| Referral |
Prior to clinical intake, all referrals will be required to
fill out a comprehensive intake document whereby it will be
promptly reviewed for appropriateness of referral. All advocates
of the child (parents, teachers, therapists, psychologists,
physicians) may then be contacted to discuss concerns for referral.
During contact with the parents, they may ask questions and
discuss concerns. In house therapists will assist the parents
in understanding how our services can assist in their child's
difficulties thereby empowering them to make an informed and
educated decision whether an OT assessment is appropriate and
which type of evaluations and intervention plan is required. |
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| Clinical
Intake |
The attending therapist will contact clients for an assessment
date. During this phone call, parents can ask questions and
discuss concerns relating to the type of assessment indicated
from the information gathered in the initial referral stage. |
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| Evaluations |
General clinical intake assessments will be conducted over a
two day period whereby two one hour sessions will be allocated
for the purposes of:
1) a clinical interview with the parents and
2) clinical observation of the child.
For school based assessments, assessment duration and times
will be allocated according to the needs and requests of the
client. Assessments can be done for visual perceptual difficulties,
handwriting difficulties, gross motor & fine motor difficulties. |
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| Evaluation
Results |
Results and observations will be discussed after the assessment.
Time will be allocated for a brief overview of the findings.
A more detailed and comprehensive report will shortly follow
to delineate areas of concern and recommended intervention objectives. |
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| Intervention |
Intervention includes direct therapy and parent/school consultation.
Therapy is provided on a one to one basis initially to address
foundational skills such as sensory processing and sensory modulation
if indicated. Meanwhile, consultation places its focus on assisting
parents in understanding their child's difficulties and incorporating
therapeutic/remedial strategies at home and school. |
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| Review |
A review/reassessment of progress will be held every 8 - 12
weeks whereby a short report will follow to revise intervention
objectives if appropriate. If no further intervention is required,
the child will be placed on a review period (one month period
whereby regular weekly intervention sessions are stopped). During
this period, consultation and support are made available if
necessary. |
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| Discharge |
The attending therapist and/or the parents may plan for discharge
at any time. When all parties are informed of plans for discharge,
a discharge summary will be made available and recommendations
will be discussed. Once discharged from formal services, future
correspondence for consultation and/or intervention services
will be treated as a new referral. |
