Nicole McLeod Occupational Therapy in Mildura, Victoria | Occupational therapist

Nicole McLeod Occupational Therapy

Locality: Mildura, Victoria

Address: Suite 17, 150 Pine Ave 3500 Mildura, VIC, Australia

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25.01.2022 Today was all about boosting CORE STRENGTH! We were energetic, we were strong and we nailed it!! #OTsneedaNAP

22.01.2022 Our Social D E T E C T I V E S cracked another case on their last group session of Term 3 on Wednesday! These kids were true detectives - focused, looked for clues and worked as a team, who could ask for more?

22.01.2022 Whilst Melanie was in with our functional fine motor groups today the production line started for our BOOST GROUP packages for next week! Luckily we had a mini helper sworn to secrecy helping out

22.01.2022 We are getting excited

20.01.2022 "The seven sensory systems make up the foundation of the developmental pyramid of learning. It is believed, that once all the senses are able to work together, ...it will then lead to a happy growing child to explore and develop skills in to his/her environment, thus optimizing the child developmental potential." http://indonesiaexpat.biz//sensory-integration-disorder-s/

20.01.2022 We lost count of how many shoelaces were tied today! We also lost count of the times we heard "Now I need to get new shoes!!" (Sorry parents!!) That concludes our 1 hour skill boosters this week. We will have a well earned break over the weekend ready for our 3 BOOST GROUPS next week

20.01.2022 http:// B O O S T G R O U P 2 // All spy kids on deck today We had SO much fun with today's activities...watch out for some locked safes, secret codes, laser beam ninja moves and more......

20.01.2022 Can you guess what our Boost Group theme is?! The happiest place on earth is at the clinic today (although we think that our clinic has always been the happiest place on earth!!) Flow Well-being & Education

19.01.2022 With several functional fine motor small group therapy sessions coming up next week... you might ask yourself... why do OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS HARP ON about pencil grasp, using both hands together, "pinching fingers" and tying shoelaces?!! This post explains it We are here to give you a BOOST

17.01.2022 DJ nails the shoelace tying tutorial

15.01.2022 http:// T H A T ' S A W R A P // We have completed a total of 64 group sessions this term and we have loved every second of them. What started as an idea has resulted in SO MUCH fun, learning, confidence, resilience... the list goes on!... We want to thank every single child (and family) for supporting us support you! And to finish up we have pics of our saturday groupers! So many smiles!!! Also, a special thank you to Mel Keyte (AHA) our resident energiser bunny! But wait...there's more... our holiday groups are just around the corner and the postie has been busy delivering our resources!! You should have received a text or email with your group time!

15.01.2022 These happy campers had a great end to their term 3 handwriting program tonight (group 2 & 3). These kids tried their best every session whilst having a LOT of fun. #whoknewhandwritingcouldbefun #wedid !!... And we are not done yet!! More group spam to come!!!

15.01.2022 Who doesn't dream of Disneyland?! Today all of our BOOST GROUP therapy activities were DISNEY themed. "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them" - Walt Disney ... ... and that's a wrap on the school holiday groups... 20 in total We have the best jobs!!! Nicole, Kyla and Mel

14.01.2022 And so begins the final week of our Term 4 after school therapy groups Our LEGO THERAPY GROUPS have been a HIT this term! Plenty more pics to come!! ... #legotherapy #occupationaltherapy #friendship

14.01.2022 Who's as excited as us for our 5 new Lego Therapy groups starting this week? EVERYTHING IS AWESOME

10.01.2022 Kindness is a value we hold close, you can never have too much #worldkindnessday2020

10.01.2022 SUMMER SCHOOL HOLIDAY GROUP SCHEDULE - WEEK 1 We have had heaps of questions for the dates and times of our school holiday groups! We have now released the week 1 schedule, week 2 will be released shortly! As usual these groups will be kept small to ensure therapeutic benefit!... Let us know if you would like to get on board!

08.01.2022 SUMMER SCHOOL HOLIDAY GROUP SCHEDULE - WEEK 2 We have now scheduled our summer school holidays groups for week 2! There are a few newies to look out for! As usual these groups will be kept small to ensure therapeutic benefit!... As always, let us know if you would like to get on board!

08.01.2022 Us getting ready for our MASSIVE couple of weeks of groups on this fine rainy day

08.01.2022 F U N A L E R T Our Mini Commandos Group finished up their term 3 program this morning! These little troopers brought ENERGY, smiles, fun, resilience, friendship and giggles to group every week!!!...

06.01.2022 It was SCISSOR SKILLS in the spotlight today in our holiday skill booster groups. So much focus, so much precision, so much fun!!

06.01.2022 Just some peg inspo to encourage different grasps and finger strength that you can do at home... #functionoverfancy #occupationaltherapy

05.01.2022 http:// B O O S T G R O U P 1 // It was everything DRAGON today! So much FUN!!!

03.01.2022 A fantastic graphic that explains the impact of our sensory preferences on our eating

01.01.2022 Well, well, well.... term 4 groups are upon us (can you believe it) and we have a doozy of a line up! You should have received either a text or email to confirm your spot for next week!

01.01.2022 Dyscalculia // Dyslexia // Dysgraphia // Dys- what?!! We recently completed further training in SLDs through the senior psychologists at SPELD. All of the terms above relate to SPECIFIC LEARNING DISORDERS (READING, WRITTEN EXPRESSION & MATHEMATICS). We thought we would pass on what we learnt as there are a lot of myths out there!! A SLD can ONLY be diagnosed by a psychologist (trained in SLD) using the DSM-V criteria and information gathered by allied health practitio...ners (usually OT and Speech) and their educators AFTER individualized therapy has been provided for more than 12 months. Learning DIFFICULTY vrs learning DISORDER? A learning difficulty is defined by a student having the potential to achieve age-appropriate levels if provided with support and instruction, whereas a learning disorder is defined by a difficulty that tends to continue despite appropriate targeted intervention and support (life-long). Soooo. Where should you start? READING- Our Speech Pathologist friends are your first port of call for a literacy and phonological assessment, a language assessment may also assist with educational supports (funding) at school. WRITTEN EXPRESSION- Your friendly OT can help with standardized motor coordination, visual perception and integration assessment to assist with targeting strategies and accommodations to support the student and educators at school. MATHEMATICS- You school educators will have access to numeracy assessments and remediation maths programs such as Number Shark and Dynamo Maths. Your support providers (if required) will then point you in the direction for a psychology assessment for a specific learning disorder. We refer on to the experts at SPELD Victoria. If you want more information on their services check out www.speldvic.org.au