Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy aims to enable and support you to participate in everyday life. Our occupational therapists do this through therapy sessions based around your goals, and by working with you and your community to modify your environment or occupation. Initial assessments are done in order of priority but are generally completed within seven days with the report to follow shortly after.
Types of assessments or treatments carried out by our occupational therapists include:
- Equipment request and/or training
- Home modification assessment
- Assistive device request
- Dexterity training and upper limb rehabilitation
- Vehicle modifications and driving assessments
- Assessment of personal support needs (personal care)
- Coordinating respite care
- Housing assessments for participants requiring specialist disability accommodation
- Transport assistance
- Orientation and mobility training
- Supported employment evaluation and training services
- Interventions designed to help children reach their developmental goals, such as play-based therapy
- Whole-of-life personal planning
Meet the OT Team
Marco Lok - Occupational Therapist
Community Occupational Therapist servicing Hills area and inner, and out west area.
Key Scope of Practice:
- Client-centred and evidence-based occupational therapy interventions for paediatric, mental
health, and aged care clients, ensuring a holistic and individualised approach to therapy. - Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) training,
including dressing, grooming, personal hygiene, toileting, meal preparation, cooking skills,
household management (cleaning, laundry, organisation), shopping, money management,
budgeting, medication management, public transport training, community access,
appointment scheduling, and employment readiness. - Hand strength and handwriting skill development, focusing on pencil grasp, letter formation,
writing endurance, and fine motor coordination. - Sensory integration therapy to support regulation and sensory processing challenges.
- Toilet training programs, including routine establishment, sensory sensitivities, and hygiene
management. - Play skills development, focusing on fostering imaginative play, cooperative interactions,
problem-solving, motor planning, and sensory-based engagement to enhance social
participation and learning. - Emotional regulation and frustration tolerance, with interventions to support self-regulation,
coping strategies, and resilience-building. - Turn-taking and social interaction skills, focusing on cooperative play, peer engagement, and
communication. - Functional Capacity Assessments (FCA), Supported Independent Living (SIL) reports, and
Assistive Technology (AT) reports, ensuring comprehensive documentation to support
funding applications and intervention planning for client independence and participation. - Artificial Intelligence (AI) integration in daily practice, enhancing therapy interventions,
providing personalised support, and diversifying treatment approaches.
Trish Morada - Adult OT
Trish has been an OT for over 5 years and can see clients >8 years and above. Adults are her specialty. She also specializes in functional assessments, equipment prescription, wellness checks, fine and gross motor control and upper limb stroke rehab.
Kiran and Melinda - Senior Contract OT
>20 years experience each, good for complex assessments or reports, bathroom mods. Not used for ongoing therapy.
