Occupational Therapy
Involve Health Hub Occupational Therapists support children, adolescents, and adults with a range of needs. Services include individual therapy and assessment.
What is occupational therapy?
Occupational therapy supports children, adolescents, and adults to build skills and confidence to participate in activities that are meaningful and required for daily life. This can include self-care, home and community tasks, studying, working, volunteering, socialising, and participating in hobbies and interests. The goal of occupational therapy is to increase independence, improve quality of life and reduce barriers to everyday functioning by supporting people to do what they need to do, and more importantly, what they want to do.
Occupational therapists (OTs) assess a person’s strengths and current abilities, what they would like to achieve, and any challenges or barriers they are experiencing. From there, OTs work collaboratively with clients (and, where helpful, families and other supports) to develop practical strategies and new ways of doing things to reach their goals.
Occupational therapists use a range of approaches including everyday activities, skill-building exercises, environmental adaptations, and tailored strategies. This might include developing routines, practising tasks, improving organisation and planning skills, building regulation strategies, or trialling aids and tools to support participation.
What do OT sessions look like?
For children, sessions are often play-based and informal, using activities such as board games, imaginative play, arts and crafts, movement-based tasks, and graded challenges to build skills in a way that feels engaging and supportive.
For adolescents and adults, sessions are typically more goal-focused and practical, and may include building skills for daily living, study or work participation, time management and routines, emotional or sensory regulation strategies, confidence in community participation, and reducing barriers that impact everyday functioning.
Who we support
Our Occupational Therapists work with children, adolescents, and adults. People may come to OT with a diagnosis, a particular challenge, or simply a sense that day-to-day life feels harder than it should.
Some diagnoses or experiences we commonly support include:
Autism
ADHD
Dyspraxia / Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)
Down Syndrome
Learning challenges
Sensory processing differences
Mental health concerns
Developmental delays
Chronic health conditions
Emotional regulation difficulties
You don’t need a diagnosis to access OT support. If something is getting in the way of everyday life, we can help you work out practical next steps.
Areas we support
Occupational Therapy focuses on participation and everyday functioning. We can help with:
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Dressing, toileting, hygiene, brushing teeth
Mealtime skills (e.g., using cutlery, expanding food variety, routines)
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Fine motor skills (e.g., handwriting, using tools, buttons/zips)
Gross motor skills (e.g., coordination, movement confidence)
Core strength, balance, and posture
Hand–eye coordination
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Sensory sensitivities (sound, touch, smells, textures)
Building regulation strategies for home, school, community, or work
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Organisation, planning, and time management
Attention, focus, and task initiation
Problem solving and flexibility
Impulsivity/inhibitory control and emotional regulation
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School readiness and classroom participation (e.g., following directions, routines, pre-writing skills)
Social skills, relationships, and community participation
Building independence, life skills, and support with transitions (e.g., moving into adulthood, study, employment)
Sometimes it helps to take a step back and get a clearer picture of what’s going on. OT assessments can help us understand strengths, challenges, and what supports might make everyday life easier.
At Involve Health Hub, our Occupational Therapists offer a range of assessments to better understand motor skills, functional capacity, and sensory processing. Assessments support a clearer understanding of individual needs and help guide practical recommendations and tailored supports for children, adolescents, and adults.
What to expect
An assessment typically begins with an intake session. For adults, this is usually with the client. For children and teens, it’s with a parent/guardian (and we’ll involve the young person in a way that feels comfortable). We’ll talk through concerns, goals, and relevant history.
Next your OT will select appropriate assessment measures based on what you’re wanting support with. Some measures require in-person appointments (for example, structured activities or observation tasks) and Some measures may be questionnaires completed by people who know you (or your child) well.
Following completion of the assessment measures, a feedback session is scheduled to talk through the results and recommendations. A written report is also provided. Feedback typically occurs within 4–6 weeks after assessment measures are completed.
