Occupational Therapy Services

Occupational Therapy at Lee Maitz OT is child-led and family- centred, aimed at supporting children to thrive in the everyday activities that they want to do and need to do in order to live a meaningful, fulfilling life.

 
 
 
 
“Children learn by doing and doing is noisy, untidy, messy and unpredictable.”
— Maggie Dent
 
 
 
 

Through a combination of play, connection and sensory integration, we aim to support and empower children of all ages and diagnoses to overcome challenges and barriers associated with:

 
 

  • Play and social skills

  • Behaviour and Emotion Regulation

  • Sensory Processing

  • Feeding

  • Sleep

  • Dressing

  • Hygiene and grooming tasks

  • School activities and participation

  • Sport

  • Attending family and community events

 
 

Occupational Therapy services typically begin with an assessment with subsequent therapy sessions delivered in our clinic.

In addition, school and home observations and consultation are often recommended to ensure success and mastery across the child’s everyday environments. Home and school programs are also developed to supplement therapy sessions and provide the child with daily opportunities to practice skills.

 

Treatment Approaches

 

Our approach to therapy is grounded in a wide range of evidence-based therapy, with play, movement and connection at the heart of each program. Therapy is tailored to each child’s individual needs and may consist of a combination of treatment approaches including:

 
 

  • Sensory Integration

  • The Therapeutic Listening Program

  • Th Wilbarger Therapressure Protocol

  • DIR/ Floortime Model

  • Astronaut Training: Integrated Visual-Vestibular-Auditory

  • SOS Approach to Feeding

  • M.O.R.E. Integrating the mouth with sensory and postural functions

  • Integration of motor skills

  • Core development

  • Respiration techniques

 
 
 
 
 
Client Testimonials

“Lee has been the wonderful superhero in our lives for the past 6 years. She has worked with both of our boys to help them smash goals, that would have been very hard to achieve without her fantastic input. The change in both of our boys has honestly been life changing. She makes therapy so much fun for both of them and they love going to hang out with “wee” AKA Lee (by the parents taking their children along). A great way to sum up what Lee does is to say that they “walk in dysregulated and walk out regulated.”

- Ramana Harris

“Lee is a wonderful woman with an incredible passion, love and knowledge for Occupational Therapy. Her caring nature just shines through and I know her work is making a huge difference.”

-Naomi Ella

 

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