KnOT Occupational Therapy

Lovely morning connecting with families at the Parents & Bubs Expo in Wooloowin today! 🌟
Grateful for the opportunity to share tips on child development and support our wonderful community, thanks to the Hamilton ward for inviting us to such a fantastic event! 👶🤲

Join us at the Parents & Bubs Expo on Saturday. We’re excited to be there, and we’d love to see you. There will be family fun activities and early years information.

Thank you for your ongoing support

A year ago today 💫 Grateful for our dedicated therapists who spent their weekend, connecting with families and living out our passion!

Meet Nhu, our dedicated Paediatric Occupational Therapist on the Southside! 🌟

Nhu collaborates closely with schools and educators to support families through tailored therapy sessions. With a passion for early intervention, she strives to provide family-centered care that empowers children to reach their full potential and understand their world better. Nhu also has experience assisting families in accessing funding and support through the NDIS early childhood approach.

In her spare time, Nhu enjoys reading and volunteers at youth groups, showing her dedication to supporting others both in her professional and personal life. 💫

Meet Rachel, Our Senior Paediatric OT leading KnOT on the Northside of Brisbane! 🌟

With over 10 years of dedicated experience as an OT in hospitals, schools, and clinics, Rachel brings invaluable expertise to our families at KnOT. As a mother of three, Rachel combines professional knowledge with personal insights, ensuring compassionate and effective therapy for every child. Join us in celebrating Rachel’s commitment to enriching children’s lives through her passion and experience! 💖

Meet Marilyn, Director and Paediatric Therapist at KnOT! 🌟

As the heart of our team, Marilyn brings passion and expertise to every session. With a commitment to nurturing children’s development and collaborating with the community to highlight the importance of early intervention. From empowering educators with valuable insights to creating engaging therapy sessions, Marilyn leads with dedication and compassion.

Our OT’s specialise in enhancing emotional regulation through tailored occupational therapy sessions. Our approach integrates sensory-based activities, structured routines, and interactive exercises designed to empower children in managing their emotions effectively. Using proven techniques to teach emotional identification and coping strategies in a supportive environment. Through engaging sensory systems and developing foundational skills, we foster your child’s emotional resilience and overall regulation. 💫

We are here to support your child’s emotional growth journey. Contact KnOT to learn more! 💫

🐰🥚 Happy Easter from the KnOT bunnies! 🥚🐰 Engage your little ones in egg-citing Easter activities with these fun ideas! Which one will you be hopping into first? Don’t forget to crunch on some carrots for extra calming sensory input and hop through our Easter-inspired obstacle course!

- 🐣 Egg-cellent Creativity: Use different textures and materials to dye and decorate eggs, for fine motor skills, sensory exploration, and creativity.

- 🥕 Crunchy Carrot Delight: Offer crunchy foods like carrots as a snack to provide proprioceptive input, aiding in regulation and oral motor skills development.

- 🐥 Easter Obstacle Course: Set up an obstacle course with hopping like a bunny and crawling like a chick, improving coordination, balance, and spatial awareness and end with an egg spoon race.

- 🐰 Bunny Yoga Fun: Lead children through Easter-themed yoga poses, promoting flexibility, balance, and relaxation.

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✨Discover the impact of our Dietician services at KnOT!

Our team of dedicated therapists are here to support you and your little ones on your health journey ✨

How can our Dieticians help?? Here are just a few reasons:

1️⃣ Specialized Care: Children have unique nutritional needs that require specialized attention. Our paediatric dieticians understand these needs and tailor nutrition plans accordingly.

2️⃣ Healthy Development: From infancy to adolescence, proper nutrition plays a crucial role in healthy growth and development. Our dieticians can provide guidance to ensure your child gets the nutrients they need.

3️⃣ Allergies & Special Diets: Managing food allergies, intolerances, or special diets can be challenging. Our dieticians can help navigate these dietary restrictions while ensuring your child still enjoys tasty and nutritious meals.

4️⃣ Food Preferences & Picky Eaters: Dealing with a picky eater? Our dieticians can offer strategies to expand your child’s palate and ensure they’re getting the nutrients they need, even with selective food preferences.

5️⃣ Weight Management: Whether it’s maintaining a healthy weight or addressing weight concerns, our dieticians offer personalised strategies to support your child’s overall well-being.

Ask our dietician team any questions you might have over message, call or in person! We are excited to continue to support our families with our dedicated paediatric team. 💫

🎉 Wishing a Happy New Year to our wonderful families and little ones! 🎉 In the upcoming year, here’s a tip to enhance your child’s journey:

🛝 Explore activities blending movement and sensory experiences! Engaging in these experiences can support development and self-regulation. Consider swinging, jumping, or using textured materials to make learning a joyous adventure.

May 2024 bring new milestones, strengthened connections, and exploration for your little ones. Here’s to a year of growth and joy! 💛

Regulation matters course this week with .ca, Rachel and Marilyn. Delving into the art of Science and Therapy in relation to

🧠Interoception,
🫁Polyvagal Theory and
🫀Emotional Integration

Thanks for the ongoing support Cr Julia Dixon - Hamilton Ward. Lovely time spent with the families in our community and to spread awareness about early intervention, sensory integration and child development!

Lovely morning cuddles and chats

Join us at the Parents & Bubs Expo on Saturday 28th October from 8.00am - 1.00pm at Ascot Park.

We're excited to be there, and we'd love to see you. There will family fun activities, early years information and guest speakers throughout the day including Marilyn Tran, our Paediatric Occupational Therapist.

Thank you for your support Cr Julia Dixon - Hamilton Ward 💛

Thrilled to continue to partner with this stunning center and its exceptional team to provide Allied Health Services and educator training sessions. KnOT and Nurse Katie will be here to collaborate with the community.

✨ Our dedicated team of OTs, Physios, and Allied Health Assistants had a wonderful weekend connecting with families and our amazing community.

The children's craft activity was a big hit! 🎨🎊

We are underway for the set up for the Sourcekids Disability Expo! Our team has set up fun activities for the kids & freebies for everyone 🍪,🎈 , 🫧, 🐽.

Our OTs and Paediatric therapists are here all weekend for any questions, recs or to just share stories. See you all soon ✨

A huge thank you to and for reaching out to our director Marilyn to share her passion, knowledge and insights at their 2023 Educator’s Conference 🎓.

We can’t wait for the upcoming training sessions ✨ & to continue working with the team.

The Pyramid of Learning is a hierarchical model that demonstrates the foundational role of sensory integration in supporting higher-level learning and functional skills.

Challenges in the foundational levels of sensory integration can hinder the development of higher-level skills. Therefore, interventions aimed at improving sensory integration can have a positive impact on learning and overall functioning.

These 8 sensory systems work together to help individuals understand and interact with the environment around them. When there are challenges in any of these systems, it can impact a person's ability to function effectively in daily life. Ayres’ Sensory Integration (ASI) therapy is an approach that can help individuals with sensory processing challenges to improve their ability to process sensory information and better navigate their environment.

Here at KnOT Therapy we provide paediatric and adult occupational therapy and physiotherapy services. We are dedicated to helping people of all ages overcome physical, psycho-social, and developmental challenges.

We offer a wide range of services to meet the unique needs of our clients, including:

- Paediatric and adult occupational therapy
- Paediatric and adult physiotherapy
- Paediatric allied health assistance
- Sensory integration therapy
- Neurodevelopmental and neurorehabilitation therapy
- And much more!

So why wait? Send an enquiry through our website www.knottherapy.com.au or contact us at [email protected] or 0431 364 455 today to schedule your appointment and take the first step toward a happier, healthier life. We look forward to working with you!

These 8 senses help us function and engage in daily tasks. If some senses are underdeveloped then a child may experience difficulty completing tasks that we consider as ‘simple’. As a result, the child will spend a lot of energy and effort trying to ‘catch up’ or compensate. They may often become overwhelmed if the tasks gets too difficult for them.

We may notice our kiddies suddenly becoming frustrated, having meltdowns or throwing tantrums. They may also avoid doing some ‘simple’ tasks altogether by zoning out or ignoring us when asked to complete a task. These are common signs that the child is overwhelmed or are finding the tasks too difficult.

As a paediatric OT, we investigate why the child is becoming overwhelmed. One of the main contributing reasons is how developed their senses are and it’s ability to process effectively. We aim to improve these senses to make daily tasks easier for kiddies and life easier for families. This way the child can focus on reaching their milestones through learning, playing and growing instead of spending effort on ‘catching up’.

Sensory processing is our brain's ability to effectively register, accurately interpret and appropriately respond to sensory stimuli.

Occasionally, children may have difficulties appropriately registering, processing and/or reacting to the sensory input. This may be misinterpreted as the child having behavioural issues or just 'acting up'.

Learning about a child's sensory system will help us work out how we can best support and develop their systems. As a result, it will improve various areas including regulation, attention, following instructions, etc.

Note: There are 8 sensory systems in total! Keep an eye out for future posts from KnOT that will provide some information on these sensory systems.

One of the most commonly asked questions we hear 💭.

As children are growing they may encounter some trickier periods. Some ‘kid’ tasks that may appear easy to others may be more effortful. Our OT’s are here to help identify the underlying reasons behind behaviours or difficulties and to support families to use their strengths, develop their skills and reach their potentials!

We will delve into this question more over the coming weeks!

We have been wrapping up the year with end of term OT review assessments and it’s an amazing time where we reflect on the progress and gains our kiddies and families have made over just 9 weeks.

Keep up the amazing work. Take care during this busy period 💛

This last month has been filled with lots of new and wonderful families and kiddies being seen by KnOT. We’ve been doing lots of parent feedback sessions and it is honestly one of the best parts in our day.

We are always seeing those ‘aha’ moments unfold in these sessions. It's great to see that parents are finally feeling understood, understanding what’s happening and where to go from now. We are providing insight and answers to questions they never got a chance to ask or didn’t know were needed to be asked. Feedback sessions are completed after our comprehensive assessment.

We are very thankful for the wonderful families and support we have been receiving 💕

Some ‘Thank you goodies’ for the families, educators & health professionals for the jam packed referrals & enquiries we’ve been getting!!! We will contact you this coming week (after some weekend baking) 💕.

We’re very thankful that we have the chance to help untangle the KnOT’s in life 🎉

Our Paediatric Early Intervention services at Knot Occupational Therapy. More on our services at www.KnOTtherapy.com.au

We are now available to take on new bookings for assessments and treatment sessions from July 2022 🎉 Contact:
[email protected]
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