Elsje Stuiver - Occupational Therapy
We specialise in assessing and treating problems that can affect children at home, at school or with friends.
Our therapy is fun and we encourage family participation.
Our specialised input enables children to discover their strengths, overcome their difficulties and unlock their true potential.
THERAPISTS
Occupational Therapist
She has worked in paediatric private practice in South Africa and the United Kingdom, delivering services to schools, nurseries, special education centres and orphanages.
Elsje is familiar working in multi-disciplinary settings with other health-care professionals on aspects such as communication, relationship building, behavioural modification, play and environmental adaptation.
She is fluent in English and Afrikaans and can provide therapy, consultation and feedback in both languages.
She has worked extensively with infants and children with special educational needs, learning difficulties, Attention Deficit Disorder, global developmental delay and sensory processing dysfunction.
Her specialist interest in Autism Spectrum Disorderhas led her to complete a variety of post-graduate courses on this topic.
Elsje believes in family involvement and education. She actively encourages parents and teachers to engage in the child’s therapy process.
She aims to provide needs-specific, family-orientated and play-based input in order to support each child in reaching their full potential.
Occupational Therapist
Since qualifying, she has worked in South Africa and more than fourteen years in the United Kingdom as a Paediatric Occupational Therapist in private practice, local health trusts, community centres and specialist schools.
Sharon has worked with children of all ages with varying educational needs and learning difficulties, including Autism, ADHD, Sensory Processing Dysfunction and other developmental challenges.
She has a particular interest in autism, has post-graduate training in Sensory Integration and has completed other relevant training courses such as Therapeutic Listening, SCERTS, Warning, screen readers, this is an external link and DIR & Floortime.
Sharon takes a holistic approach to therapy and uses a combination of therapeutic interventions to ensure that her input is targeted and functional.
She works with children, families and other key role players (e.g. teachers) to integrate therapy into daily life.
As a mother of two busy little boys, Sharon understands the pressures of parenting and the desire to support one’s child in every possible way.
Her experiences as a mother have given her a hands-on understanding of childhood development. She feels that this has helped her be more patient, compassionate and realistic in supporting parents to carry out therapy recommendations within the home setting.
SERVICES
OT Assessment
Sensory Integration
Sensory Diet
DIR & Floortime
Visual Schedules
Social Stories
Picky Eaters
Alert Program
Handwriting
Skills Development
School Visits
Parent Support
ABOUT
About Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy (OT) is an allied health profession, focused on improving people's ability to participate in their Occupations.
Occupations are the everyday activities that provide meaning to our lives, ranging from self-care tasks such as dressing and eating, to attending work or school and the ability to engage in leisure and social activities.
During Occupational Therapy, the client is encouraged to take part in the therapy process by participating in structured and unstructured activities.
Occupational Therapists are trained in activity-analysis and can adapt and develop activities, to be specific for each client's individual needs.
Occupational Therapists aim to minimise the environmental barriers that their clients experience, to increase their client's participation in meaningful tasks.
Autism Spectrum Disorder
From Autism South Africa:
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both general terms for a group of complex disorders of brain development.
ASD is a developmental disability and people with ASD may communicate, interact, behave and learn in ways that are different from most other people. The learning, thinking, and problem-solving abilities of people with ASD can range from gifted to severely impaired.
Some people with ASD need high support (a lot of help and intensive intervention) while others need low support (less help and less intensive intervention).
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterised, in varying degrees, by difficulties in social interaction, verbal and non-verbal communication, repetitive behaviours and differences in sensory perception.
Augmentative Alternative Communication
Communication devices, systems, strategies and tools that replace or support natural speech are known as Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) .
The first “A” in AAC stands for Augmentative.
The second “A” in AAC stands for Alternative.
Attention and Concentration
Children who struggle with attention and concentration are often described as:
- Having trouble completing everyday tasks such as homework, schoolwork, chores or paperwork.
- Thinking about or doing other things than the task at hand.
- Over-aroused or difficulty dealing with normal sights and sounds in their environment.
- Untidy - Rooms, closets, desks, books and bags are frequently a disaster.
- They tend to be late and have trouble predicting how long things will take.
- Chores and school assignments put off to the last minute, often not completed on time or at all.
- Overly affectionate or talkative.
- Impulsive and often doing or saying before thinking. Easily angered or excited.
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