Occupational Therapy

1. Consultation advice

• Consultation with parent/ school and verbal strategies provided

2. Basic assessment or observation package

• Observation in setting or assessment of one area of need eg. Handwriting , fine motor skills, sensory screening
• Meeting with parent and school/ nursery to discuss concerns
• Summary report with recommendations/ advice

3. Occupational Therapy assessment package

• Discussion with parent/ carer
• Discussion with school
• Full motor skills assessment including overview of sensory processing and praxis skills
• Report with summary of findings & recommendations
• Feedback meeting with parents and school

4. Sensory Integration assessment package

• Discussion with parent/ carer
• Discussion with school
• Full sensory integration assessment led by an experienced Occupational Therapist & Sensory integration practitioner
• Detailed report with findings & recommendations
• Feedback meeting with parents and school

5. Education Health & Care Plan ‘top up package’

• Top up any of the above packages with this option to create a report with recommendations quantified and specified for EHCP purposes

1. Consultation advice

• Consultation with parent/ school and verbal strategies provided

2. Assessment package for non-speaking children

• Meeting with parent and school/ nursery to discuss concerns
• Observation in setting and basic overview of speech and communication needs for children who are non-speaking
• Summary report with recommendations
• Feedback meeting with parent and school/nursery

3. Basic assessment

• Assessment of one area of need only (eg. Speech sounds, Social communication, receptive language)
• Summary report with recommendations/ advice

4. Speech & Language Therapy assessment package

• Discussion with parent/ carer
• Discussion with the school
• Observation at school/ nursery
• Full assessment of speech, language, and communication to formulate individual profiles of strengths and needs
• Report with a summary of findings & recommendations
• Feedback meeting with parents and school

5. Education Health & Care Plan ‘top up package’

• Top up package 3 with this option to create a report with recommendations quantified and specified for EHCP purposes

1. Multi-Disciplinary Specialist Assessment Package

This package may be funded via the Adoption Support Fund (for adopted or SGO children) if deemed appropriate after a social worker needs assessment. In conjunction with Dr Sarah Modi (Educational & Child Psychologist)

• Discussion with parent/ carer
• Discussion with school
• Observation of child in school (location dependent)
• Full comprehensive clinic assessment of attachment and either sensory processing or Communication, and Interaction needs.
• Observation of parent/carer and child play
• Detailed report with findings and recommendations
• Feedback meeting with carers

2. Multi-Disciplinary Sensory, Motor Language & Communication Assessment package

• Discussion with parent/ carer and school
• Assessment overview of motor skills, sensory processing, communication, language and interaction skills. Led by one Occupational Therapist and one Speech & Language Therapist.
• Detailed report and recommendations
• Feedback meeting with carers and school

N.B. Therapy can only be provided following a comprehensive assessment, however if you don’t wish to receive a report then you can book these packages and session 1 and 2 will be used for completing an assessment to guide the therapy. No report will be supplied with this option.

1. Small Therapy package includes:

• 6 sessions of weekly therapy (45 mins direct time)
• 1 Goal setting with parents/ teachers and child
• 1 Therapy planning session (non-direct)
• Liaison with school/ home
• Professional record-keeping
• Travel mileage and time (no extra fees)

2. Large Therapy package includes:

• 10 sessions of weekly therapy (45 mins direct time)
• 1 Goal setting with parents/ teachers and child
• 1 Therapy planning session (non-direct)
• Liaison with school/ home
• Professional record-keeping
• Travel mileage and time (no extra fees)

3. EHCP Provision 

• Quoted on request and tailored to the child’s unique plan.

School commissions

• 50 hours of input in school – no expiry date
• 100 hours of input in school – no expiry date

Hours can be used however school wishes, For example for training, SENCo consultations, assessments, classroom observations, intervention groups, parent drop in’s, whole school integrative approaches.

(no mileage fee for regular commissions)

Training workshops

(Can be bespoke to setting needs, please ask for more info)

• An introduction to Sensory processing
• Self-regulation, sensory diets, and Sensory Circuits
• The development of Fine motor skills
• Developmental Coordination Disorder/ Dyspraxia
• Pre-writing/ Handwriting development & interventions
• Planning interventions to support motor skills
• Understanding sensory based feeding challenges
• Using communication aids or setting up communication friendly environments
• The impact of trauma on the senses