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Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm Thursday 8:30am - 5pm Friday 8:30am - 4:15pm

Tree Tops Children's Occupational Therapy

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Tree Tops Children's Occupational Therapy

Working with children with developmental and learning deficits to promote independence in school, at Here is the link:- https://www.facebook.com/groups/spdpsg/

Newton Aycliffe Clinic - Eldon Road, Aycliffe Business Park, DL5 6UL (Head Office)

Stockton Clinic - 46 Durham Road, Stockton, TS19 0BS

Tree Tops has been developed with great foundations in the knowledge of assessment and treatment techniques of children. The therapists have extensive knowledge into conditions of DCD, Dyspraxia, ADHD, and Sensory Processing Disorders. Post graduate training in Sensory Integration has allowed us to introduce this specialised treatment to children on a daily basis to develop their underlying difficulties. We also have a private sensory parent support group which you are more than welcome to join.

28/02/2026

Sensory tools are designed to stimulate our senses ie sound, touch, sight, smell and taste.

They can be used for children and adults alike to aid sensory processing, autism, ADHD and other developmental conditions. Even if you are feeling stressed, a lap pad can help 😁

27/02/2026

Tree Topper of the Month - February 2026

Well done to Daniel! The team have mentioned how lovely your handwriting is and that you are not feeling any pains now in your hand or arm. ✍

What an absolutely brilliant achievement. Superstar material! 👌🌟

Keep up the hard work.

26/02/2026

Everyone is different 💕

❤️

25/02/2026

Improving a child's pencil grip involves developing their:

✍️ fine motor strength
✍️ encourage hand separation
✍️ open the thumb web space
✍️ build up in-hand manipulation skills

🆘 Give us a shout if you need some help

24/02/2026

Shaving foam can help improve fine motor skills as it offers a tactile and sensory medium for:

😃 improves dexterity of the fingers
😃 strengthening our hand muscles
😃 finger isolation
😃 pencil grasp
😃 pinching
😃 developing letter/number formation
😃 hand-eye coordination

It's such a fun sensory tool! 👌

23/02/2026

Did you know that making pom poms helps to strengthen, coordinate and refine your child's hand muscles?

There are many steps to the pom pom such as:
✋🏻cutting
✋grasping
✋🏻wrapping the yarn

This helps:
✋🏻 in-hand manipulation skills
✋🏻 pincer grasp
✋🏻 finger isolation
✋🏻 hand-eye coordination
✋🏻 bilateral integration
✋🏻 sensory

This activity also helps with daily living skills such as using cutlery, writing, fastening buttons and tying shoelaces and much, much more 👌

22/02/2026

Tip of the week!

How can you help letter and number reversals?

🔠 Multi-sensory techniques to practice letters - trace letters in sand, rice, shaving foam

🔠 Focus on one particular letter(s) - the most common reversals are the 'b' and 'd'

🔠 Visual cues - use posters or markers to help indicate which way the letters should face

🔠 Keep calm - use reassurance, take it slow when practicing the letters and numbers, preventing anxiety

If your child has handwriting difficulties, give us a call 😃

21/02/2026

When a child is spinning quite often, it means they are trying to regulate and remain calm. 😇

Our inner ear (vestibular/balance system) receives a lot of information from the spinning. It then starts to organise the body so our balance, coordination and spatial awareness is much better.

In short, it regulates our nervous system, ensuring we are calm and less anxious. It also releases excess energy which allows us to explore our sensory environment and listen more effectively. 👂👩‍🏫

20/02/2026

Our weekend craft activity is looking at the magic C letters ✍🏻

A DIY sensory mix of flour oil and cocoa powder made the perfect surface for letter formation practice. We then transformed it into an animal safari adventure 🦏 🐍 🦍 🐯

Learning and playing at the same time is definitely the best combination 👌🥰. Our Tree Topper absolutely loved this activity.

If you look carefully at one of the pictures, we have also used sweets in the form of worms, elephants and hippos which tasted delicious.

📢 Remember though to keep your 👀 on your child whilst doing this activity!

Have fun 😃

19/02/2026

Isn't it lovely to get the play doh out and practice those fine motor skills with imagination! ☺️

18/02/2026

Reviews!

If you have been impressed with our service, please take a moment to share your experience on our social media by using the QR code. Our Google link for reviews: https://g.page/r/CcYdOKXAApAQEAE/review.

The Tree Tops team value your feedback which also helps us to improve our service. 👌

Thank you.

17/02/2026

Partnership School Review - Hedworthfield Primary School

Thank you for such wonderful comments.

It is such a pleasure to be working in your school with staff and pupils. We also know how much Felicity enjoys working with you all 😀

Seeing the results is fantastic and look forward to the rest of the school academic year.

Hedworthfield Primary School

Address

Eldon Road, Aycliffe Business Park
Newton Aycliffe
DL56UL

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5pm
Friday	8:30am - 4:15pm

Telephone

+441325304411

Website

http://www.treetopsoccupationaltherapy.co.uk/

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Tree Tops has been developed with great foundations in the knowledge of assessment and treatment techniques of children and adults. Our therapists have extensive knowledge into conditions such as DCD, Dyspraxia, ADHD, Attachment Disorder, and Sensory Processing Difficulties. Post graduate training in Sensory Integration has allowed us to introduce this specialised treatment to children and adults on a daily basis to develop their underlying difficulties.

Tree Tops work with many schools, charities and voluntary organisations. We can provide valuable training and programmes which helps with gross/fine motor skills, handwriting, building self-esteem, confidence, behaviour and perception.

Fizzwig (our mascot) and the Tree Topper teddy bears are a vital part of our organisation and go on many adventures with the children or help them with their programmes. Check out our website to see what they all get up to!

We also have a private sensory parent support group which you are more than welcome to join. Here is the link:- https://www.facebook.com/groups/spdpsg/ . A youth group has also been set up which is run through a secret page. If you would like more information please email our office.

Tree Tops are proud to make a difference to the ability to achieve, happiness and well-being of our children experiencing motor and sensory difficulties. The reviews and testimonials we have received ensure we continue with the service we are passionate about.

In 2019 we were asked to take part in the The Parliamentary Review. The aims of this are to share best practice amongst policymakers/business leaders, commissioning articles on events of the year and contributors’ areas of expertise. Over 1m copies will be distributed. A range of businesses from several sectors have written for this; the aim being to get their message out to the country at large, to inform policymakers, assist their peers, and ultimately raise standards. Tree Tops has contributed to the 2019 Parliamentary Review and celebrated the publication at a Gala event in the Houses of Parliament on the 4/9/19. Our article focused on understanding sensory processing difficulties (SPD), in particular the many difficulties our children experience in education from academically under-performing to anxiety/potentially exclusions. The article strives to explain how sensory processing difficulties can result in challenging behaviours and affect a child’s social/emotional well-being. Our message was to stress how effective our interventions can be within the school environment to help children access learning, but give school staff more tools to target many youngster’s complex needs. Tree Tops endeavours to educate schools to understand SPD and integrate interventions into the classroom routine. We firmly believe if Head Teachers understood that by working in partnership with Tree Tops all children would have more chance of success whilst reducing resources needed to support them in the long term.