Toileting and getting to the toilet
Toileting is a struggle, or getting to the toilet in time needs a lot of support.
Sunshine Coast · Child self-care support
When toileting, dressing or self-care needs support
Lin, Avanti’s Sunshine Coast occupational therapist, looks at the everyday self-care skills children build as they grow — toileting, dressing, bathing and managing routines more independently. Share what you are noticing and the local team confirms whether OT support is the right next step before anything is booked.
Asking doesn’t commit you to anything.
Prefer we ring you? ↓Parents and carers are welcome to get in touch.
Callback
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Sound familiar?
Does any of this sound familiar?
If any of these sound familiar, share what you are seeing and the local team will confirm whether occupational therapy fits.
Dressing, bathing and everyday self-care
Dressing, bathing or handwashing still need a lot of help or take a long time.
Building independence with daily routines
You want to build everyday independence and would like some practical guidance.
Your occupational therapist
Child self-care support with Lin.
Warm, creative and neuroaffirming Occupational Therapist.
Lin supports children, young adults, neurodivergent clients and older adults with strength-based OT for everyday independence, participation and confidence.
- Functional capacity assessments and early intervention
- Autism, ADHD, intellectual disability and Down syndrome support
- School readiness, self-care, toileting and interoception
Occupational Therapist · Paediatric and aged care OT. More about Lin.
How OT helps
What an OT looks at with self-care skills
An occupational therapist looks at the everyday self-care skills children build as they grow — toileting, dressing, bathing and managing routines more independently. The team confirms whether this service fits before anything is booked, and no diagnosis is needed to ask.
Toileting and getting to the toilet
Building the steps, timing and confidence around toileting and getting to the toilet.
Dressing, bathing and everyday self-care
The routines and skills behind dressing, bathing, handwashing and getting ready.
Building independence with daily routines
Breaking routines into steps a child can manage, and building independence at their own pace.
Recommendations follow the assessment. The team confirms whether this service fits before anything is booked.
First call and assessment
What happens after you get in touch
- Tell us what you are noticingCall or request a callback and describe the routines, tasks or situations that are hard for your child.
- We call you backThe Sunshine Coast team checks your child’s age and goals, the location, appointment availability and funding or referral options, then explains whether the clinician and service fit.
- You decideNothing is arranged until you have talked it through and agreed it is the right next step.
Questions
Sunshine Coast questions about child self-care support
It is for children and young people on the Sunshine Coast and the parents, carers or support teams around them. The team confirms whether the clinician and service fit before anything is booked.
Sessions may happen in the clinic, at home or in the community where suitable. The setting is agreed with you after you enquire.
Tell us your child’s age when you enquire and the team confirms whether the service suits your family.
Call or request a callback and share what you are noticing. The team confirms whether an appointment is the right next step. Asking does not commit you to anything.
Toileting and self-care can be part of occupational therapy where they fit. Medical or continence concerns should be directed to the relevant health professional, and the team talks through what may help.
No diagnosis is needed to ask. The team talks through what you are noticing and confirms whether occupational therapy fits before anything is booked.
NDIS, a Medicare referral or private payment may apply, depending on your child and the service. The team checks the funding pathway and explains relevant fees before anything is booked.
Next step
Ask about child self-care support on the Sunshine Coast
Share what you are noticing — the local team talks it through with you and explains whether OT support fits.
This suits children and young people on the Sunshine Coast where self-care and toileting skills need more support. Parents, carers and young people can enquire, and the team talks through what you are noticing before confirming whether occupational therapy fits. Support is planned with families, schools and care teams where that helps.
57 Bulcock Street, Caloundra QLD 4551
Callback
Prefer the Sunshine Coast team to ring you?
Name and mobile.