Our Services
Developmental Assessments & Treatment
Infant development and handling for pre-term and term babies
Developmental Assessments & Treatment
- Assessment allows your child’s current developmental level to be measured. Capturing areas that are developing well, along with areas that would benefit from input.
- Assessment and therapy is available for all ages to children with developmental delays with or without diagnosis or disability.
Walking patterns and feet assessment
Infant development and handling for pre-term and term babies
Developmental Assessments & Treatment
- If you have concerns about how your child’s feet are positioned at rest or with walking, we can provide assessment and input ideas. Musculoskeletal and sensory contribution to walking patterns such toe walking and in-toeing are considered.
Infant development and handling for pre-term and term babies
Infant development and handling for pre-term and term babies
Infant development and handling for pre-term and term babies
- We provide education and demonstration of handling techniques to encourage and support your infant’s growth and development. Examples include ways to hold/position your child to improve head control.
- Monitoring of any asymmetries of movement such as head turn preference
- Assessment and input for conditions such as positional plagiocephaly
- We provide education and demonstration of handling techniques to encourage and support your infant’s growth and development. Examples include ways to hold/position your child to improve head control.
- Monitoring of any asymmetries of movement such as head turn preference
- Assessment and input for conditions such as positional plagiocephaly (flat spot of skull) and torticollis (tight neck muscles)
- Neurodevelopmental monitoring and input
Gross motor delays
Low tone (hypotonia) and increased tone (hypertonia)
Infant development and handling for pre-term and term babies
- Gross motor relates to how the larger muscle groups of the body move and development. For children, gross motor skills include tasks such as tummy time, sitting, rolling, crawling, walking, running, climbing, jumping, skipping, hopping.
- Assessment of gross motor skills allowing calculation of level of ‘delay’
- Provide therapy ideas and i
- Gross motor relates to how the larger muscle groups of the body move and development. For children, gross motor skills include tasks such as tummy time, sitting, rolling, crawling, walking, running, climbing, jumping, skipping, hopping.
- Assessment of gross motor skills allowing calculation of level of ‘delay’
- Provide therapy ideas and input to assist your child to improve gross motor skills
- Report writing where possible to refer to services such as the NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme)
Low tone (hypotonia) and increased tone (hypertonia)
Low tone (hypotonia) and increased tone (hypertonia)
Low tone (hypotonia) and increased tone (hypertonia)
- Low tone (“floppy”) muscles and increased tone (“stiff”) muscles can impact on a child’s ability to learn and development. This can result in gross motor skill delays.
- Assessment and therapy regarding muscle tone can include positioning, strengthening, stretching and hydrotherapy ideas.
Coordination and planning difficulties
Low tone (hypotonia) and increased tone (hypertonia)
Low tone (hypotonia) and increased tone (hypertonia)
- Children that appear ‘clumsy’ when catching a ball or running for example, may have difficulties with balance and postural control, motor planning, strength and body awareness. They could have DCD (Developmental coordination disorder). We provide assessment and input to assist with improving skills in these areas.