Experienced speech pathologist Brenna Donovan explains why it is so important for children to have fun when they go to speech therapy. As a children’s speech pathologist in Sydney’s Northern beaches, it is my job to figure out how a child best learns a new...
Does your child find it hard to stay calm? These practical ideas from the Occupational Therapists at Kids First Children’s Services in Sydney’s northern beaches offer easy suggestions for home, preschool and school. There are many strategies that parents...
Occupational Therapists from Kids First Children’s Services in Sydney’s northern beaches explain how OT helps children with ADHD. In order to explain how Occupational Therapy helps children with ADHD, we need to define two things – Occupational Therapy and...
Children living with Autism come in all shapes and sizes and there is no one size that fits all, As the name suggests, there is a range or ‘spectrum’ of characteristics that kids with Autism have, and OTs who specialise in supporting kids who are ‘on the...
Occupational Therapists in Sydney’s northern beaches explain how OT helps children to overcome sensory processing issues. Sensory processing difficulties can manifest themselves in a wide variety of behaviours and other challenges in children. If you’re not sure...
The road to confident handwriting begins when your child is a preschooler. This practical advice about prewriting skills for preschoolers comes from children’s occupational therapists at Kids First in Sydney’s northern beaches. What is the importance of...
