Celebrating “truly amazing” support from Yooralla’s OTs

Six-and-a-half-year-old Toby* has achieved his goals of successfully transitioning to kinder and then school, as well as increasing independence in self-care skills such as toileting and dressing thanks to support from his family and an OT.

Yooralla Occupational Therapist (OT) Kate Hill began working with Toby and his family when he was three-and-a-half when it became apparent that he needed some extra support.

Toby and his family have learnt how to understand and support his sensory processing needs, as well as supporting him in other areas of his development, including fine/gross motor skills, social skills, attention/concentration, early literacy, and numeracy.

Toby has progressed in leaps and bounds and is now a happy, busy six-and-a-half-year-old who is thriving in his first year of primary school.

We spoke to Toby’s family about what having access to OT has meant for Toby.

“Having access to an OT has meant that we were supported, guided and working as part of a team to help our son achieve his developmental goals,” said Toby’s mother.

“We couldn’t be more proud to see our son achieving all the goals we had set out. To see him transition into kinder and school life smoothly and as prepared as possible has been truly amazing.”

“We are extremely grateful for our dedicated and supportive OT who has provided so much support not only to our son but to us as a family. Ensuring our child was building skills to support his future has been a major part of what she has helped us to achieve,” Toby’s mother said.

*name changed