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Adult ADHD Assessment
We provide adult ADHD assessments within a multidisciplinary team approach. Our assessments recognise that ADHD can impact attention, executive functioning, sensory processing, emotional regulation, and daily living. Our approach This collaborative approach ensures that assessments are comprehensive, neuro-affirming, and clinically robust. What you can expect Why choose a multidisciplinary OT-led ADHD assessment? 👉 For further ... Read more
Crossing the Midline: Essential for Child Development
I recently saw a child (7-year-old) who was having difficulties with handwriting, however when I completed the initial assessment, it was clear he could not consistently and readily cross his midline. I thought it would be helpful to write about the importance of crossing the midline and give some suggestions on how to encourage your ... Read more
Visual Perception and Dyslexia
I attended the adults support group hosted by ADC (www.adc.org.uk) and the topic of visual perception was discussed. I thought it would be helpful to write my personal reflections and give a brief overview on how visual perception shows up in dyslexia and how best to support this when doing your living activities. What are ... Read more
Tips, Tricks and Hacks for doing everyday occupations for children and adults – PRE WRITING
Prewriting shapes: Pre-Writing skills often follow a developmental pattern, starting with basic scribbling and moving through a sequence. Forming shapes is the foundation for forming letters so it’s a great place to start. The typical development pattern includes: Handwriting: When working on letter formation and pre writing shapes it helps to use a multi-sensory approach. ... Read more
Occupational Therapy Assessment – MOHO
Model of Human Occupation: Developed by Kielhofner in 1970’s MOHO seeks to explain how occupation is motivated, patterned, and performed. Within MOHO, humans are hypothesized as being made up of three interrelated components: volition, habituation, and performance capacity. Volition refers to the motivation for occupation. Habituation refers to the process by which occupation is organised ... Read more
Occupational Therapy Assessment – AMPS
Assessment of motor and process skills (AMPs) The Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS) is an innovative observational assessment that is used to measure the quality of a person’s activities of daily living (ADL). It is also my personal favourite assessment as it has been standardised internationally and cross-culturally on more than 100,000 subjects!! ... Read more
Occupational Therapy Assessments – The REAL screening tool
The REAL™ (The Roll Evaluation of Activities of Life) is a helpful screening tool to assess your child’s ability to care for themselves at home, at school and in the community. It is a standardised assessment for children aged 2 – 18 years. It requires the main care given to fill out a comprehensive assessment ... Read more
Occupational Therapy Assessments – Movement ABC-2
Movement ABC-2 This assessment helps to identify children who have motor function impairment such as dyspraxia. The assessment is for children ages 3-16 and is spilt into 3 age categories each containing 8 motor tasks. This tasks assess fine motor, ball skills and balance. The Movement ABC 2 is standardised in the UK and has ... Read more