Occupational Therapy
Paediatrics (children)
Smart Moves Healthcare Occupational Therapists work with children and teenagers who have a physical, sensory, or cognitive difficulty caused by developmental delay, injury or illness.
Our goal is to assist children and teenagers in improving their quality of life by using a combination of therapy and assistive technologies to improve wellbeing and help them participate in their daily activities.
Smart Moves Healthcare Occupational Therapist can assist with:
- Standardised assessments – functional capacity assessments, sensory profile assessments.
- Fine motor skills – such as writing, doing up buttons, using cutlery, tying shoelaces.
- Gross motor skills – such as catching or kicking a ball, running, jumping, riding a bike.
- Self-care skills – such as getting dressed, washing, eating, using the toilet independently.
- Organisational skills – such as getting ready for school, tidying up, playing a game.
- Sensory integration - understanding how to manage different sights/sounds/textures/tastes.
- Emotional regulation – managing big feelings like frustration and anger.
- Social skills – encouraging friendship, sharing and taking turns, feeling included.
- Prescribing and using adaptive equipment - bath chairs, car seats, wheelchairs, low-cost items to support development.
Adults and Older Persons
Smart Moves Healthcare Occupational Therapists work with adults and older persons living with a disability, injury or the impacts of aging.
Our team works with adults and older persons to improve their quality of life by using a combination of therapy, assistive technologies and home modifications to help them feel empowered to live a purposeful life, participate in their daily activities safely and independently.
Smart Moves Healthcare Occupational Therapist can assist with:
- Everyday living – household jobs, cooking a meal, self-care.
- Mobility and sourcing mobility aids.
- Assessment of minor home modifications – access ramps, grab rails, auto door openers.
- Assessment of complex home modifications – bathroom remodelling.
- Building confidence to engage in public transport network.
- Financial management – budgeting, completing financial transactions, paying bills.
- Social participation – visiting family and friends, finding community services and clubs of your interest.
- Improving confidence in public and social situations and improving relationships.
- Assessment of assistive technologies – customised seating, wheelchair prescription, transfer equipment.
- Standardised assessments – functional capacity assessments, housing assessments, functional cognitive assessments, sensory profile assessments.
