Therapy Services
Occupational Therapy Evaluation
An Occupational Therapy Assessment will be carried out for all new clients to determine underlying challenges, highlight strengths and provide a baseline for how Occupational Therapy intervention will assist your young persion in areas of your concern. This process will include a Comprehensive Evaulation Report and also include both standardised testing, as well as clinical observations, that will either be carried out in the home, or school depending on where your child is experiencing their primary difficulties.
An Occupational Therapy Evaluation can look into challenges with regards to the following functional domains:
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Mobility (Gross motor and fine motor skills, postural stability and endurance, praxis, sensory integration)
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Communication (Verbal and non-verbal skills, shared attention and engagement, social communication, play skills)
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Learning (Attention and concentration, visual perception and visual motor integration, auditory processing, handwriting, organisation skills, sensory integration)
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Self-Care (Sleep, dressing, grooming, feeding, toileting, sensory integration)
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Social Skills (Social cognition and social communication skills, self-regulation, social problem solving, interaction and engagement, play skills)
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Self-Management (Self-regulation, behaviour, anxiety, organisation skills)
In-Clinic Occupational Therapy Sessions
Access to specialised equipment and a purpose built space to assist your child with the expansion of their skill set in response to challenges with sensory processing and sensory integration, social-emotional development, motor skills, self-regulation, social thinking, learning and attention, and improvement in daily life skills. Sessions are collaborative in nature, and provided through a play and relationship based model, with parents involved in the fun and learning also.
In-Home Occupational Therapy Sessions
Engaging and collaborative individual sessions for your child in their home environment to assist with development in areas such as self-regulation, social-emotional development, sensory processing capacities, motor skills, problem solving and planning, learning and attention, daily life skills and social skills. Have access to specialised resources within your home, become a part of the fun of play-based OT, and have the opportunity for family members to be incorporated into sessions too.
In-School Occupational Therapy Sessions
Individual or group-based OT sessions can also be conducted directly in your child’s learning environment.
These sessions can be for many reasons, some examples include to provide additional 1:1 support in the classroom to help target learning needs; provide the additional sensory input your child needs to be able to engage, learn and focus; learn how to safely navigate the playground and their physical environment; provide classroom based strategies to optimise learning; or help your child to engage with their peers in a meaningful and “expected” way.
Health Psychology Sessions
A Health Psychologist can work with the whānau to support the child, or work directly with the parents/caregivers or young adult to support their overall health and wellbeing. It is up to you, how you want the session to run and who you want there. We work together to create an individualised plan through a collaborative assessment and goal planning process that is tailored to meet your needs. The types of goals people might have include understanding your child's needs/diagnosis from a neuro-affirming approach, behaviour change, improving physical health, stress management or emotion regulation, coping strategies and whānau self-care.
Sense Rugby NZ
Sense Rugby is a rugby based Occupational Therapy program designed to help kids who usually find it difficult to be part of a sports team. We utilise a child’s strengths and their motivation to help them to participate, and we focus on creating a positive successful social experience first and foremost.
Our overall mission is to helps kids to love movement and sport. We do this because we believe in the power of sport to create lasting physical and mental change and create a sense of belonging and community.
Group Programmes
Nurture & Thrive CTC offer a range of groups across the year.
Some of these include:
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Bike riding
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Food groups
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Social hangout groups
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Lego therapy
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Bush craft and nature therapy
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Gym groups
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Motor skills groups
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Sensory regulation and overall health & wellbeing groups
Please ask the team for more information in regards to these opportunities
Parent Coaching
In person or online services aimed at collaborating with caregivers and extended family members to share knowledge, create action plans and strategies for in-home, school, and other environments, develop home programs and work together to support your child’s strengths and challenges.
School/Teacher Training
& Consolation
In-person or online consultations aimed at collaborating with teaching staff, support staff, and key members of the school community to share knowledge with regards to your child’s individual learning profile and needs. As well as opportunities to create specific school and classroom-based recommendations and resources either for individual children or whole class engagement, support environmental design for engaged attention and optimal learning, and create move to learn spaces to address children’s sensory and movement needs within the school environment.
Professional Development and Learning Opportunities
In-person or online consultations for new graduate Occupational Therapists or those looking to move into the world of Paediatric OT.
To help expand knowledge for assessment and evaluation processes, treatment modalities, and clinical reasoning, as well as understanding the underlying and unique differences that present for children with a range of developmental, mental health, and genetic conditions.