Ali Murch OT (AMOT) is an Occupational Therapy service designed to support children and their families. AMOT can support your service through the provision of group based sessions, educator coaching or family workshops.Group based sessions: These are tailored to suit children’s needs and may be focused on: developing imaginary play skills, social skills, motor development, cognitive skills, sensory processing and/or emotional regulation.Educator coaching: This is tailored to suit educators’ needs and may include: making sense of and implementing strategies to support tricky behaviours, delayed development across a range of skill areas or sensory processing needs.Family workshops: These are tailored to suit families’ needs and may include topics such as emotional regulation, activities of daily living and sensory processing.Find out more about Ali Murch OT at www.alimurchot.com.au

Expected outcomes for this program include:

• improved ability to implement strategies that encourage physical independence
• improved ability to model and teach emotional regulation strategies
• improved ability to implement strategies to support social skill development
• improved ability to support diverse needs through inclusive practices.

Occupational Therapy services will be tailored to suit the needs of the Early Childhood Education Centre, child and family. How this looks including number of sessions, duration and frequency will be determined in collaboration with educators. The Director / Senior OT will meet with the educators to determine the need and the best approach e.g. a one off training for staff, weekly group based sessions including children and educator/s, or parent workshops (one off or a series).

Occupational Therapy services are delivered for $230 per hour. If travel is required, this will be based on location and a quote will be provided.