Your child is left out or plays alone
They struggle to join a group, read the moment or keep friendships going, and it is affecting how they feel about school.
Cheltenham · Melbourne South · Occupational Therapy
Child social skills OT in Cheltenham
Joanne, your Cheltenham occupational therapist, looks at how your child joins in, manages feelings and attention, and copes with the routines of home and school. Call to ask about suitability, fees and appointments.
Asking doesn’t commit you to anything.
Prefer we ring you? ↓- Child social, emotional and attention OT with Joanne · Melbourne
- Support shaped around your child’s routines, strengths and goals
- Clinician and service fit confirmed before anything is booked
Parents and carers are welcome to get in touch.
Callback
Prefer a callback?
Leave your name and mobile to request a call about social, emotional and attention support.
Sound familiar?
Does any of this sound familiar?
An OT looks at how your child joins in, manages feelings and attention, and copes with the routines of home and school.
Meltdowns are long and hard on everyone
Small moments escalate quickly, sibling conflict is constant, and recovery takes a long time.
Getting ready or staying focused is a daily battle
Mornings, homework and instructions are hard, and you are worried your child is falling behind.
Your occupational therapist
Child social, emotional and attention OT 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 social, emotional and attention skills
Start with what is hard day to day, then build practical strategies around it.
Joining in and friendships
Playgrounds, playdates and group activities — where social confidence breaks down and what would make taking part easier.
Big feelings and recovery
Long meltdowns, sibling conflict and how long it takes to settle, plus the co-regulation that helps.
Attention, focus and routines
Getting ready, following instructions and staying with a task, and the supports that make it more manageable.
Recommendations follow the assessment. Support is shaped around your child and the team confirms whether this service fits before anything is booked.
Clinician scope
How Joanne works with children and families
Joanne supports children through trauma-informed and neuroaffirming occupational therapy at Cheltenham, by telehealth, and in home or community settings. Her work includes social programs, emotional regulation, school-related support, interoceptive awareness and sensory assessments.
- Neuroaffirming and trauma-informed paediatric OT
- Social participation and practical social programs
- Emotional regulation, interoception and sensory understanding
- Attention, organisation and school-related routines
- Support shaped with families and schools
First call and assessment
What happens after you get in touch
- Tell us what you are noticingCall or request a callback and describe the social moments, big feelings, attention or routines that are hard for your child.
- We call you backThe Cheltenham team checks your child’s age and goals, the location, appointment availability and funding or referral options, then explains whether Joanne and the service fit.
- You decideNothing is arranged until you have talked it through and agreed it is the right next step.
Who it’s for
Who child social and emotional OT is for
This suits children and young people in Melbourne where social participation, emotional regulation or attention make home and school harder. 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.
- Children in bayside Melbourne who find social situations, big feelings or focus difficult
- Families looking for neuroaffirming, trauma-informed support that starts from their child’s strengths
- Parents, carers and schools who want strategies that carry across home, kinder and school
- Support planned with parents, carers, schools and care teams
- No diagnosis needed to ask about OT support
Before you call
What to mention when you call
Talk through what you are noticing with Joanne — the Melbourne team will help you work out whether OT support fits your child’s goals.
- What you are noticing, and where it is hardest — home, kinder or school
- Your child’s age, strengths and any assessment already in place
- Any funding, referral or school details already available
Melbourne South
Cheltenham clinic details for child social, emotional and attention ot
Child social, emotional and attention OT enquiries in Melbourne go straight to the local team. Call, or use the form and the team rings you back.
Call clinic(03) 7042 9731
Address284 Bay Road, Cheltenham VIC 3192
- Bayside Melbourne team
- Neuroaffirming paediatric OT
- Support with schools where it helps
Questions
Melbourne questions about child social, emotional and attention ot
No diagnosis is needed to ask. The team talks through what you are noticing and confirms whether occupational therapy fits before anything is booked.
No. Joanne works in a neuroaffirming way, starting from your child’s strengths. The aim is to understand what is hard and build supports around your child, not to push them to mask who they are.
Joanne supports children and families where getting to school, staying at school or managing the school day has become hard. The team talks through what is happening before confirming whether OT fits.
Support can be planned with families and schools where that helps. The team talks through what that looks like for your child first.
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.
No. The focus is on understanding what is hard and building supports around your child’s regulation, participation and daily life, not on compliance-based behaviour programs.
Next step
Talk through social and emotional support in Melbourne
Share what you are noticing — the local team talks it through with you and explains whether OT support fits.
Describe what you are noticing and Joanne’s team talks it through with you — including what support involves — before anything is arranged.
284 Bay Road, Cheltenham VIC 3192
- 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
- No diagnosis is needed to ask about occupational therapy
- Equipment prescription, mobility aids and home modifications sit outside this service
Callback
Prefer a callback?
Leave your name and mobile to request a call about social, emotional and attention support.