Helping your child reach their potential
Services
We offer family centered early intervention assessment and therapy for children from infancy through to 7 years old. Our Occupational Therapist has extensive knowledge and experience (both in Australia and internationally) as well as post graduate training in supporting children with a variety of challenges and diagnosis. Our therapy is play based, using your child's interests and strengths to help them reach their potential. Teletherapy is now available.
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Grow Children's Occupational Therapy
Services can be provided in clinic or community settings
Areas that Occupational Therapy can assist:
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Attention and concentration
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Sensory processing
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Independence with self care (dressing, eating, hygiene)
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Toileting (including encopresis and enuresis)
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Play skills
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Higher executive skills (such as planning, organisation, working memory)
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Social communication
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Developmental Delay
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Dyspraxia / Developmental Coordination Disorder
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Learning Difficulties
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Rehabilitation following illness, trauma, or medical intervention
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Upper limb management
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Motor skills (fine and gross motor) including writing, drawing, hand skills, balance and coordination.
Assessment
Therapy
Consultation
About Our Therapist
Jennifer Everett, Senior OT and Founder.
Jennifer has qualifications in Bachelor of Applied Science (Disability Studies) and Master of Occupational Therapy (Graduate Entry).
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Jennifer’s wide experience and training sees her assessing and treating children with a range of needs and diagnoses.
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Since becoming an OT in 2006, she has worked as a Paediatric OT in major children hospitals, rural and community health setting, most recently at the Women’s & Children’s Hospital in Paediatric Rehabilitation. Previous OT roles include working with children in Disability Services in Adelaide, Royal Children’s Hospital in Brisbane, Rural Hospitals and community services in Australia, as well as child development units in the United Kingdom.
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Jennifer’s paediatric OT experience includes:
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Neurological disorders.
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Rehabilitation.
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Specialised infant teams.
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Oncology.
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Psychosocial.
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Sensory processing.
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General child development.
Jennifer also has specialised training including:​
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Autism spectrum disorder.
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Neurodevelopmental approaches
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Management and training of movement disorders.
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DIR floortime approach.
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Sensory processing.
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Encopresis and enuresis.
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Jennifer is passionate about connecting with a child through their specific interests and play whilst empowering key people to feel confident in assisting a child achieve their goals.