About Allison
Allison completed her Bachelor of Occupational Therapy with Honours at the University of Queensland in 2021. Since then, she has worked as a registered Occupational Therapist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and as a member of Occupational Therapy Australia.
Allison values a neurodiverse affirming and client-centred approach, helping clients and families feel safe, valued and heard. She enjoys helping people learn more about themselves, build skills and celebrate their wins.
Outside of the clinic, Allison enjoys camping with friends or reading at home with her cat, Cinder.
Intervention Areas
- Sensory processing and modulation
- School participation and performance
- Handwriting skills
- Social-emotional development
- Self-care skills including toileting, eating, sleep, dressing, showering and menstrual care
- Executive functioning skills including attention, focus, planning, sequencing, organisation and problem solving
- Play skills
- Gross motor development
- Fine motor development
- Family support in understanding and managing tricky behaviours in children
- Emotional awareness and regulation, including Zones of Regulation and the ALERT program
Qualifications & Training
- Sensory Approaches in OT Clinical Practice, OT Australia
- Talking Toileting, OT Australia
- Strengths-Based Approach to Autism, Learn Play Thrive
- Supporting executive functioning difficulties in children and young adults, Verve OT
- Caregiver Readiness for Engagement in Therapy, Verve OT
- Intervention to address Emotional Regulation and Behavioural Challenge, Verve OT
- Introduction to Puberty, Bloom Wellbeing
- Introduction to DIR Floortime Practices, Profectum