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Do you feel your child’s fussy eating is more than the usual ‘fussiness’ you see in children? Many parents are trying to deal with fussy eaters and are in constant battle with their children about what they are eating! It is typical for children to go through phases of ‘fussiness’ where they are exploring their…

Thank you to everyone for the feedback regarding my interview on ABC radio last week.For those who missed it please see the link below:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-03/touch-screens-impacting-on-kids-writing-skills-therapist-says/7683054    I thought I would write a summary of what I was talking about and expand on it.So this blog is to help parents support their children to build knowledge and understanding…

This might sound like a rash statement to some people, especially seeing though I am an OT and I correct children’s poor pencil grasps for a living. But if children need to be ‘taught’ how to hold the pencil it is likely that they are missing either fine motor skills or functional gross motor skills…

I have seen many children trying to cut with inappropriate scissors and it DOES affect their ability. Children should start to be exposed to scissors around 2 years of age. Obviously this should be under adult supervision and not requiring them to cut along a line, they should just enjoy exploring scissors and snipping paper,…

Children helping around the house (aka “chores”) often comes with mixed opinions from parents. I even have mixed opinions – I have a 3 year old and 2 year old twins so “helping” rarely means they are actually helping! Toddlers helping around the house might mean: BUT – there are positives too …. The reality…

There are so many pencils on the market these days, that as a parent it gets very confusing when you go to buy your child some pencils. Do they need the most expensive? Do they need a variety? Do they need big ones or small ones? Is the packet really telling the truth? The boxes…

Over the years Ipads, tablets and smart phones have become very popular as young children’s “toys”. When you go out for dinner these days most children are given a phone to play on rather than pencils to colour with or toys to play with – it’s been a change in our society over the past…

Occupational Therapy is a health profession that is not truly understood by the general public – even sometimes by University students studying it!It is such a varied discipline, that as a uni student (studying OT) one of the hardest things to do is to define it and describe it to others. Unfortunately this is a…

Hi and welcome to our OSAH Blog! My name is Katrina Davies and I am the Occupational Therapy Manager at both “One Stop Allied Health & Medical Centre” as well as “Allied Health Partnerships” (our sister company). I have been working for this company for 10 years and have a background in working with children…

This week 13th – 20th March 2016 is Multiple Birth Awareness week and here at OSAH this is a topic that is close to our hearts! I am a mother of fraternal twin boys and Our Practice Manager, Sue, is a Fraternal twin herself!As allied health professionals we also often work with twins. Twins are referred to…

A mother is technically a female who gives birth to a child…. But we all know that to be a mother is much more than that (sometimes not even necessarily that). I truly believe all mothers raise their children to the best of their ability, at that time. We all have different ideas, values and…