Action Occupational Therapy

07/03/2026

🌸 Happy International Women’s Day 2026! 🌸

Today we celebrate the incredible women who inspire, lead, care, and innovate every single day. From our amazing clients to our dedicated team, we see your strength, creativity, and resilience – and we’re here to cheer you on! 💪✨

Let’s continue to lift each other up, break barriers, and make every day a celebration of women everywhere 💜

06/03/2026

Happy AT Friday!

This week, OT Megan demonstrates sensory tools for picking fingers

01/03/2026

Happy Birthday to our amazing and fearless leader, OT Nikki! 🎂

We hope you have the loveliest day filled with celebration, cake, and all the things you love. Thank you for your passion, positivity, and guidance you bring to our team and clients you support every day. We’re so lucky to have you — enjoy your special day, Nikki! 💐✨

28/02/2026

Two years ago today, Action OT’s Nikki, along woth Sarah Collison from Verve OT Learning and Alyce Svensk from The OT Coach Australia hit publish on the very first episode of the OT Unplugged Podcast 🎙️✨

And honestly? We had no idea what would happen next.

Fast forward 2 years:

🎧 89 episodes

📈 81,433 downloads

🔥 Our highest ranking episode? The 25/26 NDIS Price Guide changes (because of course it was 😅)

📱 Most of you listen on your smartphones (hello dog walks & car trips!)

🌏 93% of listeners are in Australia but we’ve also reached OTs in the US, Spain, France and the UK

What started as conversations between three OTs has grown into something much bigger, a space to unpack NDIS changes, share wins and frustrations, explore tricky (thankyou Alyce!) clinical topics, and remind each other that we’re not doing this alone.

To every single listener… thank you.

To those who message us after episodes… thank you.

To those who share episodes with colleagues… thank you.

We are so grateful for this community ❤️

And… the latest episode is out now 🎉

If you haven’t tuned in yet, today feels like a good day to start 😉

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5nD8LfGLdnHnjNtB372WzO?si=I6ujPrDgTfSgikIWKUVuCw

When assessment tools and NDIS policy don’t line up As NDIS reforms gather pace, OTs are being pulled in two directions at once. On one side, we’re being told to simplify, reduce “extra” evidence and focus on structured assessment pathways. On the other, the tools we’re expected to use sti...

27/02/2026

Happy AT Friday!

🎬✨ Welcome to the very first episode of our segment…. “What’s That AT?”

Our friends at Occupational Therapy Services Group absolutely LOVE hunting down pieces of assistive technology we haven’t seen before — and while Nikki was in Perth, they did not disappoint! This time, OT Chris has thrown down the challenge…
He’s put OT Nikki from Action OT and OT Tash from OTSG in the hot seat to figure out:

👉 What’s That AT?!

No hints.

No Googling.

Just clinical reasoning, curiosity… and maybe a bit of competitive spirit 😏

Can you guess what it’s for before we do?

Drop your guesses in the comments before the big reveal ⬇️

23/02/2026

Last week Action OT’s Nikki had the pleasure of being in Perth, delivering training with Occupational Therapy Services Group on supervision & leadership and functional cognitive assessments.

We genuinely love these opportunities to step away from day-to-day clinical work and connect with other therapists who are deeply invested in growing their skills, supporting their teams, and strengthening practice from the inside out.

We covered practical strategies for effective supervision and leadership in complex environments, and applying functional cognitive assessments in real-world contexts — with plenty of rich discussion and shared learning along the way.

Huge thanks to the fantastic team for the warm welcome, thoughtful engagement, and collaborative energy. It’s always inspiring to work alongside clinicians who care so deeply about quality practice and professional development.

Grateful for the chance to learn together — and looking forward to the next collaboration.

20/02/2026

Happy AT Friday!

This week, special guests Chris Pearce and Tash Buttarelli from Occupational Therapy Services Group in W.A. demonstrate the Phoenix Instinct Wheelchair Luggage Carrier to OT Nikki

12/02/2026

Happy AT Friday!

This week, OT Nikki demonstrates the fitted sheet set from The 4th Corner

10/02/2026

🌱 Growing the therapists of tomorrow – one opportunity at a time

Back in 2022, we received a call from the School Based Apprenticeship and Traineeship Engagement Officer from our local Educational Pathways Program.

They wanted to tell me about a Year 10 student with a big dream: she wanted to become an Occupational Therapist.

Her name was Abbey.

Abbey had the insight (and courage!) to design her own pathway. She wanted to complete a School Based Traineeship (SBAT) in Business Administration so she could achieve her Cert III alongside her HSC, ideally within an OT practice.

At the time, we weren’t sure our business could support an SBAT… but because we love encouraging future OTs, we offered Abbey a week of work experience.

That week changed everything.

Abbey was outstanding — curious, respectful, hardworking, and genuinely invested in learning. We soon offered her an SBAT position, and for the next two years, she worked two afternoons a week in our clinic while completing her HSC.

She gained early entry into Speech Pathology at the University of Newcastle and Occupational Therapy at Charles Sturt University.
Wanting to stay local, Abbey commenced the Bachelor of Speech Pathology at Newcastle University with the goal of achieving the marks needed to transfer into OT — no small feat when the ATAR for OT at Newcastle is over 90 and entry is highly competitive. She continued working with us in both admin and as an Allied Health Assistant throughout her first year of uni.

And then came the moment we were all hoping for…

Abbey successfully gained entry into Newcastle’s undergraduate OT program. 🎉

Last week, Abbey finished up with us to move into a local role working with children — an area she thinks she may like to work in as part of her future OT career.

We’ve had the absolute privilege of watching Abbey grow from a 15-year-old Year 10 student into a confident, capable young woman who will undoubtedly do our profession proud.

Not every pathway looks the same.

Not every opportunity has to be perfect from day one.

But sometimes, saying yes to work experience… or yes to a trainee… can change someone’s future.

And that’s pretty powerful.

We are so proud of you, Abbey!

10/02/2026

10/02/2026

Today we’re celebrating our amazing OT Niamh! Clearly the cake understood the assignment 🎂
Thank you for everything you bring to our team and the families you support every day. Happy Birthday, Niamh! 🥳