Dynamic Movement Intervention (DMI) is a therapeutic technique used in physical and occupational therapy to treat children with motor delay by improving automatic postural responses and promoting progress towards developmental milestones. The goal of DMI is to provoke a specified active motor response from the child in response to defined dynamic exercises prescribed by the therapist. This comprehensive intervention incorporates current research on neurorehabilitation, technologies, and methodologies. DMI stimulates neuroplasticity to facilitate new neuronal connections and development of motor milestones.

All of our Occupational Therapists have completed some sensory training at MSc level, we use these skills alongside specialist programmes such as the ALERT Programme and Zones of Regulation. We adapt these specialist programmes to meet the needs of both the children/young adult and the environments that we see them in.

Attention Autism is an intervention model designed by Gina Davies, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist. It aims to develop natural and spontaneous communication through the use of visually based and highly motivating activities that “offer an irresistible invitation to learn”. The model is broken down into stages the first being the attention bucket.

Elastic therapeutic taping is used as an adjunct therapy. It is used to increase carryover from a child’s treatment session to when they are at home. Therapeutic tape is a cotton tape with elasticity woven in, which means that the tape will not restrict movement. Elastic therapeutic tape is used in many ways, but overall, it is used to help assist a child in meeting their gross motor goals. For instance, a child with low muscle tone may have difficulty sitting independently or standing, so a therapist would use elastic tape to facilitate their abdominals to activate.

The Handwriting without Tears® curriculum draws from years of innovation and research to provide developmentally appropriate, multisensory strategies for early writing. The program follows the research on how children learn best and includes materials that address all styles of learning. Children move, touch, feel, and manipulate real objects as they learn habits and skills essential for writing.