Children's Occupational Therapy - Gold Coast
I CAN,
if given the chance.
Occupational therapists work with children who may have physical, developmental, sensory, or cognitive challenges that affect their everyday life.
The goal of children’s occupational therapy is to promote independence, improve functional abilities, enhance social interactions, and support overall well-being in children from infancy through adolescence.
Do you feel your child is academically underachieving?
information, look clumsy in their movement and postures, have difficultly paying attention, holding a pen or following instructions.
Our entire brain structure is intimately connected to and grown by the movement mechanisms within our body.
Our job is to help ‘re-wire’ these connections so that these academic skills can be accessed.
Learning is not just in our heads.
“A well-trained nervous system is the greatest friend a mind can have.”
How learning happens?
Learning happens in a sequential pattern – if the underlying foundation skill is not there you can not build on it. Cognition and intellect are not engaged for learning.
If your child’s vestibular system is underdeveloped due to middle ear infections, they may miss postural security, then perceptual motor development is not automatic and they then have trouble sitting still at school.
Occupational therapy for children should address the underlying area of concern. The Centre of Movement has a range of modalities, equipment and sensory apparatus to ensure your child climbs this pyramid of learning!
What are the benefits of Occupational Therapy
for children?
Attention and Behaviour
The ability to focus and self regulate. The gap between what your child can do and where they want to be. This can be influenced by motivation, self-esteem, sensory integration, practice, language difficulties and any existing diagnosis.
Physical Skills
Do you feel your child is not progressing in their milestones, clumsy, or getting frustrated or embarrassed at not ‘being able to keep up with their peers’. Our clinic, Centre of Movement, has gold standard equipment in an engaging and friendly space right here on the Gold Coast.
School Readiness
Programs to develop a child’s skills in the specific areas of social interaction, play, language, emotional development, physical ability, literacy and fine motor skills. If you feel there is an skill set that your child needs to catch up on, contact us to help.
Child Development
Does your child already have a diagnosis? Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, chromosomal disorders, Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), Autism (ASD), Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Centre of Movement is well equipped to help your child learn and thrive with regular therapy.
Play and Social Skills
Play is the way that children learn about the environment, their bodies and their place in the world around them. It is an important skill when transitioning into group environments and also enables emotional regulation in a child.
Intensive Therapy
Centre of Movement offers intensive therapy programs that can be specific to Occupational Thearapy or include Exercise Physiology and hydrotherapy to produce therapy goals and outcomes at an accelerated rate. Intensive therapy can be 2 or 3 weeks in duration.
Occupational Therapy for children on the Gold Coast
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at our Burleigh Heads clinic!