hand eye coordination and dexterity through clipping (hole punching) ✨👌🏻 a fun way to also work on precision and strength while also building those foundations for writing ✍🏻
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20/02/2025

As therapists we are constantly shifting between different levels of support to help our clients work towards independence 👌🏻 We also want to create successful outcomes that allow the kids to remain engaged, have fun and want to keep working on their goals ✨
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Address

A3/18 Oteha Valley Road Extension, Albany
Auckland
0632

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8am - 1pm

Website

http://www.themoveroom.co.nz/

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