Noel & Trusler Occupational Therapy

03/03/2026

Can you help with this study?

Hi all, as part of my MA Dissertation I need to recruit participants for my study📚 I am looking at dyslexia in South Africa adults specifically. Please could you pass on the below message. I’d really appreciate any help in finding willing participants! Thank you 🙏

Hi there!
My name is Jacqueline de Villiers. I’m reaching out to invite adults (18+) in South Africa with a formal diagnosis of dyslexia to take part in a University of Birmingham research study.

The study explores how a dyslexia diagnosis affects identity, confidence, motivation, resilience, and life experiences.

Participation involves a confidential 60-90 min interview (online). All information is anonymous and ethically approved.
If you’d like to share your experience or want more info, please message or email me:
📧 jpd210@student.bham.ac.uk

Thank you! Your voice can make a meaningful difference.
Jacqueline de Villiers
MA Inclusion (SEN) Candidate, University of Birmingham

17/02/2026

17/02/2026

09/02/2026

Noel and Trusler OT’s jumping on the trend - here to help with your hand therapy, mental health, work support and paediatric therapy needs. 😉

13/11/2025

Really worth taking this in. Therapist and educators too.

08/09/2025

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1293801215771802/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

26/10/2024

Before the end of Mental Health month October, I’d like to share this powerful interview with Trevor Noah. There are often links with ADHD and depression, anxiety and bipolar mood disorder. Every person has a unique presentation and I think Trevor highlights the importance of understanding oneself beautifully.

📺 Watch the full episode here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsztuzyXdhY&ab_channel=TheDiaryOfACEO❤️ Subscribe to our main channel - www.youtube.com/TheD...

05/08/2024

We’ve all had our ❤️ skip a beat when we see kids climbing the highest tree or hanging upside down from a terrifying height. Children have a built in drive to explore their environment and different ways to interact with it. Children develop their vestibular system through movement that is exploring gravity and their heads in different positions, including up-side-down!

Sensory integration involves all the sensory systems working together to produce adaptive behaviours which enhances engagement in various occupations such as self-care, play and education. Sensory Integration therapy is an Occupational Therapy specific intervention which incorporates using all the senses of vision, hearing, touch, smell, taste, vestibular and proprioceptive senses (the senses of balance, movement and body position in space).

The suspended equipment and swings used in the Occupational Therapists practice are specialised tools providing unique, challenging movement opportunities that targets specifically development of vestibular and proprioceptive processing.

10/06/2024

Body Awareness:

Have you come across a Draw-A-Person Assessment before?

In every occupational therapy assessment we will ask the child to draw a picture of themselves. We do this to gain an understanding of their body awareness. Using a standardised scoring method, we can determine an age-equivalent score. There is however much more interpretation that goes into deciphering their pictures.

Body schema is a knowledge of our body: all its parts and how they are positioned. Body awareness is the perception of our body in space and movement and how it relates to objects around it. This forms the basis of developing spatial awareness which is a key ingredient of learning to read and write.

Occupational Therapy intervention involves engagement of the body in various positions and movement patterns to increase body awareness. We never teach a child how to draw a picture of themselves but rather involve their bodies actively so that the knowledge of what to draw becomes innate. This increased awareness becomes reflected in their pictures of themselves over time.

27/05/2024

May is the birthday month in the office with Jean’s birthday today and mine on the 16th - what a good reason to celebrate with coffee!