Supporting healthier and happier bonds between children and their parents
Paediatric Occupational Therapy Melbourne
Need help navigating the big feelings in your little ones?
Do you find yourself getting stressed about your child’s behaviour or outbursts of emotions? Caught yourself describing them as aggressive, controlling, explosive or rough?
If you’ve been getting the feeling deep down inside that your child is desperately trying to communicate something, but you’re at the end of your rope with what to do – you are in the right place. Even if you’re starting to lose your confidence, feel overwhelmed or incompetent as a parent in how to respond, we see your situation time and again. And we’re here to help!
At Sensory Health Matters, we support parents, caregivers and professionals in the industry who want to understand and better address how a child’s sensory processing impacts their behaviour and ability to connect and learn.
Because here’s the thing…. the pushing, biting, separation anxiety, and difficulty focusing or interacting socially, are often subtle cues of emotional or sensory regulation difficulties, and early intervention is key.
Using relationship-based and trauma informed approaches, with a focus on shared joy, we help you understand your child’s unique needs and how we can use this knowledge to support their sensory, social and emotional well-being.
Make a change with our
Paediatric Occupational Therapy services
For the child, parent or guardian
Early Years
Assessments
(2-5 years)
For infants and young children displaying signs of sensory, social, emotional or attachment issues and who will benefit from early identification.
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School-Age Assessments
(6-12 years)
For children experiencing behavioural, learning or social participation challenges and parents wanting to understand the root cause and receive strategies and recommendations.
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Theraplay
For parents and caregivers who want to gently establish stronger connections and more joy with their child using guided and evidence-based play therapy.
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The Safe & Sound Protocol (SSP)
For the child having a hard time regulating their nervous system and for the parent looking to support them to feel more balanced using specifically filtered music.
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Video Interaction Guidance
For the parent who wonders, "Am I a good enough parent?" or "Am I doing this right?" and needs the confidence and evidence to recognise their strengths and see how well they are supporting their child.
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Sensory Attachment Intervention
For parents identifying that everyday activities with their children are becoming hard and stressful and who want to join a 12-session program that will help self-regulate emotions and behaviour in themselves and their children.
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Parent Coaching
For parents needing a listening ear to validate their experiences and guide them toward the best course of action.
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For the OT professional or educator
Consultation
For educators seeking advice on addressing baffling behaviours, engaging children in learning, or making their learning environments, playgrounds, and services more trauma-informed and sensory-friendly.
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Clinical Supervision
For paediatric occupational therapists who are seeking to be mentored to improve the quality of their assessment or intervention services with their clients.
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Professional Development
For educators, professionals and school teams that want to upskill and increase their understanding of sensory processing or trauma and their impact learning and relationships.
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Why work with a paediatric occupational therapist to assess your child’s sensory and relational health?
Better understand the root cause of concerning or confusing behaviours by considering sensory, relational, and emotional impacts.
Be supported and guided on how to gently foster love, trust and attachment using evidence-based modalities and move away from outdated and problem-compounding advice.
Finally feel more connected to your child and confident in your ability to love, nurture and support their needs.
Empowering you to become more connected, playful, and confident as a parent… And teaching you how to build your child’s capacity and resilience to self-regulate so they can feel safe to explore, learn and connect with their peers.
Just 4 steps to creating a healthier, happier home:
1. Submit an enquiry
Fill in the contact form and answer the provided questions. This will help us assess if we’re the right service provider for you. We’ll respond to your enquiry within 48-72 business hours.
2. Discovery call
Once reviewing your enquiry, if confident our services are well-aligned with your goals, we’ll invite you to a free, 15-minute discovery call to further explain our approach, answer any questions and outline the steps ahead.
3. Assessment
From here, we invite you and your child to participate in an assessment. This will be tailored to your child’s specific needs and guided by one of our available assessment packages. We will identify clear goals for therapy and determine the best therapeutic approaches to address your child’s needs.
4. Caring support to create a change
Depending on the OT service that is deemed right for you, we begin your child’s treatment plan and support you through the journey of connecting with your little one.
Do something today… because the early years are the most powerful time for intervention
Meet Melbourne’s Trauma-Informed Paediatric Occupational Therapist, Angela Tieman
As someone who cares deeply about people, I always knew I wanted to be in a helping profession.
Today, with over 18 years of clinical experience, I am a dedicated paediatric occupational therapist providing mobile OT services to children and families in the Moonee Valley City Council area and assessment-only services across Melbourne and beyond.
Bringing the unique insights that I gained from my studies in Sensory Integration and Sensory Attachment Intervention during my time in the UK, I help families who are navigating the most complex of situations. Specialising in therapeutic support for children aged 6 years and under, I focus on understanding behaviour that is impacted by sensory and emotional regulation from a relationship-based and trauma-informed perspective…
…A little different to other approaches in my field, I aim to help infants, toddlers, and young children thrive in their relationships and learning environments.
Rather than attempting to eliminate behaviours, I seek to understand them for the valuable insights they provide into how a child perceives and interacts with the world. Empowering parents with this truly life-changing perspective is my absolute privilege.
Why chose us?
Over 18 years of clinical experience in Paediatric Occupational Therapy.
Caring and empathetic support.
Specialising in early intervention including 0-6 years of age.
Globally renowned and research-backed modalities including Theraplay.
We focus on the parent-child relationship and empowering the parent with everything they need to succeed.
Relational, sensory and trauma-informed approaches.
Testimonies of transformation
“After a challenging postpartum year, I was really struggling with my confidence as a new mum. Angela was brilliant in affirming how strong my relationship with my little boy was, highlighting beautiful moments that made me believe in myself again and made me fall even more in love with him.”
— Parent of an 11-month old
“I’m noticing moments that I wouldn’t have noticed before. I would have diregarded them on days she says she hates me. Whereas now, even on a bad day, there have actually been more positive moments.”
— An adoptive parent of 7-year-old
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