Turning Point Occupational Therapy
Turning Point Occupational Therapy offers expert services aimed at empowering lives through therapy for improved daily living. If you're seeking support, please contact us today.
About Turning Point Occupational Therapy
Values & Approach
Turning Point Occupational Therapy is an independent Occupational Therapy practice supporting children and adolescents to build skills, confidence, independence and meaningful participation in everyday life.
Our mission is to support children from all walks of life to achieve their goals through evidence-based therapeutic interventions that are tailored to each person's goals, strengths and circumstances.
At Turning Point Occupational Therapy, we believe that effective therapy starts with a holistic approach that understands the child - not just the diagnosis.
We work closely with clients, families and support networks to develop therapy plans that are:
- Person-centered
- Strengths-based
- Progress and goal focussed
- Flexible to changing needs
- Disability and trauma informed
- Supportive of client's autonomy
Occupational Therapy - What We Can Help With
Gross & Fine Motor Skills
At Turning Point Occupational Therapy, we support the development of essential fine and gross motor skills, which are important for everyday functioning. Areas include:
- Strength
- Muscle tone
- Balance
- Coordination
- Endurance
- Stability and postural control, and more
- Pencil grasp and handwriting
- Scissor skills
- Cutlery and utensil use
- Hand/wrist strengthening
- Bilateral integration (use of both hands simultaneously)
- Hand dexterity
- Participation in everyday activities involving use of the hands
- Meeting key developmental milestones
- Primitive reflex integration
- Dressing or self-care tasks
Self-care, Safety & Independence
We provide tailored interventions to support chidlren to develop skills and independence in their everyday lives. This includes addressing areas such as:
Toileting independence and toilet training
- Bathing and grooming
- Hygiene practices
- Dressing independence
- Mealtime management and eating
- Shopping and community participation
- Sleep
- Falls prevention
- Energy conservation
- Joint protection
- Rehabilitation and return to work
- Home safety modifications
- Overall independence and routine participation
- Risk assessments
Cognitive Function
Individualised intervention plans are available to support children of all ages to support cognitive function. This includes supporting children to develop executive functioning skills, managing the everyday impacts of cognitive overload, and more!
- Organisation
- Time management
- Planning and sequencing
- Safety awareness and maintenance
- Comprehension
- Memory
- Problem solving
- Sustained and joint attention
Communication & Social Participation
Through therapeutic intervention, children of all ages can be supported to meet communication milestones, overcome social interaction challenges and maintain or strengthen social relationships.
- Expressive and receptive communication
- Understanding behaviours as communication
- Recognising and understanding social cues
- Boundary setting
- Establishing and maintaining friendships
- Navigating relationship dynamics
- Improving overall social participation
Emotions, Behaviours & Mental Health
For children, emotions can be a big challenge - most of us parents have experienced this! That's why, at Turning Point Occupational Therapy, we provide tailored interventions and offer strategies to support children to navigate those big emotions. This includes:
- Identifying, understanding and expressing emotions
- Regulating emotions
- Challenging behaviours
- Coping skills
- Mental health support
- Navigating trauma impacts
- Maladaptive habits
Play Skills
Play is such an important part of children's everyday development. Our therapeutic interventions have a strong focus on using play to develop everyday skills to nurture children's growing minds and social skills. Interventions can address:
- Sharing
- Turn taking
- Imaginative, pretend and collaborative play
- Expanding play ideas
- Reaching play stage milestones
Sensory Needs
Turning Point Occupational Therapy offers individualised interventions for sensory processing and sensory integration. If your child experiences sensory challenges or has unique sensory needs that impact their everyday life, we can help!
Assessments & Functional Capacity Assessment Reports
Risk assessments are available for children at risk of falls or for basic home modifications. Individual assessments and reports are also available as part of ongoing intervention plans or as a once-off referral.
Referrals are also welcome for Functional Capacity Assessment (FCA) reports, and for reports to advocate for your child's support needs.
Additional Information
Service Delivery & Funding Models
At Turning Point Occupational Therapy, we offer individualised services to help improve quality of life and support children to reach developmental milestones. Services include your choice of in-person sessions, telehealth appointments or consultations at a location of your choice. The frequency of sessions is completely at your discretion and can be updated along the way depending on what works best for you!
We provide services for:
- NDIS participants
- Medicare-funded clients (with a valid referral)
- Private-pay clients
All therapists are registered Occupational Therapists under the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and all services are provided in line with professional standards and ethical practice.