Medowie Sports & Business Centre,
58 Ferodale Rd, Medowie, NSW, 2318
T: (02) 4959 8920
E: [email protected]
Occupational Therapists work with children to improve their independence within the school or work environments by addressing specific areas of skills developments including:
Occupational Therapy achieves this by providing individualised, fun, motivating and age appropriate activities to meet parent and child focused goals. Happy Dots provides services to children with a range of difficulties and needs including:
Although most of our visits tend to be clinic based, home and school visits can also be arranged. This may be consultancy based or can be arranged on a regular basis. If you can’t make it to us, we are happy to come to you! We are also happy to provide parent/teacher workshops & presentations on topics that you think you might like to know more about. We are often booked ahead of time for staff development days, so get your request in early.
Does your child exhibit any of the following difficulties?
If you have answered “yes” to more than one of these statements, your child may benefit from an Occupational Therapy Assessment.
If you are concerned about your child, or a child you know, you can phone our office on (02) 4959 8920 and speak with an Occupational Therapist who will be able to advise you on the best way to get started. We accept self-referrals, along with referrals from other professionals such as Speech Therapists, GP’s & Psychologists.
When you make a referral, you will be booked in for an initial assessment. Frequency/duration of therapy visits will also be decided on. Your child will then attend therapy appointments on a weekly or fortnightly basis for a certain period of time (this obviously varies depending on each child’s needs). Should we discover that OT is not the best fit for your child, we will use our clinical expertise to point you in the right direction.
Upon your initial therapy visit you will receive a home program folder for your child. This will contain activities to get you started on some basic therapy activities. You will be required to bring this folder to each session, so that your therapist can add activities that you will be required to complete in between sessions. The homework activities can be as intensive or as little as you would like, just speak to your therapist about what would work best for you. We also aim to incorporate as much therapy homework into your child’s already existing daily routine.
We run many different group programs, mostly during school holiday periods and sometimes during the school terms. Examples of group programs include:
Speak to one of our lovely therapists about what group would suit your child best, or contact us to be added to our mailing list for all of the upcoming groups.