KidEx
Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy is a health care specialty which focuses on helping kids succeed in all their daily occupations.

An Occupational Therapist works with children who have difficulties in the following areas:

  1. Fine Motor
  2. Gross Motor
  3. Social Skills
  4. Living Skills
  5. Cognition
  6. Play

KidEx provides three different Occupational Therapy services:

  1. Individual Programs
  2. Group Programs
  3. Workshops

Individual Programs

Specialised Assessment and Therapy Programs for children with a range of sensory/motor, learning, physical and developmental difficulties.

  • Developmental assessments
  • 1:1 therapy sessions
  • School assessments
  • Home assessments
  • Hand Therapy
  • Equipment prescription

Group Programs

 

Social Skills Groups
The Alert Program
  • Getting along with others
  • Developing & Maintaining friendships
  • Reading emotions & behaviour of others
  • Dealing with new challenges
  • Facing Bullies
  • Gaining Confidence

 

How does your engine run?

Sometimes our bodies are like car engines. Sometimes they run too fast (overexcited, hyperactive), sometimes they run too slow (flat, sleepy, bored) and sometimes they run “just right” allowing us to attend, learn & concentrate.

Kids & parents learn tools to help manage their own engine speeds making it easier to work and play successfully.

 
Handwriting Groups
I can do it myself

Beat the writing blues through fun strategies and activities to help

build confidence and skill with handwriting.

 
Teaching skills for independence!

Helping kids with daily living activities such

as dressing, feeding, toileting, hygiene and organisation.

 

Motor Skills Group

 

Step into Prep

 

Gross Motor skills involve large muscle groups and whole body movement.

Eg. Run, hop, skip, catch, climb, swing.

Fine Motor skills involve small muscle movements, which occur in the fingers, in coordination with the eyes.

Eg. grasp, manipulate, draw, thread, tie, lace, cut, write.

 

This program will be run during January each year for kids commencing prep.

These groups will focus on preparing children for the demands of the classroom and playground with a major focus on early writing and literacy skills.
   

Workshops

 

KidEx provides a range of workshops for parents and professionals.

KidEx is happy to discuss specific workshop requests for parents groups, kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, tertiary institutions and organisations.

For further enquiries and enrolments please contact KidEx on email us at info@kidex.com.au