Unlocking Your Child’s Potential, One Stride at a Time

Welcome to Skilful Strides Occupational Therapy, where every child's journey to success is nurtured with compassion, creativity, empowerment and collaboration. Our dedicated team is committed to helping children reach their full potential by providing personalised, holistic therapy that empowers them to overcome challenges and thrive in everyday life.

Our Mission

At Skilful Strides Occupational Therapy, our mission is to empower children to reach their fullest potential by providing compassionate, collaborative, and creative paediatric occupational therapy services. We are dedicated to fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where every child feels valued and understood. Our core values drive our practice, emphasising compassion in our interactions, collaboration with families and caregivers, and creativity in designing individualized therapy plans tailored to each child's unique needs. Through our holistic approach, we aim to empower children to overcome challenges, develop essential skills, and thrive in their daily lives, enabling them to stride confidently towards a brighter future.

Our services

At Skilful Strides, we offer an extensive array of services encompassing functional capacity assessments, personalised therapy plans to support development, recommendations for specialised equipment, care education/training and effective strategies to promote independence in daily activities. In addition we work along side parents, caregivers and stakeholders to ensure we provide the best care possible. Area’s we can provide support in include:

Improving independence I Reaching Developmental milestones I Self-care skills I Prep & School Readiness I Social Skills I Sensory Integration I Emotional Regulation I Upper limb Therapy I Equipment prescription I Assessment and Recommendation Reports

Upper Limb Therapy

At Skilful Strides we believe in creating individualised therapy programs that target specific upper limb conditions (e.g. splinting, taping, exercise perscrption). Using the latest evidence-based research, we always strive to provide the best possible care and treatment to enhance your overall quality of life.

Functional Capacity Assessment & Report Writing

Through a client-centered approach, our OT’s conduct comprehensive assessments to evaluate an individual's functional abilities and limitations across various domains such as self-care, mobility, communication, and community participation. They gather information through observation, standardized assessments, interviews, and collaboration with other healthcare professionals or caregivers involved in the individual's care

Early Intervention

At Skilful Strides, we are committed to delivering exceptional early intervention services. We prioritise a holistic and client-centered approach to address the unique developmental needs of individuals, particularly children. Our process involves comprehensive assessments to identify specific challenges, followed by the creation of individualised intervention plans designed to promote optimal development.

Assistive Technology Prescription & Minor Home modifications

Using a client centred approach, OTs evaluate the unique needs, abilities, and limitations of individuals, taking into account their physical, cognitive, and environmental factors. Based on this assessment, we can recommend and prescribe wheelchairs and assistive technologies that best suits an individual’s needs

Skill Building Therapy

At Skilful Strides' our Occupational Therapists are pivotal in providing specialised support to participants, offering tailored therapy solutions to address a spectrum of needs. With a deep understanding of individual capabilities and challenges, our therapists collaborate closely with participants to develop personalized therapy plans aimed at enhancing independence, functionality, and overall quality of life.

OUR KEY PRINCIPLES

  • At Skilful Strides, we believe placing the family at the center of intervention is fundamental. Recognizing and respecting the unique strengths, priorities, and values of the family helps in tailoring interventions to meet the child's needs within their familial and cultural context.

  • Play-based intervention in occupational therapy is a therapeutic approach that utilizes play activities to address various developmental, emotional, social, and cognitive goals in individuals, especially children. This approach recognizes the importance of play as a natural and enjoyable means through which children learn, explore, and develop essential skills

  • Transdisciplinary approach involves collaboration among professionals from various disciplines to provide comprehensive and integrated care for individuals. This approach recognizes that addressing the complex needs of participants often requires input from multiple perspectives. Our OT’s work with physiotherapist, speech pathologist , teachers, doctors, and others, team members in a coordinated manner to develop holistic interventions and support systems. This collaborative effort aims to enhance the overall well-being and functional abilities of the children we support by drawing on the diverse expertise of the transdisciplinary team.

  • At Skilful Strides, we are committed to excellence in participant care, and our approach is guided by the latest evidence-based practices in occupational therapy. We strive to ensure that our interventions are rooted in current research, providing our participants with the most effective and cutting-edge therapies to enhance their well-being and functional abilities

  • We focus on our participant’s strengths and abilities, rather than solely on deficits, contributing to a positive and empowering intervention approach. Building on strengths enhances participants self-esteem and motivation, thus setting them up for success.

What is Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapists (OT’s) play a crucial role in facilitating individual’s engagement in meaningful daily activities, or occupations, to improve their overall well-being and independence. OT’s assess individual’s across the lifespan, evaluating physical, cognitive, emotional, and environmental factors that may impact their ability to perform activities of daily living. Through personalised intervention plans, OT’s work with clients to develop and enhance essential skills, recommend adaptive strategies, and promote the use of assistive devices. OT’s aim to empower client’s to participate fully in their chosen activities and environments. Through collaboration with other healthcare professionals and community resources, OT’s contribute to a holistic approach to healthcare, emphasising the importance of daily activities in fostering health and well-being.