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Occupational Therapy for Children

A specialised home for Early Childhood Early Intervention

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How Can we help you

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The secret to a child’s success is that they are having fun while they are learning! We create a fun environment for the children to achieve their goals, especially -

Trialing new food (fussy eater)
Play skills development : sharing, taking turns , waiting, coordination, attention span
Toilet training
Sensory processing difficulties
Kinder/School skills: hand writing, attention in the classroom tasks
School Transition
Gross and fine motor skills
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs): self feeding, hygiene, dressing skills, grooming etc.
Community engagement: accessing playground activities, going to supermarket, eating out at restaurants, family outings, using public transport etc.
Equipment prescription and assistive technology

ECIS key worker's support is available through the transdisciplinary model of practice.

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ABOUT US

Our paediatric occupational therapy focuses on giving children the tools they need to gain independence and actively participate in occupations or activities that are meaningful to them and their families.

A child’s “occupation” is to learn, play, participate in school and community activities, and become independent in self-help skills. Children rely on parents, caregivers, and teachers to foster healthy development.

For this reason, paediatric occupational therapy focuses on supporting both the child and their families to develop the sensory, cognitive, motor and physical skills children need for successful participation in everyday life.

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Why Choose Us

In therapy we create an individualised plan to build upon your child’s strengths and address the areas of development requiring extra attention.

We aim to help your child grow, by improving his or her skills and self esteem by providing the “just right challenge” in a play based setting.

Our model for treatment has a strong foundation in improving functional performance with an emphasis on sensory based therapy, goal oriented skills development and parent empowerment.

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Supports available

Centre-based session at Mill Park
Sensory Gym for younger children
Home , kinder, childcare and other community visits available for most Hume, Whittlesea and surroundings areas .

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Interpreters available for all NDIS services

Ability Beyond Therapy is registered with TIS national interpreting services and offering interpreters for all languages.

Our Services

The goal for occupational therapy services at Ability Beyond Therapy is to provide client-centred therapy to address the child’s functioning in a variety of settings, so they can achieve their highest level of independence.

Our therapists strive to increase the child’s overall independence across all environments and support families in building routines and roles that allow for children to interact and participate in their environments.

You know your family best and the occupational therapists at Ability Beyond Therapy want to work together to meet the goals you have for your child and family.

SOS based Therapy for fussy eaters

We are trained in and implement The Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) feeding approach. This approach is a developmental feeding therapy program that allows the child to interact with the food in a playful, non-stressful way. It helps increase the child’s comfort level by exploring different properties of foods, including the colour, shape, texture, smell, taste and consistency.

The SOS approach follows a systematic hierarchy to feeding, from tolerating foods in the room, interacting with foods, smelling, touching, tasting and eventually eating the food. Parent education and involvement are an essential part of the SOS approach. Parents can be directly involved in the sessions.

However, every child is different and unique, and we find that some may need a slightly different approach which is why we do not follow this approach strictly with every child. Some children benefit from some aspects of a soft behavioural approach to feeding.

We custom tailor our approach for each of our children based on a number of factors that we discuss with you at every step of the way.

Our Team

Early Childhood Intervention Specialist and Paediatric Occupational Therapist

Our lead clinician Debashis (Debu) Mondal is an AHPRA registered Occupational Therapist. He focuses on providing a fun and captivating environment where children are actively engaged in therapy. His warm and kind-hearted spirit attracts even the most apprehensive child.

Debu has 10 years of continuous clinical and leadership experience as a paediatric occupational therapist with two prominent early childhood intervention providers in Victoria. He had 8 years prior experience working in an autism specialised school, mental health services, paediatric physical disability, community-based rehabilitation and spinal & stroke rehabilitation.

Debu is an Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS ) trained therapist and experienced working within a renowned autism assessment clinic in Northern Melbourne.

He has always had a passion for working with children and their families and a passion for learning. He is certified in the SOS approach to feeding, specialised sensory based intervention, integrated listening, aquatic occupational therapy and many more areas of paediatric occupational therapy. He has an exceptional ability to connect with children who are usually on their own agenda and reluctant to engage.

Debu is a loving father who enjoys his free time with family, traveling, going to sports & fishing and sharing household activities with his wife.