About
Children rarely tell you what is hard. They show you, usually at the worst possible moment.
A child who melts down at the school gate, refuses every texture on the plate, or cannot stay in a chair is not being difficult. Something in how they take in and organise sensation is making the task harder than it looks. My job is to find out what, and to make the task possible.
I have spent nine years in clinical practice working with children with sensory processing differences, developmental delays, autism spectrum disorder, ADHD and other neurodevelopmental conditions. My approach is child centred and evidence based. Sessions look like play because play is how children practise. Underneath, every activity is chosen for a reason.
Parents are part of the work, not an audience for it. What we build in a session only holds if it travels home, to the classroom and to the supermarket aisle. So I spend as much time coaching families and talking to teachers as I do on the therapy floor.
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- Master's in Occupational Therapy. Bachelor's in Occupational Therapy (BOT).
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- DHA licensed to practise occupational therapy in Dubai.
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- Certified Sensory Integration Therapist, trained in Ayres Sensory Integration principles.
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- Neurodevelopmental Treatment (NDT) trained, working on postural control, movement quality and motor planning.
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- Parent education and school collaboration, building strategies that carry into home and classroom routines.
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- Multidisciplinary practice, working alongside behaviour analysts, speech therapists and psychologists on shared goals.
