Our team are able to work individually with specific children, helping to identify and treat their needs or alternatively work with groups of children on developing skills together whilst improving independence and confidence.
We have worked closely with many education settings and families alike, to help children improve and develop their motor skills to make day to day activities both in school and in the home easier.
Of particular interest to the team is the development of motor skills in children and the unique relationship these have with a child’s ability to be independent with functional life skills from early childhood through to teens and beyond.
Occupational Therapy Support
Services
****NEW for 2024 ****Handwriting ****
Anecdotally, teachers are reporting a noticeable decline in the handwriting skills of students over recent years. Many educators point to the lack of emphasis on handwriting instruction and the increased use of digital devices as primary reasons for this decline. Ofsted are now focussing on the issue and highlighting the need for school leaders “to ensure that they establish an effective programme to make sure pupils acquired the knowledge and physical skills to develop competent handwriting, starting from the early years.”
CEPP recognises that many students starting high school do not feel happy or confident with their handwriting skills, at a time when the need for fluency, ease, speed and legibility starts to become increasingly important. To address this, the CEPP Occupational Therapy team has developed a 6-week programme aimed at Year 7 students to help students understand the complexities of handwriting, assess their own writing, and develop their physical and technical skills… with a little bit of magic along the way!
Please contact the CEPP office for further information.
Assessment and planning
- Assessment (full or summary)
- Consultation and planning meetings (form individual students to whole school development)
Intervention and Review
- Block of 3 fortnightly therapy sessions with programme
- Block of 6 therapy sessions with programme
- Programme provision
- Pupil Review meetings
- Single therapy session with programme provision
Other Support
- Early Years Support
- Letters of support/recommendations to other professionals
- Monitor delivery of interventions or complete a learning walk around specific areas of expertise
- Research based Action Research Projects
- Whole school systemic work
Training
- Fine motor skills – how and why do we need to improve them
- Integrating motor development skills within the curriculum
- OT equipment to support motor development
- Role of OT within school
