Mornings that feel like a battle
Getting dressed, eating and out the door takes a lot of prompting and leads to conflict.
Melbourne · Child routines and transitions
When routines and transitions feel overwhelming
Joanne, Avanti’s Melbourne occupational therapist, looks at how a child moves through everyday routines and changes — mornings, bedtime, getting ready and moving between activities. 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.
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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.
Bedtime and winding down
The evening routine is hard to settle, and winding down takes a long time.
Big feelings and hard transitions
Changes between activities, places or people lead to big reactions that are hard to move past.
Your occupational therapist
Child routines and transitions with Joanne.
Paediatric, cognitive and mental health Occupational Therapist based in bayside Melbourne.
Joanne supports clients through trauma-informed and neuro-affirming OT at Cheltenham, by telehealth, and in home or community settings.
- Paediatric, cognitive and mental health OT
- Neuro-affirming and trauma-informed intervention
- School refusal, social programs and practical life skills
Occupational Therapist · Paediatric, cognitive and mental health OT. More about Joanne.
How OT helps
What an OT looks at with routines and transitions
An occupational therapist looks at how a child moves through everyday routines and changes — mornings, bedtime, getting ready and moving between activities. The team confirms whether this service fits before anything is booked, and no diagnosis is needed to ask.
Mornings and getting ready
The steps from waking up to leaving the house, and where routines get stuck.
Bedtime and winding down
Evening routines, calming down and getting ready for sleep.
Big feelings and difficult transitions
Moving between activities, coping with change and managing big feelings along the way.
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 Melbourne 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
Melbourne questions about child routines and transitions
It is for children and young people in Melbourne 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 at Cheltenham, by telehealth, or in home and community settings 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.
It can include either, depending on your child’s needs. The team talks through what would be most useful and confirms whether OT fits.
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 routines and transitions in Melbourne
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 in Melbourne where everyday routines and transitions are hard for the whole family. 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.
284 Bay Road, Cheltenham VIC 3192
Callback
Prefer the Melbourne team to ring you?
Name and mobile.