Creating Abilities Occupational Therapy for Children
Greenslopes QLD 4120
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About Creating Abilities Occupational Therapy for Children
Creating Abilities specialises in Early Intervention for children 0-6 years. Dr Nadia James is a paediatric occupational therapist with over 18 years experience in providing family-centred early intervention for babies, children and adolescents with developmental delay, neurological, congenital disorders, and Autism Spectrum Disorders. She uses play, together with enriching and supporting skill development in everyday activities to enable children and families to achieve their goals.
What's offered
Home or school visits
Services provided
Creating Abilities Occupational Therapy for Children lists
- Developmental and Functional Assessments
- Tailored assessments including developmental, functional, toileting, mealtime, sensory processing, play and social skills, school readiness, handwriting, and postural/seating assessments. Reports available in Initial Summary, Comprehensive, or NDIS Plan Review formats.
- Therapy Sessions
- Individualised, family-centred and goal-directed therapy sessions supporting hand skills, gross motor skills, learning, emotional and self-regulation, play and social skills, mealtimes, and toileting. Sessions available in 45-minute or 1-hour formats, weekly, fortnightly, monthly, or as required.
- Hand Skills Therapy
- Support for grasping, manipulating, hand dominance, pencil grip, drawing, cutting, handwriting, and functional hand skills such as cutlery use, opening packets, tying shoelaces, and managing buttons and zips.
- Gross Motor Skills Therapy
- Support for early motor milestones, postural stability, strength, endurance, balance, coordination, spatial awareness, and motor planning for children with developmental delays or coordination difficulties.
- Learning and Executive Function Support
- Support for children with difficulties in impulse control, following instructions, task initiation/completion, memory, planning, organisational skills, attention, emotion management, and behaviour.
- Emotional and Self-Regulation Support
- Support for managing emotional reactions, sensory processing difficulties, attention and concentration, activity transitions, routine changes, and stress reduction through sensory modulation strategies.
- Play and Social Skills Therapy
- Support for developing engagement with others, creative and logical play, turn-taking, understanding feelings and social rules, making and keeping friends, and problem-solving and collaboration skills.
- Mealtime Support (SOS Approach)
- Specialised support for fussy eaters and problem feeders using the Sequential Oral Sensory approach to create positive mealtimes, reduce stress, and increase food acceptance.
- Toileting Support
- Specialised support for toilet training, management of chronic constipation and soiling, and bedwetting, including assessment, realistic goal-setting, action planning, and family support.
- NDIS Assistive Technology Requests
- Expert assessment and prescription of appropriate assistive technology and equipment to enable independence, participation, and postural alignment, with equipment trials to ensure choice and control.
Get to know Creating Abilities Occupational Therapy for Children
From Creating Abilities Occupational Therapy for Children's website.
Our approach
Creating Abilities uses play as the foundation for therapy, enriching and supporting skill development through everyday activities. Sessions focus on enabling children and families to achieve their own goals in a way that's practical and tailored to each child's life. The occupational therapist works collaboratively with families to build abilities in natural, meaningful contexts rather than isolating skills in clinical settings.
Meet the team
Dr Nadia James is a paediatric occupational therapist with over 18 years of experience working with babies, children and adolescents. She specialises in early intervention and has worked with children with developmental delay, neurological conditions, congenital disorders, and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Nadia provides family-centred therapy and delivers services directly in home, school, kindy or childcare settings across the South Brisbane region.
Locations & areas served
Greenslopes
Greenslopes QLD 4120
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