ABOUT US

Sprout Occupational Therapy is located in Byron Bay and provides mobile intervention to the Northern Rivers Community. 

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Sprout Occupational Therapy is owned and operated by Chloe Cato. 

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What is Occupational Therapy?

Occupational Therapy takes a client-centred and holistic approach, enabling people to participate in activities that are meaningful, bring purpose to their life and increase their independence.

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THERAPY FOR CHILDREN

Occupational therapy can enable children to develop the necessary skills for learning and performing functional tasks in the areas of self-care, school and play. This entails assessing a child, analysing what may be limiting their function and developing an individualised intervention plan to address the child’s specific needs. 

Common reasons to refer a child to an Occupational therapist:

• School readiness skills (e.g. attention, social skills, scissor skills, pencil grasp)

• Handwriting 

• Fine motor skills 

• Gross motor skills 

• Visual perceptual skills 

• Self-care skills (e.g. dressing, feeding, grooming, toileting)

• Learning difficulties

• Sensory processing 

• Emotional regulation difficulties 

NDIS SERVICES

​Sprout Occupational Therapy offers services to NDIS participants, with a particular focus on:

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• Person centred and comprehensive NDIS Functional Capacity Assessments. A Functional Capacity Assessment can assist with ensuring NDIS participants have the required level of support and funding to achieve their goals and needs.

• Independent Living Skills. Sprout endeavours to help clients live a healthy and purposeful life, whatever their specific goals may be. Areas of intervention may include; personal care, meal preparation, community access, recreational activities and household management tasks.