​Linda started her journey supporting children and adults with disabilities in 2011 when she worked as an early intervention assistant. She then moved on to her support worker role while she studied for her Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy at Curtin University. After graduating in 2018, Linda was a community-based Occupational Therapist in regional and rural settings, supporting a diverse range of people until 2020, when she uncovered her passion for working with children.

Linda has supported neurodiversity children and their families in acquiring various skills through teletherapy and face-to-face appointments. 

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Linda's Interventional Approach Journey

Self-Care Abilities: Toileting

• Linda recently completed Rebecca Khan's (an Australian-based Senior Occupational Therapist)  extensive training on helping children and their families to support toileting abilities.​

  • To find out more about Rebecca Khan's approach to toileting success: click here.​

 

Interoception Awareness

• ​Linda is excited to include Kelly Mahler's Interoception approaches in her therapy sessions, which assist children and their families in further developing understanding and awareness of their internal body signals. ​​

  • Read Kelly Malher's blog, which explains the connection between interception awareness and self-regulation; click here.

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Executive Functioning Skills

• Linda has attended workshops to learn how to further support children in developing their executive functioning abilities, which allow them to plan, act, and reflect on activities of daily living.

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Mental Well-Being​

• Linda accomplished a Graduate Certificate in Children's and Adolescent Mental Health through Victoria University, which included Trauma-Informed Care approaches to mental well-being.

  • To learn more about the importance of children's Mental Well-Being: click here.​

• She has training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approach to assist with thoughts and behaviours associated with anxiety and depression. ​

  • To read more about the benefits of CBT: click here.​

• Linda completed Dr. Ross Greene's Collaborative Proactive Solutions (CPS) workshops, which empower families to find solutions to their "unresolved problems." 

  • To learn more about the strengths of CPS: click here.​​

 

Gross and Fine Motor Skills

• Linda is enthusiastic about using rhythmic movements to assist brain maturation and integrate reflexes, which further develops children's gross and fine motor movements (dressing, sports skills, eating, handwriting), social skills, and executive functioning abilities to promote their everyday activities.

  • ​To read more about the benefits of Rhythmic Movements: click here,

  • ​To understand more about the advantages of Reflex Integration: click here.​

 

Social Skills

• Linda is devoted to supporting strength-based approaches when assisting children in developing social skills, ​

  • To learn more about social thinking to promote Social Skills: click here.

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Puberty

• Linda completed Rebecca Khan's (an Australian-based Senior Occupational Therapist) training to strengthen her understanding of providing education and support to tweens, teenagers, young adults, and their families through puberty.

  • To learn more about aspects to consider when children are approaching or going through puberty: click here.​

 

Linda is passionate about working with children to reach their potential and support their families to reach their goals. She believes in building partnerships to provide a holistic, integrated, supportive approach. This enables parents and other essential support people to enhance their skills and promote the child's participation in activities that develop their skills to fulfil their dreams.

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Linda is committed to providing a quality service that is professional and friendly and that meets the children where they are, within the unique demands of each family's life.

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