Occupational Therapy
Our Occupational Therapists assist people in achieving their goals by understanding your goals and providing task-specific training, environmental modifications, and implementing strategies to increase a person’s independence, participation and quality of life. We complete in-depth functional assessments and reports to accurately represent an individual’s abilities and care needs to the NDIS.
Our comprehensive occupational therapy services cater to children and adults. We support self-care, work, education, social interaction, and leisure activities through tailored interventions and a focus on building capacity.
Occupational Therapy helps through a whole-life approach:
Improved confidence and capabilities to make decisions independently
Exploring sensory preferences, especially those least, and most preferred
Assistive technologies to increase independence and make daily living easier
Improving social skills and connections with other people through friendship
Enjoying hobbies and interests to improve wellbeing and mental health
Building resilience to deal with life challenges to ‘bounce back’ from problems.
Strategies and support to learn new skills
Making environments safer and more accessible to maximise independence
Advice on wheelchair seating, and trialling equipment
Home modifications to move around home easily
Support to transitions to school, university or a new job
Meaningful paid or volunteer work or career development.
Early Childhood Supports
Our early intervention services support families with children aged up to nine years with a developmental delay or disability to develop their everyday skills. When you choose Everyday Independence, your child and family have access to a highly trained team of therapists and professionals who work together to support your child to achieve their goals.
Early Childhood Supports Quality of Life Outcomes may Include:
• Language and communication skills to enable your child to better express themselves, understand others, and make friends.
• Playing in ways that enhance cognitive development and opportunities for learning.
• Personal care such as cleaning teeth, washing and dressing independently.
• Sleep hygiene and routines for mental and physical health for your child.
• Assistive technology to perform tasks more safely, securely, and independently.
• Navigating transitions such as starting day care, or school, moving home, and toilet training
• Gross motor and fine motor skills to enjoy in physical activities
• Behaviour management for self-regulation and expressing needs and feelings
• Social skills and interactions for making connections with family, friends and other people in your child’s life.
To get started with occupational therapist will get to know you, your family and other members of your support team. They take a whole of life approach to set you on your pathway to positive change.
