Independent Occupational Therapy for children. Educational, Health contracts and working on individual requests. Founded Nov 2010.
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Children's Occupational Therapy
Assessment, Treatment and Training
With nearly 20 years experience as an Occupational Therapist within the NHS, both in clinical and managerial work, and the last 10 of those within Children’s services (including establishing and providing services within children’s centres) I have seen the impacts that can be made on children’s and family’s lives. Physical, perce
ptual and sensory difficulties can prevent children from participating in daily living tasks (eg dressing, feeding etc.), playing with peers, interacting in classroom or other activities (including pencil and scissor skills), as well as impede self esteem, and can affect the whole family. Although the NHS provides excellent Children’s services locally, they remain under great pressure leading to gaps in service, and often waiting lists.
‘Children’s Choice Therapy Service’ aims to offer to children, parents and other services the choice and availability of Children’s Occupational Therapy Services within the independent sector, to compliment NHS and educational services, or to meet needs not currently provided. Assessments can be carried out at home, school, or within chosen environments. Treatments may be provided individually or within a group if available. As an Occupational Therapist I am Health Professions Council Registered, and have Sensory Integration accreditation.
Hello. Good news: Our brilliant workshop for parents and carers on understanding sensory processing will run again on Friday 4th October at the OT-SI clinic (DE13 9PD). 10am-2pm, remarkable value at only £10 per person. To book a place, email us on [email protected].
Please bear in mind if visiting the centre during these dates coming down the a515 south from the a50.
We would like to welcome our first Occupational Therapy Assistants to the team. Adele Hopcott and Rhiannon Hallam will be a great asset to this fun and busy team. Welcome and good luck x
We have a few spaces left on our Spring courses for education and other professionals. Sensory Processing April 24-25, DCD 10th May. Please see website for details.
We provide a wide range of courses aimed at helping parents, carers and educational bodies develop the skills and knowledge to help young people thrive within their everyday environment. Courses can be tailored to your specific needs and are available upon request. Training can be delivered as a ‘...
So sorry if we have been hard to contact day. Mandatory training day! Don't worry you're safe with us !!!!!!
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Childrens choice staff are on away day on the 20th March for mandatory training etc. There may be a delay to responses / emails etc. Thanks
Children’s choice therapy team are looking to employ at least one Occupational Therapy Assistant, term time only. This is a developing role and is expected to include:
• Up to 3 days a week working independently, in a specialist school provision, under the supervision and support of a qualified OT, delivering sensory diet and other interventions across a range of children / classrooms.
• Working independently in the community carrying out OT led programmes / interventions with children, supporting parents and carers to continue and develop programmes further.
• Visiting mainstream schools to demonstrate delivery of OT and sensory based programmes through modelling.
• Working in the OT-SI centre working alongside OTs to get to know children, to develop skills and understanding around sensory processing, and to then be able to carry out treatments (directed by OT).
• Helping with the general running of OT interventions and delivery.
• Supporting the OT in running small group interventions.
We are looking for a confident individual who has experience of working in mainstream and specialist school provisions with a basic understanding of sensory processing, sensory diets, circuits, and interventions.
For more information and application form email [email protected]
Closing date 7th March 2024
Happy Christmas to all those with work with, for, and alongside. For the families and mostly the kids x amongst the meltdowns they'll be loving it ### 😂🥰
Please be advised that children's choice will be shutting down for 2 weeks over Christmas from the 22nd Dec. We wish you all a happy Christmas. Remember be kind to yourself. Christmas does not have to look like on the TV. Too many presents is overwhelming. One at a time is great. Christmas is for you as well as your child. And family christmas' on fb are not real!!!
We are a charity supporting families with children with disabilities in the East Midlands based in Swadlincote, South Derbyshire.
We’ve been working hard to create a magical backdrop for photos of Santa with your young person. We can’t wait for his visit and enjoy fun and a magical time for everyone. We have loads of Christmas activities and fun for everyone. Our Santa is Makaton trained and Mrs Claus will also be on hand to meet you all in our magical sensory room.
All the family is welcome including siblings. Book via the link 👇
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/50159
If your child struggles with sensory overload you may be interested in our parents' workshop on Understanding Sensory Processing, which we are next planning to hold in-person at the OT-SI centre (DE13 9PD) on Friday 12th April 10am-2pm. It costs £10pp and you will need to bring a packed lunch. If you would like to book any places, please email [email protected] (please don't message on facebook as I'll see it much sooner on email). We will also run the parents' workshop online from 7-9pm on Thursday 15th February, cost £10pp, email for more details.
Today is Developmental Language Disorder Awareness Day. DLD is a lifelong condition with causes difficulty with talking and understanding words. It affects 2 in 30 children in the average classroom. To find out more about how DLD affects children, visit
We are Speech and Language UK – we want every child to face the future with confidence. For 1.7 million children in the UK, learning to talk and understand words feel like an impossible hurdle.
Wednesday 18th October is our team day for training development and time together. We will not be available. Service resumes as normal on the 19th
Hello. The new date for our parents' workshop on Understanding Sensory Processing with Alison Hart OT has been set. It will be on Friday 24th November at our clinic (DE13 9PD) from 10am-2pm. It costs £10 per person, drinks are available but please bring your own lunch. We also run an on-line workshop for folks who can't come in person, it will be Monday 2nd October 7-9pm, £10pp. To book your place on either workshop, please EMAIL (not on facebook every day) [email protected]. Thanks!
Hello. We have set a new date for our brill parents' workshop on Understanding Sensory Processing with Alison Hart OT. It will be on Friday 30th June at our clinic (DE13 9PD) from 10am-2pm. It costs £10 per person, drinks are available but please bring your own lunch. To book your please, please EMAIL (not on facebook every day) [email protected]. Thanks!
Hello folks. We have a few places still available on our fab parents' workshop on Understanding Sensory Processing with Alison Hart OT. It will be on Thursday 9th February at our clinic (DE13 9PD) from 10am-2pm. It costs £10 per person, drinks are available but please bring your own lunch. To book your please, please EMAIL (not on facebook every day) [email protected].
Christmas and holidays are so challenging and often don't meet our expectations or dreams. You have just brought your child / young person through a v anxious time and every smile and moment of enjoyment is a massive achievement by yourselves. Be kind to yourselves and see how you are enabling your child to fit in with the never ending road of expectations our world creates. You are opening their world. You are amazing.
Childrens choice started it's life 12 years ago this week. What a journey that's been. Never dreamt there would be so much need - such a big team - and so many amazing families and professionals to work with. Thanks everyone ❤️
Exciting news!
Our social group will begin on September 8th!
Our signing choir will also be moving to same day, so please get your names down if you would like to reserve a space.
🌺🌺🌺 Open to all 🌺🌺🌺
If you’re interested, would like more information or would like to book your place please email: [email protected]
🔵 Limited availability
🟢 Age 17+
🟡 New faces welcome
If you're coming down to the centre for treatments or assessments in the next couple of days just to reassure you we have air conditioning!! 👍
With increasing concern regarding the self-restricted diet of many of our youngsters we are running the SOS and Sensory Feeding courses in small groups - to help combat this essential need. This is run over 12 (plus 1 introductory) sessions, and led by 2 SI trained (and SOS) OTs to meet individual and bespoke needs so is expensive, but there is charitable support out there. See our website for more information
SOS Feeding Course, based on Sequential Oral Sensory Approach What is the SOS Approach? The SOS Approach to Feeding is a Transdisciplinary Program for assessing and treating children with feeding and weight/growth difficulties. It has been developed over the course of 20 years through the clinical w...
We will be running a new feeding group, starting in September. Full details and a referral form are available on our website
https://www.childrenschoicetherapy.co.uk/sequential-oral-sensory-approach/
Children's Choice are looking for an enthusiastic new team member, but you must already be SI trained (level 1 or above), to predominantly work in schools and alongside team. If you are interested, please contact us outlining your qualifications and experience to [email protected]
Hello to any education professionals making the most of their Easter break - just a reminder we have a few spaces available on our specialist training days. Understanding Sensory Processing is on Wednesday 18th to Thursday 19th May, and Dyspraxia and DCD is on Tuesday 7 June. These courses are run by Alison Hart OT and run from 9am-3pm at the OT-SI centre (DE13 9PD). Please email [email protected] for further details and to reserve your place.
Hello folks, we have a new date for our parents' workshop Understanding Sensory Processing: Tuesday 18th October, 10-2 at the OT-SI clinic (DE13 9PD), £10pp. Please email [email protected] to reserve a place. We are fully booked for the workshop on 10th May and look forward to meeting those who have already booked on.
We have a couple of spaces left on our next workshop for parents on Understanding Sensory Processing. It runs from 10am-2pm on Tuesday 10th May and costs £10. Drinks are available but you'll need to bring a packed lunch. To book your place please email (Not FB message) [email protected]
Shout out to education staff wishing they had a bit more knowledge of sensory processing and DCD: there are a few places left on our specialist training courses. Understanding and Supporting Sensory Processing will run from 18-19 May, and DCD and Dyspraxia will run on 7 June. For more details and booking forms please email [email protected]. Thanks.
Great to see the team having fun together in our fab sensory room on our training day
If your child has PDA, you will be able to find some useful information from the 30+ speakers at this event - including our very own Alison Hart OT. It is being hosted by thepdaspace from 1-3 April:
...has always been to give every person the opportunity and the space to understand and share their experiences and knowledge of Pathological Demand Avoidance, an element of the Autism Spectrum Profile that is frequently misunderstood, overlooked and ignored.
11D Lancaster Park
Burton Upon Trent
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