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My Approach

Louise is a strengths based therapist who is experienced
working with children to improve functional skills
and participation. She has experience working with children
who may have a specific diagnosis (or no diagnosis):

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  • Learning Difficulties

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder

  • PDA (pathological demand avoidance)

  • Global Developmental Delay

  • Intellectual Disability

  • ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)

  • Anxiety

  • Genetic Disorders

  • Vision & Hearing impairment
     

Louise has worked with many gifted children and has
a particular interest in this area of practice.   

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Early intervention is well researched to be a positive stage
of impact. Louise has worked in many preschools offering advice, teacher coaching and developmental programs to reduce
the complexity and compounding nature of difficulties.

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Louise encourages collaborations with Paediatricians, Speech Pathologists, teachers and other specialists to provide an integrated service for children and their families.

Recent Professional Development:

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  • Occupational Performance Coaching

  • F-Words (assessment tool)

  • Toileting

  • Eating & Feeding

  • Social Competence

  • Zones of Regulation ©

  • Trauma Informed Practice

  • Social Thinking Framework

  • Self Regulation

  • Fragile X

  • Interoception

  • Developing Pretend Play Skills

  • Executive Function in School Students with Learning Difficulties

  • Highway Heroes Social Emotional Programme

  • Grow Your Mind

  • Occupational Therapy & Autism

  • Visual Perception and Learning Disorders

  • Anxiety: Stress: Resilience in Children

  • Angry, Oppositional and Defiant  ODD

Contact

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“You’re braver than you believe,
and stronger than you seem
and smarter than you think.” Christopher Robin   
AA Milne

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I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I work, and pay my respects to their Elders past and present.

© 2022 by Louise Yarham Occupational Therapy

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