Assessment

Occupational therapy pathway

If your child/young person has difficulties with everyday tasks such as handwriting, I assess and design intervention to support your child/young person to achieve practical goals.

Occupational therapy & sensory integration pathway

If your child/young person has difficulties with everyday tasks and sensory issues, I assess and design sensory integration intervention to support your child/young person to achieve practical goals.

Assessment – a thorough assessment of your child/young person’s need(s), using a selection of the standardised and non-standardised assessments such as:

• Beery VMI-6
• BOT2 &/or Movement ABC
• the Roll Evaluation of Activities of Life (REAL) assessment
• the Perceived Efficacy and Goal Setting (PEGS) assessment
• the Occupational Self-Assessment (OSA)
• the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (DCDQ)

You will be provided with a set of forms to be completed by parents/guardians/education staff (as appropriate).

Assessment – a thorough assessment of your child/young person’s sensory integration processing, measuring:

• visual
• tactile
• vestibular sense
• proprioceptive sense
• motor performance
• sensory preferences

Using a selection of the standardised and non-standardised assessments such as:

• BOT2 &/or Movement ABC

• Beery VMI-6
• the Roll Evaluation of Activities of Life (REAL) assessment
• the Perceived Efficacy and Goal Setting (PEGS) assessment
• the Occupational Self-Assessment (OSA)
• Child Sensory Profile/Sensory Processing Measure

You will be provided with a set of forms to be completed by parents/guardians such as the Sensory Processing Measure (SPM) for home (and school as appropriate).

A 1.5-hour assessment at home or at the SwingFun clinic.

A 2.5-hour assessment at the SwingFun clinic, in two parts with a short rest break part way through.