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SERVICES

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Nicola is based in Oxshott, Surrey.  She completes assessment, treatment, training and consulting sessions in Surrey and Wimbledon with children aged between 3 and 11 years.  Sessions are delivered in your child's school to ensure therapy is well-integrated into everyday environments. 

  

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Assessment

 

Nicola completes assessments for children to evaluate their functional abilities including fine motor, gross motor, handwriting, sensory processing and visual perception abilities.  The assessment process includes detailed information gathering, a range of standardised and informal assessments, and a thorough assessment report including findings and recommendations.  Following this Nicola will advise whether intervention is recommended. 

 

Nicola assesses children with a range of conditions including autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, dyspraxia/developmental coordination disorder, dyslexia and developmental delays.   Many children she sees do not have any specific diagnoses and may be doing adequately at school, however are just struggling to achieve their potential. 

 

Common challenges that Nicola can help your child with:

  • Handwriting difficulties

  • Fine motor difficulties

  • Difficulty concentrating in class

  • Constantly fidgeting and difficulty sitting still

  • Difficulty responding to everyday sensory experiences (e.g. hair cutting, clothing, food textures, loud noises)

  • Poor coordination during PE and games

  • Poor postural control

  • Hypermobility

  • Delayed self-care skills (e.g. dressing, feeding)

  • Poor organisational skills

  • Anxiety

  • Low self-esteem

  • Visual perception difficulties

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Therapy

 

Paediatric Occupational Therapy can help your child to achieve their full potential and to develop their skills for every day tasks. 

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Therapy sessions may be advised following a detailed assessment to work on child-centred goals.  Sessions often take place at your child’s school.  Sessions involve direct 1:1 therapy, parent/teacher consultation and set up and monitoring of individualised programmes to maximise progress.

 

Group therapy sessions, such as handwriting, fine motor and sensory-motor groups, can be offered upon request.

 

Occupational Therapy can help your child to improve many daily functional skills including: their ability to concentrate in class, manage their sensory processing needs, develop their fine, gross motor and handwriting skills and navigate their day more independently. 

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Consulting, Training & School Input

 

Parent workshops

  • Available upon request through schools and organisations 

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School training and consultation:

  • INSET/twilight training tailored to your school’s learning outcomes.  Popular training includes ‘Supporting Handwriting Development’ and ‘Understanding Sensory Processing Difficulties’

  • Pupil workshops and groups:

    • Self-regulation using sensory strategies (8 week small group course)

    • Handwriting or prewriting group/club

    • Fine motor small group

    • Sensory circuits (before school club to provide alerting and regulating activities)

    • Coordination group (for children with dyspraxia/DCD or delayed gross motor skills)

  • In-class training (i.e. to support handwriting development)

  • Advice clinics with staff

  • Set up and monitoring of individual pupil’s sensory diets, exercise programmes and specialised equipment

  • 1:1 sessions for children with EHCPs or special needs

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