What is Occupational Therapy?
Occupational therapy is a client-centred approach that uses assessment and intervention to help people across the life span continue to do the things they need to and want to do.
Occupational therapy for children involves supporting their play, self-care and student roles. When a child is having difficulty with one or more of these areas, an OT can support in various ways. A therapist will break these down into smaller areas and can assist children to develop their fine and gross motor skills, self-care skills such as toileting, showering and brushing their teeth as well as their social and play skills to assist them in developing relationships at school and in the community.
This can include working directly with your child to model new strategies to help them achieve their goals, provide parent coaching and training to support with routines at home, and collaborating with educators to support transferring these skills in a variety of settings.
Common areas that we can help with include:
Fine Motor and Gross Motor Skills
School Readiness
Social and Play Interactions
Sensory Processing
Self-Care
Emotional Regulation
Our Services
Individual Therapy
We offer ongoing occupational therapy services to suit the needs of the child and family. We work with children aged 0 to 10-years.
Services can be accessed through: NDIS, Medicare, or Privately.
School Readiness
We offer assessments, therapy, and recommendations for children who learn and develop in their own unique way and may need a little extra support to build confidence and independence in everyday activities.
Assessments
If you are seeking an occupational therapy assessment, please complete our inquiry form or send us an email.
We offer a range of assessments that can be completed as part of ongoing therapy or as a one-off assessment, depending on your child and family’s needs.
Assessments may be helpful to explore your child’s development, daily living skills, sensory preferences, or to support access to NDIS funding.
We are able to complete various assessments including Sensory Profile Assessments, Functional Capacity Assessments for NDIS reviews, fine motor assessments, and general occupational therapy assessments.
Our goal is to provide assessments that are respectful, strengths-based, and neurodiversity-affirming, focusing on understanding your child’s unique profile rather than identifying “deficits.”
Telehealth Services
We understand that every family’s routine and capacity looks different, which is why we offer therapy sessions via telehealth. Telehealth allows children and families to access occupational therapy support from the comfort and familiarity of their own space, whether at home, school, or on the go.
Our telehealth sessions are engaging, flexible, and tailored to meet each child’s individual needs. They can include coaching for parents and caregivers, observation of daily routines, and interactive therapy activities using everyday household items.
Telehealth can be a great option for families living in regional or interstate areas - we currently support clients across Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia.
At Building Creative Children, we ensure our telehealth services remain neurodiversity-affirming, strengths-based, and collaborative, empowering families to build skills and confidence in their natural environments.
Cost of Services
Our fee schedule is consistent for all clients, including those accessing NDIS funding, private or medicare rebates.
Travel fees are charged at the NDIS rate of $97 pro rata with the additional cost of kms at 0.99c/km. Cancellation fees do apply.
Face-to-Face Therapy
(1:1 therapy, assessments)
$193.99 per hour plus travel
Telehealth and Report Writing
$193.99 per hour
Mentoring
$193.99 per hour plus travel
FUNDING
Please note, you do not require funding to see us at Building Creative Children.
NDIS
We support Self-Managed and Plan Managed children at Building Creative Children. If you are unsure if you can access our services, please contact us for more information.
MEDICARE
We accept referrals from your GP to access Medicare rebated OT Services.
You can discuss this with your GP regarding eligibility and how many sessions this will cover you for.
PRIVATE HEALTH & PRIVATE FUNDED
We can provide services to you are private paying or if you have private health insurance. As we are a small business, you will have to claim this back on receipt directly with your insurer.