Occupational Therapy

Child’s Work = Child’s Play 

Experience the joy of learning with Acorn's Occupational Therapy Team! Our occupational therapy approach revolves around your child's unique interests and needs, ensuring that they can engage fully in life's everyday activities with independence. Through playful activities and games, we foster development across a range of skills, making learning both effective and enjoyable.

Our occupational therapists can support you with:

When should I consider Occupational Therapy?

Toddler:

  • Your child is not reaching developmental milestones

  • Your child is more sedentary than their peers

  • Your child is fearful or avoids using playground equipment

  • Your child has difficulty playing with age-appropriate toys

  • Your child has difficulty manipulating toys, puzzles, crayons etc.

  • Your child appears distressed by certain types of sensory input e.g. loud, busy environments or scratchy clothing

  • Your child appears distressed during personal care routines e.g. brushing teething or toileting


School-age:

  • Your child has difficulty with fine motor tasks such as handwriting, cutting, colouring etc.

  • Your child has difficulty or appears distressed with personal care routines e.g. brushing teething, dressing or toileting

  • Your child avoids tasks and games that require gross and fine motor skills e.g. school P.E or craft activities

  • Your child has difficulty staying on task and completing school-work

  • Your child has difficulty keeping up with their other peers in class work and other developmental skills

“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.”

— Fred Rogers