Paediatric Occupational Therapy

Helping kids be kids

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Welcome to Child Led Therapies. We are a Paediatric Occupational Therapy practice located in Crows Nest. Our mobile services cover the Lower North Shore, Sydney.

Our mission is to help children achieve their fullest individual potential and to empower caregivers.

We have a true passion in helping kids excel and enjoy every aspect of their lives. To achieve our mission, we are dedicated to utilising the latest research and evidence-based practices in the field. Find out more about the practice Director Emily and her journey below.

Your child may benefit from paediatric OT if they experience difficulties in the areas below:

✍️ Poor Fine Motor Skills

Struggles with handwriting, manipulating toys, puzzles, scissors, using cutlery, buttons, shoelaces

🤔Learning Challenges

Difficulties following instructions, completing work, problem solving, poor impulse control

🤪Sensory Challenges

Easily distracted, poor attention, constantly moving, difficulty coping with change. Self-stimulatory behaviours

🧦Poor Self-Care Skills

Difficulties with age-appropriate dressing, feeding, personal hygiene & toileting. Low independence

😣Social-Emotional Challenges

Poor self-regulation, inability to calm self when upset, difficulties at school

🏏Poor Gross Motor Skills

Low muscle tone, poor core strength, ball skills, balance, coordination, understanding left & right

🦖Poor Play Skills

Play is not purposeful, needs adult guidance. Difficulty joining in play & turn taking

🍴Oral Sensory-Feeding

Picky or messy eater, mouthing objects, difficulty sitting at the table to finish most of the meal

Our Services

Mobile & Clinic Therapy

OT comes to you. Work on therapy goals in natural environments at home, school, preschool, daycare

✅ Access all our assessments including Handwriting, Functional Capacity Assessment and Feeding Assessments

✅ Easier for children to carry over new skills

✅ Your child can receive therapy during the school day

✅ OT can actively participate in school meetings and advocate for your child’s OT needs

✅ Recommendations & interventions can be customised to fit meaningful settings in real time, making them more practical and effective

Online Therapy (Telehealth)

Access OT conveniently through virtual sessions from the comfort of your home

✅ Offered Australia & Hong Kong wide

✅ Increase access and flexibility for families. Don’t worry about travel, travel cost and scheduling difficulties

✅ Enjoy the same effectiveness as in-person therapy

✅ Receive parent focused sessions on what to do to manage challenges and activities to confidently support your child’s development

✅ Always tailored to your child and family's individual needs and goals

Workshops & Programs

Stay well informed, equipped and confident advocating for your child’s needs

✅ We offer a wide range of workshops to parents, interest groups, professionals & organisations

✅ Receive expert advice and resources

✅ Join our online caregivers connect group

✅ Access a range of OT programs online

✅ Equip you with specialist contacts, increased knowledge, skills & confidence in your abilities

  • Over the course of two years while our son was in Year 1 and Year 2 at school. Emily worked with him primarily on handwriting and developing his fine & gross motor skills.  They developed an excellent rapport, finding common interests while always maintaining a respectful relationship.  In this way, Emily was able to motivate him when teachers and other therapists were unable to.   Her creativity, thoughtfulness and understanding of his personality enhanced the value of their sessions. Emily kept me updated on our son’s progress and always found the time to address any concerns we had.  We would recommend Emily without hesitation to anyone looking for an excellent occupational therapist

    Danielle Virgona

  • Emily is an exceptional occupational therapist. She is extremely patient, attentive, and compassionate and works very hard to help our son with his sensory integration challenges and needs. Emily’s very observant and her approach is flexible — she tailors her therapies according to the needs of our son. His needs and preferences are constantly changing and she is quick to make changes on-the-fly during the session to ensure that our son is engaged and working towards accomplishing the goals of the therapy all while having fun rather than just pushing through a program or planned agenda. We greatly appreciate everything Emily does to help our sweet little boy.

    Lan Hoang

  • Emily met our little Man Jacob when he was 3 years old and it’s been a relationship that has flourished over the years.  With a warm and cheery disposition, Emily is fully committed to her vocation and her children.  She has the patience and ability to bring the best out of our Jacob and he joins every one of her sessions with a spring in his step and a smile on his face.  Emily consistently works towards achieving the goals she set for Jacob and her passion for her work means she is fully supportive to us as parents and willingly goes the extra mile for our little man.  We truly are grateful that we have Emily by our side

    Abi Tannis

  • Emily have been given OT sessions to my son who is in the Autism Spectrum and have helped him a lot with his attention span, focus but also how to deal with his anxiety. She is kind with the children and always gives very good feedback to us about the sessions. My son really likes her and going to her sessions which is a plus ! I really recommend her.

    Emilie Clairet

  • He started occupational therapy with Emily around six months ago and during this time we witnessed marked improvement in both his motor skills and sensory behaviour. At the beginning, our son was reluctant to attend her sessions and will find ways to escape and cry throughout the session. Despite these difficulties, Emily was patient and she used a variety of methods to engage him and very soon he was attending her sessions without any tantrums, in fact, he was looking forward to them! Her sessions are varied and she will find different ways to interact with him, whilst maintaining the goal of improving his motor skills and sensory behaviours. Overall we are very happy with our son's progress and improvement and we believe Emily played a huge part in his development. Thank you!

    Dylan’s Parents

  • Rhys enjoys seeing you a great deal and you’ve had a very positive impact on his development and improvements. We are very grateful for all you’ve done for us/Rhys. The glasses have been a game changer, and you were the only one who noticed! - brilliant spot by you. Thank you!

    Rhys’s parents

  • Emily has provided a high level of O.T intervention to both my children over the last year. She instantly put both boys at ease with her calm, kind and attentive manner. She has build strong relationships with both boys -exhibiting in depth knowledge and skill in the way she helped them to develop their self regulation skills, improve both gross motor and fine motor skills,  as well as develop stamina for both physical and academic tasks. They have made great progress and we are very appreciative for all the support she has given them.

    Lucy Jack

  • Emily has been working with my 4 year old son for over 8 months. In that time, she has been able to develop so many of his skills when it comes to play and responding to others that he feels like a different kid. Her gentle yet firm approach was and is what was needed to bring him out of his shell and comfort zone, and we can’t recommend her highly enough!

    Daniel Guo

  • I had a great experience working with someone like you. You have always been lovely and have been trying to help me achieve my goals. When I find something hard you always break it down and make it easier for me  and you also encourage me on finishing an activity.

    Sarah Nouseir (14 years old)

  • As the mother of a generally anxious and nervous child, I was a little apprehensive about how my daughter would go with such one on one therapy. However, Emily set all those concerns to rest! Her dedication and warm nature had my daughter form a very quick bond with her and has seen significant improvement in the skills we went to her for help with. Can’t recommend her enough!

    Jen Taipari

  • Emily has been the most amazing OT I could have asked for. She made my son very comfortable from the first day they met. She is very kind and welcoming, knowledgeable and very professional. She has made amazing changes throughout my son's therapies to tailor to his changing needs. He has made huge progress and I am eternally grateful for all her methods and patience. They have built a special rapport and he looks forward to seeing her every week

    Hawra Hachouche

  • I saw Malik improve every session a little more with you. Malik responded well to you thanks to your warming nature and he made many positive gains and learnt crucial life skills that he will cherish for the rest of his life. Your creativity and your respect towards maliks needs were never gone unnoticed and I, as his mother learnt key tools from you that I use with him on a daily basis. Everything you have taught me and Malik has been an essential part of him becoming a more independent young boy who will one day have a positive impact on his community.

    Aliaa Issa

  • Jai has already made so much progress in a few short weeks. Jai's focus, concentration and confidence have all improved greatly since he has been attending OT sessions with Emily. Emily has been truly fantastic! She always makes her sessions fun for Jai, while targeting his specific needs as she expertly diagnosed through his assessment. She is always punctual, precise and happy. Her sessions are always well planned and well sequenced. Jai loves all Emily’s resources including her games, activities and puzzles etc, and Emily always makes her sessions interesting and inviting for Jai, while making sure he is also challenged and supported when trying new things.

    Sandy De Freitas

  • Jai has recently asked me “mum I was thinking, can I see Emily more days, like not just Tuesdays?” …what a total win! That tells me that he is enjoying it and excited to continue, which is fantastic in my eyes. We feel so lucky to have found such a wonderful occupational therapist.

    Sandy De Freitas

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