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Nurturing Nature Therapy Services
Occupational Therapy
Our Occupational Therapist works with children in partnership with their families, educators and other health providers. Her role is to support your child’s participation in all the occupations (i.e., tasks) that the child needs and wants to engage in. This can include:
- Self-care activities (i.e., sleep, toileting, dressing, mealtimes)
- Play and social activities (i.e., sport, recreational, spiritual activities)
- Educational activities (i.e., engagement in the classroom and extracurricular activities)
Our therapist helps to promote a child's functional participation in the above occupations by focusing on building skills and adopting supportive strategies in various skill areas. This includes supporting:
- Sensory processing abilities
- Healthy sleep and rest habits
- Gross and fine motor skill development
- Cognitive and general concept skill development
- Emotional understanding and regulation skills
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapists often offer support to children and families when concerns have been raised around the following:
- Frequent falls
- Growing pains
- Walking abnormalities
- Reduced coordination when playing
- Difficulties catching and throwing balls
- Difficulties using playground equipment
- Difficulties keeping up with peers when playing
- Equipment prescription
Our Physiotherapist has experience working in the following areas:
- Sports and injury management
- Gross motor development
- Limps and childhood pain
- Sport participation and ball skills
- Functional participation/Activities of Daily Living
- Transfer and Positioning Care Plans
- Acute and Chronic injuries
- Equipment Prescription
Our Service Delivery
Our therapists work directly with children and families, providing hands on therapy, as well as education and upskilling. This support also extends to collaborating with educators and other key networks involved in the child's care. Therapy sessions and support is delivered in a variety of different settings, which is dependent on the needs and goals of the child and their family.
Following an initial assessment, families are provided with various options regarding how they would like to proceed with services and which therapy setting would be most appropriate to meet their child's intended goals. Services can include the completion of reports and supportive documentation, regular hands-on therapy and consistent liaison with key supports.
Our initial process
All clients initiating services at Nurturing Nature are required to participate in an initial assessment. This will generally involve an initial interview, observations, general rapport building, as well as formal and informal assessment tasks where required.
The initial consultations are structured to help the therapist understand your child's needs and build rapport with both the child and the family. This approach facilitates effective planning, ensuring a more accurate understanding of your child's developmental skill level. This information informs goal-setting and potential plans for ongoing therapy if needed.