About
Spring Therapy is a paediatric Occupational Therapy clinic established in 2020 by Michelle Dilworth (OT) in response to the ever growing demand for assessment and intervention for children who may need a helping hand to guide them through their daily activities. Michelle is CORU and AOTI registered.
Sometimes a child may require professional advice and intervention. Occupational Therapy may be just a short-term burst or an ongoing process to build skills and allow a child to gain the confidence they need to maximise their own potential and reach their goals.
Parents, Teachers and Guardians are our children’s best experts and are most able to identify when their might be a problem with meeting developmental milestones. We will work with you and your child to determine goals and a treatment plans to assist those needs. We are happy to work with other professionals and also educate other key members involved with your child as we believe strongly in a collaborative approach to therapy. A referral for OT at Spring Therapy should be made if your child is having difficulty in any of the following areas;
Fine motor skills - in hand manipulation, motor planning, grasp and handwriting
Gross motor skills - motor planning and coordination, spatial awareness, balance and ball skills
Handwriting - pencil grip, low tone, poor endurance and letter formation
Visual perception - hand/eye coordination, tracking, scanning and reading
Visual motor integration - drawing, letter reversal, poor line awareness, difficulty copying written work
Social skills - sharing, cooperating, following directions, respecting personal space and making eye contact
Sensory Regulation challenges- touch, sound, sight, smell, taste and also sensations that relate to body awareness, balance and movement
Mental Health difficulties - anxiety, stress, bullying, school refusal
Regulatory difficulties - sensory, behaviour and emotional regulation
We work with children that do not have a diagnosis but need help developing their skills.
We also work with children with the following superpowers;
Autism
Down Syndrome
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)/ Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
Global Developmental Delay (GDD)
Intellectual disabilities (ID)
Dyspraxia/ Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)
Dysgraphia
Dyslexia
Dyscalculia
Sometimes a child may require professional advice and intervention. Occupational Therapy may be just a short-term burst or an ongoing process to build skills and allow a child to gain the confidence they need to maximise their own potential and reach their goals.
Parents, Teachers and Guardians are our children’s best experts and are most able to identify when their might be a problem with meeting developmental milestones. We will work with you and your child to determine goals and a treatment plans to assist those needs. We are happy to work with other professionals and also educate other key members involved with your child as we believe strongly in a collaborative approach to therapy. A referral for OT at Spring Therapy should be made if your child is having difficulty in any of the following areas;
Fine motor skills - in hand manipulation, motor planning, grasp and handwriting
Gross motor skills - motor planning and coordination, spatial awareness, balance and ball skills
Handwriting - pencil grip, low tone, poor endurance and letter formation
Visual perception - hand/eye coordination, tracking, scanning and reading
Visual motor integration - drawing, letter reversal, poor line awareness, difficulty copying written work
Social skills - sharing, cooperating, following directions, respecting personal space and making eye contact
Sensory Regulation challenges- touch, sound, sight, smell, taste and also sensations that relate to body awareness, balance and movement
Mental Health difficulties - anxiety, stress, bullying, school refusal
Regulatory difficulties - sensory, behaviour and emotional regulation
We work with children that do not have a diagnosis but need help developing their skills.
We also work with children with the following superpowers;
Autism
Down Syndrome
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)/ Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
Global Developmental Delay (GDD)
Intellectual disabilities (ID)
Dyspraxia/ Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)
Dysgraphia
Dyslexia
Dyscalculia
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Please phone or email us if you have a query on any of the above and we will be able to guide you in the right direction.