What is Occupational Therapy?
Occupational Therapy (OT) is an Allied Health profession that helps people to do the things they want and need to do. Such as daily self care activities, play and leisure, and learning activities.
A neuroaffirming, strengths based OT approach involves celebrating individual differences and strengths, working with a person to achieve goals meaningful and important to them and their family.
What is Sidekick’s Approach?
Sidekick focuses on:
Validation of the person and family’s lived experience
Nervous system safety and regulation
Environmental adaptation
Authentic interactions and connection
Honouring the person’s play and communication preferences
Who does Sidekick Support?
Sidekick works with children, young people and their families to achieve goals meaningful to them.
Sidekick celebrates neurodiversity and provides a trauma informed strengths based service.
Where does Sidekick go?
Sidekick is a mobile service.
That’s right, we come to you! Home, School, Kinder, or Community.
Servicing Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula.