Paediatric Occupational Therapists are part of the multi-disciplinary medical team that can work with your child to promote their best level of development and achievement in school and at home, in leisure pursuits and in their social skills.

The Occupational Therapist (OT) will assess your child to find out what their needs are, and in what way they can be supported. The assessments used are a mixture of tests which are standardized against the performance of many other children and clinical observations of their performance.

The Occupational Therapist aims to develop independence in everyday tasks, which may often mean working alongside our physiotherapy colleagues.

We also work to improve daily living skills such as eating and dressing. Sometimes the Occupational Therapist advises on the use of equipment to make a task easier for your child, and this could be anything from using a special piece of cutlery, to large pieces of equipment such as a bath seat to help get into the bath safely and independently.