Wheatbelt Occupational Therapy

We can help with a range of challenges including, but not limited to:

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Personal Challenges

• Making and keeping friends

• Bullying 

• Difficulty regulating emotions e.g. excessive anger, fear, sadness, worry and/or shyness

• Violent or harmful behaviours 

• Difficulties with hyperactivity and attention  

• Antisocial behaviour and acting out 

• School difficulties

• Sensory issues   

• Separation anxiety

• Difficulty relating to or connecting with parent, caregiver or significant other. 

• Sleeping issues 

• Eating issues 

• Low self-esteem  

• Physical symptoms such as headaches or stomach pains  without any known medical cause 

• Difficulty with or selective verbal communication in social settings

• Phobias

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Life Events 

• ​Significant family changes e.g. family breakdown, arrival of a new sibling etc.

• Emotional stress or hardship e.g. poor seasonal conditions, financial hardship, impacts of seasonal pressures on caregivers time such as during harvest and seeding, FIFO, long haul trucking or any other employment requiring extended periods of time away from family etc.

• Natural disasters     

• Difficulties associated with geographical isolation

• Fostering, adoption and identity issues

• Trauma, abuse and neglect

• Prenatal and birth trauma

• Grief and loss

• Chronic illness, injury or condition

• Terminal illness

• Hospitalisation/surgery

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Developmental Disorders

For children who have a formal or informal developmental disability diagnosis, for instance Autism or ADHD, Wheatbelt Occupational Therapy can offer support by addressing the social-emotional, behavioural and sensory issues which may occur in conjunction with these disorders and exacerbate a child's behavioural challenges as well as affecting their overall mental well-being. 

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 Some of the difficulties listed above may be a normal part of a child’s developmental journey and effectively managed without additional support from health services like ours. However, we understand certain situations, behavioural difficulties and life events can greatly affect a child's well-being and leave caregivers feeling lost for ways to help. Our goal is to provide another local professional and trustworthy option for country families, schools and health services seeking additional support.

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