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AUTISM SA
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICES
www.autismsa.org.au
This brochure has been published with the support of the Government of South Australia.
WHAT: Individualised services that include:
• Assessment
• 1:1therapy
• Groupsessions
• MultidisciplinarysessionswithSpeechPathologists
• Multidisciplinarymealtimeassessment,withSpeechPathologists
• OralEatingandDrinkingCarePlans(asneededfollowingmealtimeassessments)
WHERE: Homevisits,KindyandChildCarevisits,SchoolVisits,ClinicbasedsessionsatNetley,NorthernsuburbandSouthernsuburbvenues.(Differentcostsmayapplyfordifferentvenues).
WHEN: MondaytoFriday,timesnegotiable
AutismSAisaccreditedandregisteredasaproviderthroughtheNationalDisabilityInsuranceAgency.
Servicescanalsobeprovidedthroughafeeforservicearrangement.
AUTISM SA OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICES
• InformationandSupportServices
• SpeechPathology
• PsychologicalServices
• FoundationSkillsGroup
• ServicesforSchoolAgedChildren
• TailoredSupportPackages
• Consultancy
PLEASE REFER TO OUR OTHER bROCHURES FOR SPECIFIC SERVICES AVAILAbLE:
Furtherinformationandpublicationsareavailablefromautismsa.org.au
1/262 Marion Road, Netley Darwin, NT | Salisbury East | Craigmore | Onkaparinga Hills
PO Box 304, MARLESTON DC SA 5033 P (08) 8379 6976 F (08) 8338 1216
E [email protected] www.autismsa.org.au
ASA2807_ Aug16
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
OccupationalTherapists(OT)areprofessionalswhoassistpeopleexperiencingdifficultyineverydayactivities.OT’sassesstheperson’sskillstodetermineanyunderlyingdifficultieswhichmaybeimpactingontheirperformance.OT’smayworkwiththeindividualtodeveloptheirskillsinthefollowingareas:
• DAiLy LiviNG SkiLLS–e.g.mealtimeskills,dressing,bathing,toileting,sleeping.Forolderchildren/adultsthismayincludetaskssuchascatchingpublictransport,managingmoneyandmealpreparation
• PLAy, LEiSuRE, SkiLLS–e.g.howtoplaywithtoys,playingtogether,engaginginageappropriateleisureactivities,developmentofsocialskillstointeractwithothersandbuildrelationships
• SENSORy PROCESSiNG–e.g.howthepersonprocessesinformationfromtheirsenses(e.gtaste,touch,sound,smell,bodyawareness,movement)andtheimpactofsensorydifficultiesondailylife
• FiNE MOTOR SkiLLS-e.g.usingtwohandstogether,colouring,drawing,threading,writing,tooluse,managingfastenings,etc.TheOTassessesunderlyingreasonsforfinemotordifficultiesandprovidestherapeuticsupporttoimprovefunction
• GROSS MOTOR SkiLLS–e.g.crawling,sittingup,running,jumping,hopping,skipping,bodyawareness,coordination,climbing.TheOTassessesunderlyingreasonsforgrossmotordifficultiesandprovidestherapeuticsupporttoimprovefunction.
• MANAGiNG BEHAviOuR, ORGANiSATiONAL SkiLLS, STRESS AND ANxiETy – e.g. toengagewithinthecommunityandinteractwithotherpeople,differentskills.
• WORk SkiLLS–eganalysisofworkdemandsanddevelopmentofappropriateskillsrelatedtothetasksofwork
Differentskillsarerequiredatdifferentstagesofaperson’slife.AnOTwillassessthepersonanddevelopaprogrambasedonindividualneed.OTprofessionalsmayimplementspecificassessmentsanddevelopplanstohelpguidethemanagementandinterventionwithregardtospecificskillareas.Thismayincludemobiilty,continence,ormealtimeskillsandneeds.
OT’smayworkwiththeindividualandfamily/keystakeholdersinthedevelopmentofprogramstosupporttheindividual,andmayprescribeequipmentorresourcestoassistinfunctionaloutcomes.
AUTISM SA HAS bEEN PROVIdINg SERVICES TO INdIVIdUALS ACROSS SOUTH AUSTRALIA SINCE 1964.
OuR FOuNDiNG MEMBERS WERE FAMiLiES DRivEN By THE DESiRE TO ENSuRE THAT THEy HAD ACCESS TO THE BEST iNFORMATiON, EDuCATiON, TREATMENT AND SuPPORT.
WE HAvE REMAiNED TRuE TO OuR BEGiNNiNGS.
iN ALL OF OuR SERviCES WE AiM TO ESTABLiSH GREAT RELATiONSHiPS, CONSiSTENCy iN STAFF, ExPERTiSE iN THE AREA OF DiSABiLiTy AND SPECiFiCALLy AuTiSM SPECTRuM DiSORDER AND EviDENCE BASED AND iNNOvATivE PRACTiCES.
OT AUSTRALIA ausot.com.au
ALLIEd HEALTH PROFESSIONS AUSTRALIA autism.ahpa.com.au
bETTER HEALTH CHANNEL betterhealth.vic.gov.au
FurtherinformationaboutgeneralOccupationalTherapy servicescanbefoundat: