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What is Occupational Therapy?
At Innerlink Therapy, our Occupational Therapists work with children, teenagers and adults from our clinic in Belmore, Sydney, supporting people across Canterbury-Bankstown and surrounding suburbs.
Occupational therapy helps individuals develop the skills, confidence, and independence needed to participate in everyday life. This may include self-care, learning, play, social participation, work, and community involvement.
For clients who cannot attend our Belmore clinic, we also offer online Occupational Therapy through telehealth across Australia, where clinically appropriate. Sessions focus on practical strategies to support everyday activities, independence and participation.
What Does an Occupational Therapist Do?
Occupational therapists (OT) assess the personal, environmental, sensory, physical, cognitive, and emotional factors that may impact daily functioning and participation. Using evidence-based, individualised interventions, OTs work collaboratively with individuals and families to achieve meaningful goals and improve overall well-being and quality of life.
Our Occupational Therapists focus on how these difficulties affect everyday activities, with therapy aimed at supporting greater independence, confidence and participation at home, school, work and in the community.
Who We Support
We support children, adolescents, and adults who may experience challenges with:
- participating in daily routines and self-care tasks
- managing emotions, stress and regulation
- attention, learning, work and community participation
- developing social skills and relationships
- building confidence and independence through life transitions
- coordination and motor development
- sensory processing and regulation
- organisation, planning and executive functioning
- participating in play, leisure and other meaningful activities
- developmental delays affecting daily living, play, learning and participation
Occupational Therapy for Children with Developmental Delays
At Innerlink Therapy, our Occupational Therapists support children with developmental delays that affect their ability to participate in everyday activities. This may include difficulties with fine and gross motor skills, sensory processing, emotional regulation, self-care, play, attention and independence.
Our Occupational Therapists work collaboratively with children, families, educators and other professionals to identify functional goals and provide practical, individualised strategies that support participation at home, preschool, school and in the community.
Families from Belmore, Canterbury-Bankstown and surrounding Sydney suburbs can access Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention at our clinic, with school or preschool visits available where appropriate.
Areas of Occupation and Daily Participation
Occupational therapy can support participation in:
- Self-care / Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) – eating, dressing, toileting, hygiene, and personal care.
- Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) – shopping, meal preparation, financial management, home tasks, and community access.
- Education and learning
- Work and vocational participation
- Play and leisure activities
- Social participation and relationships
- Sleep and rest
Areas of Occupational Therapy Support
Supporting the processing and integration of sensory information, including tactile, vestibular, proprioceptive, visual, auditory, gustatory, olfactory, and interoceptive systems, which can impact regulation, attention, behaviour, and functional participation.
Social and Emotional Development
Developing skills related to co-regulation, self-regulation, emotional awareness, social understanding, relationship building, conflict resolution, and social play skills such as sharing and turn-taking.
Supporting attention, working memory, organisation, planning, problem solving, task initiation, self-monitoring, response inhibition, and cognitive flexibility.
Gross Motor Skills
Improving body awareness, postural control, balance, coordination, endurance, core strength, and overall motor stability.
Developing hand strength, dexterity, precision grasp, eye-hand coordination, and in-hand manipulation skills required for everyday tasks.
Visual Motor & Perceptual Skills
Supporting visual-spatial awareness, visual tracking, visual attention, visual memory, discrimination, figure-ground perception, visual closure, and form constancy.
Motor Planning (Praxis)
Supporting ideation, motor planning and sequencing, coordination, motor execution, and grading of movement and force for functional activities.
Our Occupational Therapists work with clients and families to set practical goals that reflect everyday priorities, such as managing routines, developing independence, participating in learning or work, building confidence and taking part in meaningful activities.
Occupational Therapy for Adults
Innerlink Therapy provides Occupational Therapy for adults who may need support to participate more independently in everyday life, work and the community.
Our Occupational Therapists can support adults with functional needs affecting daily routines, self-care, household tasks, sensory processing, emotional regulation, executive functioning, community participation and independence.
Support is tailored to the person’s individual goals and may include assessment, practical strategies, skill development and recommendations to improve participation in meaningful everyday activities.
NDIS Occupational Therapy in Sydney
Innerlink Therapy is a registered NDIS provider offering Occupational Therapy services from our Belmore clinic in Sydney. Our Occupational Therapists support children, teenagers and adults with disability-related functional needs that affect everyday activities, independence and participation.
Depending on the participant’s goals, needs and NDIS plan, Occupational Therapy may support areas such as daily living, self-care, sensory processing, emotional regulation, motor skills, executive functioning, school participation and community access. Occupational Therapy is recognised by the NDIS as a therapy support when it meets the NDIS funding criteria and supports functional outcomes.
Our Occupational Therapists also provide Functional Capacity Assessments (FCAs) for NDIS participants who require a detailed understanding of their everyday functioning, support needs and goals. Assessments may assist with NDIS plan reassessments, requests for changes to supports and recommendations for greater independence.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does an Occupational Therapist do? Occupational therapists help people develop skills and strategies to participate in everyday activities, including self-care, learning, work, play and community participation.
What can Occupational Therapy help with? Occupational Therapy may support people who have difficulty with sensory processing, fine and gross motor skills, executive functioning, visual-motor skills, motor planning, self-regulation or daily living skills. Therapy focuses on how these difficulties affect everyday activities and aims to support greater independence and participation at home, school, work and in the community.
Does Innerlink Therapy provide Occupational Therapy for children? Yes. Occupational Therapy is available for toddlers, children and school-aged students, as well as teenagers and adults.
Does Innerlink Therapy provide NDIS Occupational Therapy? Yes. Innerlink Therapy is a registered NDIS provider and accepts NDIA-managed, plan-managed and self-managed participants.
Where is Occupational Therapy available? Innerlink Therapy provides Occupational Therapy from its clinic in Belmore, Sydney, with services available to people in the surrounding Canterbury-Bankstown area.