Services

Workshops and Seminars:

Sprout runs a range of training and information seminars for parents, teachers and other professionals on a range of specialist areas related to developing social, sensorimotor, emotional and other skill areas for children with special needs.

Seminars run to date include:

Sprout Cancellation Policy
Just a reminder to our families that we require 24 hours notice of cancellations otherwise you will be charged the full fee for the session (as per the payment agreement you sign before commencing services.)

In cases where your child wakes up unwell or becomes unwell overnight, provided you contact your treating OT by 8am that morning we will not bill for the session.

Sprout provides individual Occupational Therapy programs for children with social, emotional, physical and learning needs.

A specialised therapy assessment is conducted to establish a baseline, determine areas of strength and difficulty, and to make recommendations for the therapy program.

Goals are set with the child, family and teacher and an individual direct therapy program is designed to target the needs identified. Close liaison with family and school is maintained and goals are regularly reviewed to measure progress.

• Using visual cues to teach and promote positive behaviours in children.
• Senseability - Multisensory learning
• To pretend or not to pretend - Why pretend play is important?
• How does your engine run? The Alert Programme for self-regulation
• Helping children make and keep friends
• Snip, Snip, teaching scissor skills
• Practically Social - teaching children with Autism/Asperger's friendship skills
• Getting hands ready for school tasks
• Fun finger stuff - activities for developing writing skills.
• What is Autism/Asperger's clearing up the myths.

Programs include Individual Therapy programs where our therapist works 1:1 with your child, your family and your child’s teacher and/or small group therapy programs where children can interact with peers with similar difficulties. We also liaise with other professionals working with your child to ensure to achieve the best possible outcome.

Sprout regularly facilitates Parent and Teacher/Professional workshops in which we empower you with information, skills and resources to assist your child and provide a quarterly Sprout newsletter that provides information on topics and resources relevant to your child.

Sprout also runs a range of popular group programs for children including: