Kids 6-12 Years

Our physiotherapists can help your child to build range of movement, strength and endurance through physical therapies, equipment prescription and exercise. Physiotherapists have a wide range of skills to draw from, these include exercise prescription, retraining and learning new movement patterns, providing assistive technology and providing training to your child’s key carers.

Our physiotherapists are experts in:

• Gross motor development
• Participation and inclusion in physical activity
• Respiratory management
• Mobility
• Falls assessments and interventions
• Manual handling
• Assistive technology
• Post intervention therapy support
• Hydrotherapy and other group activities
• Liaising with other health professions to get the best possible outcomes

Our occupational therapists will take the time to understand your child’s goals such as being involved in activities they enjoy, making home life easier or becoming more independent. They will support your child in self-care, school readiness, fine motor skills, home modifications and equipment and to create social and life skills.

‘Occupation’ relates to the tasks which a person does in their day-to-day life, which may be limited as a result of experiencing a disability, delay, illness and/or injury.

These can include, but are not limited to:

• Self-care
• Social skills and play
• Emotional regulation
• Sensory processing
• Fine and gross motor skills
• Cognitive skills

Through a combination of therapy to develop a person’s skills, adaptations to the activity or environment, and assistive technology, an Occupational Therapist can support a person to maximise independence and reach their full potential by doing the following things:

• Functional assessments
• Individual therapy based in the school, home, clinic or community
• SOS feeding – individual and group programs
• Early childhood intervention
• School aged therapy
• Adult therapy
• Sensory services
• Minor home modifications (e.g. ramps and rails)
• Assessment and referrals for major home modifications
• Assistive Technology applications (Category 3 & 4 –NDIS)
• Assistive Technology recommendations for category 1 and 2 equipment (e.g. kitchen and bathroom aids)
• Group therapy including:
  
  • Social skills groups
  • Self-care and independence skills groups
  • Fine and gross motor skill development groups
  • Emotional regulation groups

Our speech and language pathologists can help your child with communication, literacy, speech and language. They will also work with your child to overcome eating, drink and swallowing difficulties.

Our support workers can work with you during challenging periods of change by listening to you and offering support, advice, providing management strategies and advocacy as well.

Kids can learn valuable social skills and make new friends through our group therapy sessions. These sessions are interactive and allow your child to work towards their goals in a fun and social space.

Our physiotherapists can work with children through hydrotherapy or water-based activities to improve mobility, flexibility, muscle strength and balance. These fun activities can also help reduce swelling and pain.