RCOT Paediatric Occupational Therapy

15/12/2025

MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅🏽

Our team is taking a break. See you soon 🤩

10/12/2025

PDA Perth WA conference was held for the first time in Perth Australia on November 11th, 2025 and we were proud sponsors of the event.

Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is an extremely misunderstood condition that needs to be discussed, researched and recognised, in order for therapists, educators and community as a whole, to help support our PDA children, adults and their families to feel seen, supported and safe in their homes and in the community.

Our team was inspired by the amazing speakers whom attending the PD. Sharing their research and lived experience with PDA themselves, or as parents of PDAer’s.

Demands for PDAer’s are a CAN’T not a WON’T.

A safe environment is the most important thing that we can provide for our children.

** Book & Audiobook – Low Demand Parenting by Author, Amanda Diekman **

10/12/2025

Would you like to be apart of our team?

We have a growing waitlist and need a full time paediatric occupational therapist.

If you are experienced, or passionate about working with children as an OT, please contact us.

We are looking for someone bright, charismatic, playful, enthusiastic and passionate about advocating for our clients and families.

04/12/2025

Exciting announcement for February 2026 🤩

MEET AMELDA 👋🏻

Amelda graduated from Curtin University with a degree in Occupational Therapy in 1990. She has dedicated the last 35 years to working with children (aged 0 to 5) and families in early identification and early intervention developmental paediatric services.

She has vast experience with helping parents learn about their child’s uniqueness and through playful interactions develop relationships with children to meet their goals. She works with children who present with sensory, motor, social-emotional, play or self-care concerns.

Amelda is passionate about using evidence based interventions to support the child, family and community to meet personal goals in daily life. She enjoys sharing her knowledge, skills and experience with her team and regularly supervises OT students.

In her spare time she likes to travel, swim, walk and talk with friends. Her current new interest is propagating succulents.

13/10/2025

Swing into therapy 🤩 Our new suspension structure and crash mats are here, thanks to .au and 🙌🏼

A new addition to our gym space for movement, sensory regulation and confidence-building. Perfect for kids who learn best through play, always guided by your therapist to meet individual needs💪🧠

Two new swings - Dual bolster and platform swing, ask your therapist to introduce them to your next therapy session.

08/10/2025

Do you live in, or around the Beeliar area?

Tiarn is running a pop up yoga through the months of October and November. Alternating Saturday and Sunday’s.

What to bring?
• Yoga Mat
• Towel
• Water bottle

📍 Radonich Park, Beeliar
🕗 8am - 9am
🧘🏽‍♀️Beginner friendly for all ages. $15 and free for kids under 12.
Playground nearby for your little ones to play while you have 60 minutes of mindfulness to yourself.

05/09/2025

A great day of learning with Tracey Stackhouse and Hannah Burke, diving into the Polyvagal Theory and exploring the connection between sensory integration and felt safety on co-regulation. Excited to bring these insights back to our practice! 🧠✨

Featuring our OT’s, Reid, Lachy, Jo and Zoe with Tracey Stackhouse and Hannah Burke from Developmental FX in Denver, Colorado, at the three day Mind 2 Mind PD workshop in Paramatta, NSW. ✈️

04/08/2025

Our team will be participating in this year’s Chevron City to Surf for Activ 2025 on August 31st 🏃🏽‍♀️ 🏃🏽

Walking or running, we will be there to support Activ raise money and support for Western Australians living with disabilities.

Who’s participating? Reid, Lachy, Tiarn, Alicia, Zoe, Jo, Gus, Nic & Brit.

If you would like to donate to our team, all donations go to Activ.
https://perthcitytosurf.com/rcot

05/06/2024

Something really special happened last Friday. Reid was asked to run a discussion about autism and ADHD, with a group of 42, year 4 students at Christ the King School.

What a positive experience! The students were so open, engaged and asking so many questions. We discussed the challenges and the positives of both diagnoses and discussed how we could help people when they are feeling overwhelmed instead of judging and bullying.

Some comments from the students after were...
🤔“I didn’t know people with autism thought just like us”
👂🏼“So when my ears hurt from a [screaching] noise, that’s just how my brain works?”

We completed a whole class “my skills circle” and they were all so intrigued, seeing their strengths, challenges and how they were all so different in how they perceive the world.

It was such a humbling experience and I hope we can advocate for more of our clients this way. The more kids know and understand, the more accepting and supportive they can be to their peers with difficulties and disabilities.

28/05/2024

24/05/2024

Happy birthday to our big boss man Reid!! 🥳

We appreciate you and the work environment you have created for our team 🥰

21/05/2024