Cavan Childrens OT 1:1 Interventions

1 HOUR  | FACE-TO-FACE

Interventions are sessions we run with you and your child following an assessment.

A block of direct interventions is aimed to help develop your child's skills, allowing them to reach their full potential. 

Not every child needs intervention, and the amount of intervention required is tailored specifically to your child's needs.

Most children love the sessions, they may have to work hard, but they will have fun in the process as we use a range of toys & games within each session.

How to prepare for Ot intervention?

Once agreed to the block of intervention (how often & how many), Parents & Guardians need to prepare for each session:

1. AGREE GOALS

We will agree the therapy goals from what was covered during the assessment. This is about what is important to your child and you! The therapist is there to facilitate, guide and mentor along the way. Remember this is a collaborative journey. The goals will be reviewed regularly.

2. PARENTS & GUARDIANS SHOULD COME & JOIN IN

Our Family-Centred approach means developing, as a family, together. That is why we strongly encourage parents & guardians to attend each session and get involved; the reason for this is you get to see and learn ways to follow up with the therapy at home.

3. READY TO HAVE FUN

Yes, this is can be a serious or stressful time in your families life. In particular for your child. We want to make our sessions as enjoyable and fun as possible. All of our sessions are designed to develop skills through play.  

4. IMPLEMENTING THIS AT HOME

Intervention is focused on helping your child, and the wider family, achieve their goals. But this is not a magic trick, the key is keeping up the work at home - whether it is between each session, or long after intervention has concluded, we cannot stress strongly enough that this is a continuous journey.

What is an intervention?

We may feel that your child needs some 1:1 intervention to maximise the development of their skills. 

Intervention allows the child various experiences through play; this helps your child to build on core skills that may be preventing them from accessing some aspects of their everyday lives. 

Not every child needs intervention, and any agreed plan will be tailored in length to specifically suit their needs.

How Do we run our Sessions?

The active therapy session lasts 45 minutes leaving 15 minutes for discussion and questions.

We ask that children come along to these sessions in comfortable clothing. The child where possible will have a degree of input into designing the treatment sessions. 

We work collaboratively with all parents/guardians - and ask you to join into the sessions - to help you and your child as best we can. Our Family-Centred approach means you will receive guidance and support throughout the Intervention journey. 

Here at Cavan Children's Occupational Therapy, we use the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM), to set all of our therapy goals. The COPM is an evidence based outcome measure designed to capture your child's perception of everyday performance.

Once we have finished our agreed sessions, our COPM goals will be reviewed and the progress which has been made or any new skills acquired will be documented in a comprehensive report. 

Throughout the process, we provide the family with a range of activity suggestions to continue with at home. 

We want Parents & Guardians to join in on the fun

This is worth repeating! We ask that parents & guardians join into the sessions as much as possible.

This will allow you to learn how to support your child's development in greater detail. Don't underestimate your importance in all of this, we see you as the expert when it comes to your child and how Occupational Therapy will fit into your child's world. 

Research shows that isolated 1:1 sessions in a clinic with no follow through of activities at home will have little impact on improving their skills. Do not underestimate your importance in this process. Repetition at home could make the world of difference to your child's confidence, motivation and self esteem and this is why we are so passionate about having you on board our team. 

The Theory Behind our Approach

We specialise in the use of a wide range of treatment approaches to help maximise your child's development. In more cases than not, the therapist will choose to use a combination of approaches throughout the therapy process. 

Some of these include: neurodevelopmental and psychosocial models of care, sensory integration therapy,  perceptual motor approaches, sensory motor approaches,  top down and bottom up activity analysis learning, and task specific COOP approach. We aim to make all of our sessions as fun as possible.