about allison
- Allison completed her Bachelor of Occupational Therapy with Honours at the University of Queensland in 2021. Since then, Allison been working as an Registered Occupational Therapist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and as a member of Occupational Therapy Australia.
- Allison values a neurodiverse affirming and client-centred approach, helping clients and families feel safe, valued and heard. She loves helping people learn more about themselves, building their skills and celebrating their wins with them (big and small)!
- If Allison isn’t in the clinic she is probably out on a camping adventure with her friends, or at home reading and cuddling up with her cat, Cinder.
- Intervention provided by Allison:
- - Sensory processing and modulation
- - School participation and performance
- - Handwriting skills
- - Social-emotional development
- - Self care skills (toileting, eating, sleep, dressing, showering and menstrual care).
- - Assistance with executive functioning skills (attention, focus, planning, sequencing, organisation and problem solving).
- - Play skills
- - Gross motor development
- - Fine motor development
- - Family support in understanding and managing tricky behaviours in children.
- - Emotional awareness and regulation (Zones of Regulation and ALERT program).
- Qualifications and Training:
- “Sensory Approaches in OT Clinical Practice” - OT Australia
- “Talking Toileting” - OT Australia
- “Strengths-Based Approach to Autism” - Learn Play Thrive
- “Supporting executive functioning difficulties in children and young adults” - Verve OT
- “Caregiver Readiness for Engagement in Therapy” - Verve OT
- “Intervention to address Emotional Regulation and Behavioural Challenge” - Verve OT
- TBC: "Introduction to Puberty" - Bloom Wellbeing & "Introduction to DIR Floor time Practices" - Profectum