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Evidence-based Children’s Occupational Therapy in Hertfordshire and beyond
Hi! I’m Vicky.
As an experienced children’s Occupational Therapist, my goal is to help your child to learn, maintain or relearn day-to-day independence skills.
These day-to-day independence skills (or “occupations”) might include self-care, leisure or school based skills. Depending on their age this might be feeding themselves, going to the toilet, using their favourite toy, shopping on their own, getting themselves dressed for school, making their own breakfast… The list is endless!
Your child or young person might be struggling in these tasks for a variety of reasons including motor skills, coordination challenges, weakness and fatigue, or simply a lack of motivation, confidence and experience. This may be from birth, or from a more recent illness or injury.
I can help you and your child work out what is important to them, and develop the skills they need in preparation for their adulthood to support their self esteem, wellbeing and confidence.
What is Occupational Therapy?
From https://www.rcot.co.uk/about-occupational-therapy/what-is-occupational-therapy
An occupational therapist helps people of all ages overcome challenges completing everyday tasks or activities – what we call ‘occupations’.
We believe people who are supported to be “occupied” in fulfilled, busy, independent lives are happier and healthier.
Occupational therapists see beyond diagnoses and limitations to hopes and aspirations. We build skills and confidence, whilst also modifying the environment they child is in to allow their best abilities to flourish.
We believe passionately that the child needs to be the driver of their therapy, and we use child centred goal setting to harness their personal motivations before starting assessment and rehabilitation.
Therapy should not stop once the child leaves the therapy room, so we provide training for the adults providing care to the child as well - we want to empower care givers so they have confidence to continue the recommendations throughout the child’s day.
We believe young people with disabilities should be empowered to understand their own strengths and needs so they can prepare for their adulthood in an informed and empowered way. Therapy therefore also involve education for the young person as well.