Qualifications: Bachelor Applied Science | Masters Occupational Therapy Practice – Latrobe University
Registration, association and screening
- The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Occupational Therapy Australia (OTA)
- NDIS Screening Check
- WWCC
Biography
Sophie is a paediatric occupational therapist supporting children and families in our Williamstown and Newport clinics west of Melbourne CBD. Sophie’s passion lies in enabling children through play and naturalistic movement- based therapy supports including sensory processing and development. Sophie is dedicated to early childhood development with a desire to support families through parent/giver education and supporting skill acquisition that enables independence in daily activities and a successful transition to school in preparatory years.
Sophie is our superstar in school readiness program delivery and personally tailors these programs to suit the individual needs of the child and family involved. She brings with her, core values of integrity, warmth, and compassion for others that aligns with our mission to support people on “Getting on with Life”. Sophie is a lifelong learner who attends frequent workshops, conferences and training in support of bringing new ideas to her evidence based practice.
Sophies experience and interests are working with school aged children, running groups, developing intervention planning for children with developmental needs, neurodevelopmental and social supports.
Age group
Infancy through to early adolescence
Specialties
- ECI – Early Childhood Intervention (under 7)
- School Readiness
- Fine and Gross Motor Development
- Play Skills Development
- Self-care and Routine Development
- Neuro developmental (ASD/ADHD)
- Sensory Integration and Sensory Processing
- Social Emotional Development and building positive relationships
- Movement disorders (DCD, Global Developmental Delay)
Additional experience
Occupational Therapy Assistant – Sophie worked as an OT Assistant at Living Without Boundaries in support of building her skill sets prior to becoming qualified. Sophie demonstrated exemplary skills in group program delivery and 1:1 supports during this time
The Inclusion Project – Supporting Social Inclusion and the facilitation of sensory spaces within sporting venues across Melbourne including the MCG, Marvel Stadium, John Cain Arena, Olympic Park during the Australian Open.
Therapy support provided:
- Occupational Therapy Assessments
- NDIS service provision
- Life skills Development
- Positive Behaviour Supports (PBS Approach)
- Executive function assessment and intervention
- Sensory Processing and Regulation
- Social Emotional Development
- School Readiness programs
- In home supports for Activities of Daily Living
- Community Access
- Fatigue Management/ Energy conservation
- Assistive Technology
- In home and community supports
- Functional Capacity Evaluations and supports.
- Clinic based interventions for children and their families’ early adolescence
- Person – family centred care