“When children feel safe, development takes off and they can reach their highest potential.”

Dr Mona Delahooke

Services available

  • Occupational Therapy

    Targeted sessions to meet the needs of your child and your family. These sessions will be held in your child’s natural environments such as educational settings, home settings and in the community.

  • Speech Therapy

    Speech Therapy

    Using a neuroaffirming approach, we celebrate and accommodate each child's unique strengths, challenges, and sensory needs. Our comprehensive evaluations and personalised approach addresses support speech, language, social participation, fluency, academic achievement, and more. We offer speech services within your home, kindergartens, schools and wherever is important for your child!

  • Allied Health Assistant Program

    We are thrilled to offer our Allied Health Assistant Program, which can make a significant difference in your child's development. Our program provides skilled and compassionate assistants who work closely with our team of allied health professionals. Our Allied Health Assistants will contribute to your child's progress and well-being across all environments.

  • Aqua Therapy

    Aqua therapy is offered to clients who are engaged in OT with Making Waves OT. This is a service to work alongside your child’s other OT goals. Please discuss adding Aqua Therapy to your therapy during your intake call or your next OT session.

  • Telehealth

    The magic of technology! Telehealth makes OT services accessible regardless of location. Telehealth sessions can be booked for parent coaching sessions or sessions with children if approprate.

  • Professional Development

    We understand the importance of continuous growth and learning in the field of neurodiversity and child development. That's why we offer a range of professional development opportunities to support both individual practitioners and organisations in their journey toward creating inclusive environments. Contact us if you would like a presentation at your organisation!

  • External Speech Therapy Supervision

    External Speech Therapy Supervision

    Seeking an exceptional speech therapy mentor? Meet Kylie—an extraordinary therapist with lived experience as an Autistic ADHDer. Passionate about creating inclusive environments, Kylie specialises in speech, language, social participation, fluency, and academic achievement for children and young people aged 3-18. With the option of telehealth supervision, feel confident with the knowledge and insight you will gain with Kylie as part of your support network! Contact her today!

    kylie@makingwavesot.com

  • External Occupational Therapy Supervision

    Seeking an Occupational Therapy Mentor? Look no further than Maddy! Maddy is an Occupational Therapist and mentor dedicated to making a difference. With expertise in early childhood, Maddy creates supportive environments for children's growth. She specialises in working with children aged 3-16, fostering belonging, highlighting strengths, and achieving goals. Maddy's respect for neurodiversity and ability to build meaningful connections will empower you to advocate fearlessly. With Maddy's guidance, you will have the support you need as you develop as a therapist. Contact Maddy today and make waves in your practice!

    madeleine@makingwavesot.com

What do we love to support you with?

At Making Waves, we offer OT, Speech Therapy and an Allied Health Assistant Program to support to children between the ages of 3-16 years.

We work with the child and their supports to enable participation in activities that are important to them.

Some areas in which we support are;

Self-Care Skills

Fine and Gross Motor Skills

Self-Determination and Self-Advocacy

Emotional Co-Regulation and Self-Regulation

Executive Functioning

Sensory Processing

Interoception

Speech and Language

Social Participation

Fluency

Academic achievement