Welcome to Paediatric Occupational Therapy
Documents / Leaflets
- Proprioception
- The Auditory (Sound) System
- The Olfactory System
- The Touch System
- The Vestibular System
- The Visual Sense
- Colchester Parent Support SEND Directory
- General Calming Activities
- Movement Breaks
- Prewriting Skills
- Stabilo and other handwriting products
- Activities to support handwriting skills
- Baby cues and sensory development
- Cutlery skills
- Interoception - internal body sense
- Scissor skills
- Sleep tips
- Under clothes to provide deep pressure
Useful Sites
- Services and support for special educational needs and disability
- For information on Cerebral Palsy click this link to the Scope website
- For information on Cerebral Palsy click this link to the Cerebra website
- For information on DCD click this link to the Movement Matters Uk website
- For information on ASD click this link to the National Autistic Society website
- For information on ASD click this link to the Pact for Autism website
- For further information on ASD click this link to the Autism Anglia website
- For information on sensory integration education click this link to the Sensory Integration website
- For information on help with children's mental health problems click this link to YoungMinds
- For Family/Parent support click this link to The Rainbow Trust
- For further Family/Parent support click this link to The Maze Programme
- Click this link to the Royal College of Occupational Therapists
- Click this link to the Health Care Professional Council
This service has now transferred to HCRG Care Group. More information on the service can be found here:
https://essexfamilywellbeing.co.uk/
Where is the service provided?
This service is provided at the following locations:
Primary Care Centre
Turner Road
Colchester
CO4 3GW Click here for map
Clacton and District Hospital
Tower Road
Clacton-on-Sea
CO4 5LJ Click here for map
Fryatt Hospital
419 Main Road
Harwich
CO12 4EX Click here for map
How to access the service
Access to the service must be through a health professional such as GP, paediatrician, health visitor, school nurse or school SENCO.
You will need to complete the electronic referral form on our website through the Community Gateway. Click on the on-line referral link box here.
View the referral page
Click here to view the referral form
Re-referring to the service:
There may be times when a child or young person (CYP) requires further support from the clinical team and a new episode of care needs to be created. Examples may include equipment out-growing, a recent growth spurt leading to change in function/pain or a deterioration in clinical presentation or symptoms. It is expected that all those seeking a re-referral have worked though the advice and recommendations offered by the clinical team previously and can demonstrate in their re-referral request, what has been tried and what new difficulties are being faced. For musculoskeletal conditions, a CYP can only be re-referred if the information relates to the same joint/condition.