SERVICES
Collaborative & Strength-based
At Skye Therapy we are passionate about each child reaching their potential. We work in collaboration with children and their adults (i.e. parents, carers and teachers) to develop their skills and success in the areas meaningful to them. We provide tailored services according to each child's individual needs, strengths and family goals.
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Location: HOME, SCHOOL, KINDY, ONLINE
Mobile services delivered at your home, school, kindy or childcare in Brisbane and Ipswich.
We also offer telehealth appointments.
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IN-CLINIC
Appointments at our home studio located at 61A Mearns St, Fairfield QLD.
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Explore your child's strengths and growth areas in learning, play and self-care, or review their development.
Engage in ongoing or block sessions to support your child and family to achieve identified goals.
Education
Parent and professional education to further support your child or student to fulfil their potential.
From frustrated to focused
We specialise in developing children's attention
Some of the common signs of low attention are:
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Hyperactivity (enjoys movement, difficulty sitting still)
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Always on the go
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Lots of fidgeting
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Difficulties following instructions (particularly multi-step instructions)
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Doesn’t seem to listen
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Difficulty with impulse control
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Struggles to take turns
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Takes risk more than others
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Interrupts others regularly
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Avoidance of tasks that require sitting and focusing
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Arguments around homework
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Daydreams
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Doesn’t seem to hear when spoken to (even though hearing is fine)
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Loses track of where they are up to in a task
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Becomes distracted and has difficulty completing aged-expected tasks (e.g. dressing, unpacking bag)
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​Doesn’t know how to start tasks
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Difficulties following tasks through to completion
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Is forgetful
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Regularly loses items (e.g. hat, bag, water bottle)
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Touches/bumps others to the point of annoying them
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​​Factors contributing to these issues include: ​
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A stressful life event/trauma
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Excessive screen time and addictions
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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Autism
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Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
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Mental health conditions
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Learning disorders
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Movement disorders
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If your child is struggling with focusing, don't worry we are here to help! ​​
​Our process is for you to have an 'Initial Chat' with one of our more experienced Occupational Therapists to help identify which activities are impacted low attention and how we can best help your child. These Initial Chats are usually about 15 minutes over a video call and free of charge. If you and our therapists determine we are a good fit for your child, we may conduct an assessment which will help inform how we can best help your child, or we may jump straight into therapy sessions (with informal assessment) where our therapists will tailor their therapy sessions using all our experience to help your child grow in their ability to focus.
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Some of the areas we regularly address to help your child are:​
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Executive Functioning
Understanding and developing:​
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Impulse Control
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Organisation
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Planning​
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​Cognitive flexibility
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Self-awareness
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Working memory (short term memory)
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Task monitoring​
Sensory Processing
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Understanding how your child's unique brain works
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Identifying tools to manage hyper-sensitivity and under-sensitivity
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Practicing these strategies​
Physical Needs
Optimszing:
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Sleep
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Nutrition
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Pain/comfort
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Movement/exercise
Motivation State
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Increasing autonomy
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Supporting confidence and competency through having a 'just right' challenge
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Understanding the purpose of activities
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Adjusting activities to be relevant and meaningful
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​Feeling a sense of connection, support and belonging
Mental Health & Emotional Needs
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Developing emotional control
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Managing anxiety
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Increasing positive interpersonal connections