Occupational Therapy and Speech Language Pathology for kids

Skills for Kids provides occupational therapy and speech language pathology services. Our assessment and intervention is targeted to children who have a difficulty with participation either at home, preschool or school. Our goal is to increase children's independent participation in different parts of their lives.

How we can help your child

Clinic-based intervention

From our Blaxland clinic in the lower Blue Mountains, we provide occupational therapy and speech language pathology services for children of all ages, from infants through to high school. Learn more about our clinic-based service.

School-based intervention

From the real world environment of your child's preschool or school, we can provide occupational therapy and speech language pathology services. Learn more about our school-based service.

Skills camps

For intense intervention in a shared-learning or group context during every school holidays, we run a range of skills camps which each target a specific area. Learn more about our skills camps.

Assessments

Assessments are conducted to identify if a child has a difficulty and if so, to uncover contributing causes. Assessment can be organised as a stand-alone, to commence intervention, or to provide documentation for technology funding, school programming or special provisions for examinations. Learn more about our assessments.

Types of intervention we specialise in

Skills Mastery

Teaching children the step by step process for learning skills - one step at a time. Learn more about skills mastery-based intervention.

Information Processing

Teaching children how to use their thinking for doing, how to use and apply cognitive strategies for participation and learning. Children need to develop 'mind tools' for attention, memory and planning enabling them to become actively and efficiently engaged in the learning process. Learn more about information processing-based intervention.

Sensory Processing

This means we teach children how to more efficiently organise sensory input from their body and their environment for participation and learning. Learn more about sensory processing-based intervention.

Contact us

Tel: 02 4739 0267

Fax: 02 4739 9446

Email: info@skillsforkids.com.au

30 Rusden Road
Blaxland NSW 2774

Where are we?

Meet the Skills for Kids team

Susan Lowe (Director)

Stephanie Baker

Rebecca Beeton

Ashleigh Fairbairn

Rebecca Gatt

Valerie Graham

Lisa Mamo

Ynna McDonald

Samantha Miles

Sarah Pritchard

Linda Redpath

Rachel Summerville

Jessica Westover

Wendy Anderson

Karen Fleming

Rosemary Fleming

Amanda Roots

Mary Tubb

What is occupational therapy?

Occupational therapy involves helping children with their occupations - their activities. Children sometimes need specific strategies so that they can learn to participate in activities and with other people. Read more about Occupational Therapy.

What is speech language pathology?

Speech language pathology intervention helps children whose communication is affected by articulation, language, voice or swallowing difficulties. Read more about Speech Language Pathology.

Useful links

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