Service Directory

The Play and Early Learning Handouts have been developed by DOT(WA) to demonstrate ideas using photos to promote the development of play and early learning skills for children. The ideas provided are fun, easy to include in normal everyday activities and are suitable for a range of ages and abilities. It is recommended the handouts be used in consultation with an occupational therapist or another professional with experience working with children. 

Funding for the development of these handouts was kindly provided by Non-Government Centre Support (NGCS). Susan Peirce, Occupational Therapist was appointed as the Project Officer to develop the handouts and is the principal author, having consulted with an expert panel of Occupational therapists: Leigh Dix, Jenny Dobe and Jodie Mazzucchelli; members of DOT(WA) Executive Committee: Rachael Fallows and Suzanne Wilkinson as well as more widely with the membership of DOT(WA). Thanks are extended to the children and their parents who agreed to have their photos included in the handouts and to the professionals and friends who contributed to the handouts by providing valuable feedback.

Double Time Docs was developed by an experienced occupational therapist and software developer.  Jason Gonzales has 18 years of experience in school-based occupational therapy in various US states, including New York, New Jersey, Massachusettes, California and Hawaii. Scott Leisawitz is a web and software developer with 20 years of experience, who has worked with many of the biggest brands in the world, including Motorola, IBM, GE and more. 

Jason found a need and envisioned an idea of how to solve it and Scott made it into a reality. Working as a team, Jason and Scott developed Double Time Docs, so that occupational, physical and speech therapists can write an individualised narrative report in a fraction of the time.

Our mission: For all children to reach their full potential.

Helping Hands Educational Resources is designed to help educate your children. We have taken the hard work out of it for you. We offer maths, literacy and fun activities. All items are personally made for you when you place an order. If you have an idea you want made, we will work alongside you to achieve this. 

[AUSTRALIA-BASED; DELIVERS WORLDWIDE]

Impact Learning is a training company directed at paediatric healthcare professionals, teachers and parents. We offer workshops and training accredited with the Health and Allied Health Professionals Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and (AHPCSA). We are currently applying for accreditation with the South African Council for Educators (SACE), encouraging all professionals to keep up to date with their CPD and CPTD points.

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Impact Learning’s vision is to bring all health and educational professions the latest key trends in Paediatric Medical Health Updates, Ethics and Paediatric Development . Presenters who are in the forefront of their fields offer practical take-home advice and ideas for the medical practice, therapy environment, home and classroom.

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[S.AFRICA; JOHANNESBURG-BASED]

Deb Hopper, our experienced in-house Occupational Therapist brings her passion and experience of over 20 years of working with children and youth. Deb and our team just want to be there with you on the ground and provide you with the best evidenced-based resources and empower you with high quality best practice knowledge, to help children with a range of difficulties - including children with autism, ADHD, sensory processing disorder and learning difficulties.

Look Hear Australia focuses on bringing the top resources and resource pages, on children with complex and additional needs, together under one site. Our motto is "it's not hard to make it easy" and we strive to make the search for quality information, programs, equipment and resources easy.

[AUSTRALIA-BASED RESOURCE; INFORMATION APPLICABLE WORLDWIDE]

A digital resource for parents, caregivers, educators and health and social care professionals seeking expert guidance and tools to support children’s success in everyday activities. The library houses an extensive collection of articles, videos, interactive activities and downloadable resources.

These OT tools and strategies have been designed and published by the Norfolk & Waveney Paediatric Occupational Therapy Service. They aim to provide advice, strategies and equipment ideas to support children develop independence in everyday skills and to promote successful participation in both school and home life.

[UK-BASED; ONLINE RESOURCES AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE]

Off The Record, OTR Bristol opened its doors in 1965 and can justifiably claim to be one of the oldest established young people's mental health services in the country.

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We run services and projects to promote and improve mental health and wellbeing for young people in Bristol and South Gloucestershire. All of them are delivered by a team of super-friendly staff and volunteers and have been designed with the help of young people. Our team come from a wide range of backgrounds and work in a variety of ways. They’ve all been chosen to work at OTR because whatever technique they have trained in, they will listen and won’t judge.

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Aims

• To support young people to empower and intellectually defend themselves through the provision of mental health services and development work

• To promote positive mental health and the resilience of all young people

• To challenge the wider social and structural inequalities that lead to poorer mental health and life chances

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[UK: BRISTOL CHARITY]

Understood.org is a website that addresses learning and attention issues.

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'Occupational therapy, or OT, can help people of all ages do the activities of daily living (ADLs) they struggle to do. Occupational therapy for children can lead to big benefits, especially for kids with learning and attention issues. OT can help kids who struggle with everyday fine and gross motor tasks, like using a toothbrush, writing on a chalkboard and organising a backpack. It can also help kids who struggle with self-regulation and sensory processing issues. 

Here’s what you need to know about occupational therapy in a paediatric setting....

Read more >

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[FOUNDED IN THE US; INFORMATION APPLICABLE WORLDWIDE]

In this guidebook on parenting children with ADHD, you'll discover:

• Game-changing strategies to make everyday life with ADHD easier for both you and your child

• A closer look at ADHD and how it affects the brain

• How to make sure you get the right diagnosis and the disorders commonly mistaken for ADHD

• Methods to help your child manage their symptoms long-term with medical and non-medical ADHD interventions

• How to help your child make friends and improve social skills, including how ADHD impacts your child’s social development

• Techniques to help your child manage intense emotions without tantrums - plus tips on expressing gratitude, building pride, and extending compassion for others

• The ADHD superpowers your child has, and how you can nurture these qualities in them

• The crucial role of routines in your child’s daily life - including a sample routine you can easily follow and apply

• How to set your child up for school success - and why it’s important to get teachers and classmates involved

Based in our clinic in Cardiff, South Wales, Seirrah OT is a private provider of occupational therapy services for individuals aged 0 to 25 years of age with developmental challenges in their movement, play, learning, and behaviour. As part of our wider services we also work across the UK in homes, schools, and community settings to provide assessment, advice, treatment, and training.

Each individual we work with receives a tailored programme according to his or her needs with our treatment programmes being fun and engaging. Our team enable each individual person overcome difficulties they are experiencing by increasing their motivation and adopting a 'there’s no limits' approach.

[S.WALES-BASED; UK SERVICE]

Special Supplies was founded with a goal to address the difficulty parents and educators encounter when attempting to find reliable, safe and effective tools for children with special needs. We discovered that, by doing our due diligence to ensure that our products were effective and safe, we were taking a load off the shoulders of those most invested in the well-being of these children.

All of our products are selected by a team of parents and experienced therapists, which helps us ensure we provide the very best in Oral Motor, Fine Motor, Gross Motor, Daily Living, School and Sensory products. Our team is dedicated to providing customers with the best selection of products for children and adults with special needs. Our passion is not only to raise awareness about the issues facing those with autistic and sensory integration needs, but to offer a therapeutic solution at an affordable price.

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[US-WIDE SERVICE]

We provide the knowledge and tools to empower you, to help your child master fine motor and handwriting challenges. With resources developed, designed and purchased goods by a highly experienced Occupational Therapist, have fun together as your child learns and develops.
 

Have a closer look at The Happy Handwriter.

Designed, published and sourced by an occupational therapist, The Happy Handwriter’s range ensures each aspect of fine motor, pre-handwriting and handwriting skills are established with care.
 

Invest | Implement | Improve

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[S.AFRICA-BASED; APPLICABLE WORLDWIDE]

Kendra Garcia COTA/L, ECHM - The OT Strategist - is an Occupational Therapy provider specialising in the management of autism spectrum disorders, sensory integration, pervasive developmental delays, orthopaedic and other disabilities in children, from birth through young adult. Kendra is 'Amazon’s #1 bestselling author of the book Life beyond the Diagnosis. She is a public speaker, coach, Huffington Post & Autism Parenting Magazine contributor, IEP special education parent consultant, CEU instructor, autism mum and advocate. She works as a paediatric-adult occupational therapy provider.'

The OT Strategist can be reached at: TheOTStrategist@gmail.com.
To connect with her on social media: @TheOTStrategist (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram).  

Catch up on the latest articles from The OT Strategist at: 

bit.ly/HuffPost-OTStrategist and bit.ly/AutismParentingMag_Blog

[US-BASED; INFORMATION APPLICABLE]