OT or speech therapy: where to start
How to choose between an occupational therapist and a speech pathologist, where the overlap sits, and why the order matters less than starting.
Resources
Practical things that help
Short, useful articles for parents and carers. No jargon, no fear-mongering, and nothing that needs an hour a day you don't have.
The research behind play therapy
Play-based therapy has decades of clinical research behind it. A plain-English tour of the major reviews, with links to every study mentioned.
Making sense of sensory processing
Why one child covers their ears while another crashes into the couch, and what helps at home without any special equipment.
Using an NDIS plan for occupational therapy
Self-managed, plan-managed or NDIA-managed. What each means when booking occupational therapy, and how to make a child's NDIS plan go further.
Does my child need occupational therapy?
The signs worth noticing, the ones that usually aren't, and how getting support works in Australia. No referral or diagnosis needed to start.
Getting ready for the first year of school
The skills that make the first year of school easier are mostly not academic. Here's what to practise in the year before, without turning it into work.
Helping a tricky pencil grip
Why pencil grip starts at the shoulder, and what to do at home instead of correcting your child's fingers.