Who we are and what we do;
We are Occupational Therapists working with children and young people who have difficulties with functional skills necessary for their everyday life. Occupational Therapy will aim to enable the child to be as independent as possible and will support children, their families and those closest to them to maximise their opportunities to develop in the following areas:
- Functional abilities e.g. dressing, eating, toileting etc
- Schools skills e.g. pencil control, access to the environment, attention and concentration
- Play skills
- Sensory regulation
- Gross and fine motor skills
- Routines
Where we work;
The Children & Young People's Occupational Therapy Team is community based and provides a Borders wide service to children aged 0-18 years.
Our Service may provide support in one or more of the following:
How to get in touch;
A request for assistance to the service can be made via the child's school, Healthcare Professional, Doctor, Health Visitor, Nurse, Physiotherapist or Speech Therapist or by parents/ carers contacting the service directly.
However, we expect that before making a request you will have tried some of the strategies and advice both on this web page (see the tabs to the left) and on our Facebook Page, and only if these prove unsuccesful, consider contacting the service.
