OT 4 Kids with DCD

OT 4 Kids with DCD Friendly and welcoming environment. I have been a Paediatric Occupational Therapist since 1997 having qualified as an O.T in 1996.

A highly skilled specialist independent Occupational Therapist with a vast experience of children with DCD/Dyspraxia/Handwriting/Perceptual/Daily Living Skill issues. At present, I worked as an NHS O.T, for 22 years but left in 2018 to become a fully independent OT. My work as a paediatric O.T is diverse but I specialise in mainstream settings and children with DCD/ Dyspraxia. I carry out standardised assessments in gross and fine motor skills, handwriting, and perception as well as gait and mobility. Please feel free to contact me to discuss any aspects that may be causing you concern with your child's development, through phone, email or website. I am able to offer flexibility of appointments in terms of days and times, including weekends. I also offer professional supervision and can assess towards evidence for DSA/PIP. Arrangements can also be made for SI/SPD assessments and I have links with colleges who can provide speech and language therapy, dyslexia assessments and further paediatric services. Just contact me and ask, as I am happy to help in any way i can.

01/01/2026

So here it is the start of a new year! 🥂2025 was a toughy in more ways than one, but im so grateful to be heading into this year busy and booked up for a few weeks ahead.
Full transparency- my petition didn’t take off, as its down to individual schools to implement choice of writing implements and the devil that is pen license 🤦🏻‍♀️so not sure who to lobby next?? 🤷🏻‍♀️ and the publisher interested in a book, is now not taking OT commisions for the foreseeable ( any publishers out there- DM me!! 🙏🏻) but am i down hearted, slightly, but beaten, you bet not!
2026- maybe this is the actual year il branch out further, as i keep promising and my mush i grips get on the high street 🧠who knows ? but what i can promise is im here for all your motor skill and handwriting needs whatever else comes my way.
Happy healthy 2026 to you all. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your support X

22/12/2025
17/12/2025

Just to let everyone know i will be on holiday from the 20-30th December. During this time i will not be answering any emails or telephone messages but please, still feel free to contact me and i will catch up when i resume work!
Thank you so much for all your patience and support the later half of this year, without which i probably wouldnt still have a business! I see and appreciate every one of you!
I hope you all have whatever type of christmas or holiday/break you wish for or can manage and i will be back firing on all cylinders on the 30th.
Nicky 🎄X

🚲fab way to practise whilst also working on core stability, coordination and balance skills.
12/12/2025

🚲fab way to practise whilst also working on core stability, coordination and balance skills.

03/12/2025

Oh you lovely people, thank you so much for keeping me booked and busy well into January next year! After the second half of the year I’ve had, from the bottom of my heart it’s very much appreciated! 💚💚🎄

Everyone welcome - we had brilliant fun with these sessions last year and the absolute bonus is they are completely free...
02/12/2025

Everyone welcome - we had brilliant fun with these sessions last year and the absolute bonus is they are completely free! With a free hot drink for adults attending with children, lots to use on the letter writing table and a fab grotto x

Just a day to go before our first trial of an afterschool session. Please do share and encourage those you know to attend. I have had a sneak peek of the grotto at Project C**t and it is beyond amazing. So join two equipped4learning elves, a letter writing/ craft table and Santa on Thursday 🎄🧑🏻‍🎄🎅

It would be lovely to see any of my amazing families here xx
30/11/2025

It would be lovely to see any of my amazing families here xx

Come and bring your children/ grandchildren, friends etc and support these fabulous free sessions run by the charity Equipped4learning and supported byProject C**t in association with Elland Round Table
Free community event open to all!! and various times added to make it more accessable.
We would be grateful for all the shares and word of mouth we can get🧑🏻‍🎄🎅🎄

These are my mush i grips, designed to provide greater manipulation over rulers and maths equipment. Now in two sizes- o...
29/11/2025

These are my mush i grips, designed to provide greater manipulation over rulers and maths equipment. Now in two sizes- original and more chunky or mini for maths equipment aimed at secondary level. Both equally affective and in a number of colours!
Please head to etsy uk:
tOTallygripped or tOTallyresourceful
📐📏✏️

29/11/2025

HANDWRITING 📝🖊️✏️
Handwriting is a complex skill, when a child or young person comes to see me due to handwriting difficulties I look at the following:
Crossing midline
Perceptual skills
Manual dexterity
In hand manipulation
Bilateral coordination
Hand/finger strength
Finger isolation
Postural stability
Wrist stability/extension
Thumb opposition
Dev palmar arches
Hand eye coord
Shoulder girdle strength
Mobile joints
Processing
Following instructions
Focus/ concentration
Pain
Fluency of movement
Visual stress
Visual tracking
Grip
Potential equipment needed

💜Its never just “ not trying hard enough” 💡X

3 movie squares left to win a lovely wellbeing hamper! £2.50 per square X
27/11/2025

3 movie squares left to win a lovely wellbeing hamper! £2.50 per square X

**EDIT** All SOLD!! A massive thank you!
Winner will be announced later X 👀🎞️🎄🤞🏻

Just two days left and 3 squares remaining to win a gorgeous wellbeing hamper, which lets face it we all deserve this time of the year! Comp ends this saturday although if the squares go hopefully we can draw a winner even sooner 🤞🏻🤞🏻🎄🎞️X

If you are looking for afab santas grotto but also letter writing and craft event, then look no further 🤶🏻🎅🏻You are all ...
21/11/2025

If you are looking for afab santas grotto but also letter writing and craft event, then look no further 🤶🏻🎅🏻You are all most welcome! In conjunction with Elland Secret Santa which i set up X

We have been a little quiet on here recently but please keep sharing and shouting about our free letter writing and santas grotto in conjunction with Project C**t it’s going to be brilliant- the countdown is on!!! We are trialling a couple of after school ones as well so please support us! Free car parking as well!
Also if anyone can kindly donate their body weight in wrapping paper/sellotape/dispensers etc we would be over the moon!!!!! 🤞🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

If you fancy giving this a whirl we would be everso grateful 🎄🎞️
19/11/2025

If you fancy giving this a whirl we would be everso grateful 🎄🎞️

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I have been a Paediatric Occupational Therapist since 1997 having qualified as an O.T in 1996 and working in the NHS for the last 22 years. My work as a paediatric O.T has been diverse but I specialise in mainstream settings and children with DCD, I carry out standardised assessments in gross and fine motor skills, handwriting, Dysgraphia, activities of daily living and perception as well as gait and mobility. I am now working as an independent OT. Please feel free to contact me to discuss any aspects that may be causing you concern with your child's development, through phone, email or website. I am able to offer flexibility of appointments in terms of days and times and will consider weekend appointments if it makes attending my clinic easier. I also offer professional supervision and small equipment loan. I can assess towards evidence for DSA/ PIP for undergraduate students. Arrangements can also be made for SI/SPD assessments and I have links with further colleagues who can provide Speech and language assessments and Dyslexia and learning assessments..... just contact me and ask, I'm only too happy to help in any way I can.