What are social skills & why are they important?
Social skills are are the skills we use everyday to communicate and interact with others. For many children, social skills present as a...
Healthy Eating For Good Performance
Promoting healthy eating habits and behaviours from a young age is crucial for a child's developmental trajectory and lifespan. A healthy...
Why an OT - How can we help?
Occupational Therapy is a health profession that can be defined as "the art and science of helping people do the day to day activities...
Retained neonatal reflexes... What should we know?
The body is a complex system. In the womb and during early life the body’s brainstem has several reflexes called ‘primitive’ or...
School Readiness. What does this mean?
Starting school can be an extremely daunting and stressful time for both children and their parents. The buildings are bigger, there are...
Left and Right - Crossing the body's midline
The body’s mid-line is an imaginary line down the centre of the body that divides the body into left and right. Crossing the body’s...
Understanding temper tantrums (Self-regulation)
If you are a parent or guardian, the chances that you have experienced a tantrum is likely. We usually expect them in toddlers. However...
Fine motor skills
The term 'fine motor' means 'small muscles'. Small muscles in the fingers, hand and arm are used when a child manipulates, controls and...
Putting our thinking caps on (Executive Function)
Executive function is much like having an air traffic control system at a very busy airport managing the arrivals and departures of...
Handwriting - What do I need to know?
One of the most common referrals to Occupational Therapy is for handwriting. It is important to recognise that like anything, if you want...
