Willow Therapy
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Victoria, Australia
About the store
After completing her Bachelor Degree in Occupational Therapy at Monash University in 2010, Alice has worked in several paediatric practice settings including school systems, early childhood intervention, community and private practice settings across South East Queensland, the United Kingdom and Melbourne.
Alice has worked extensively as a school-based therapist and advocates the importance of early intervention. Alice has a passion for working with children with early years development, neuro-divergent profiles (ADHD, Autism, PDA etc.) and supporting emotional regulation through understanding co-regulation, interoceptive awareness, sensory processing, collaborative and responsive approaches. She enjoys being creative while working on practical skills, empowering families and individuals to reach their potential and goals. Alice is committed to continually maintain up-to-date knowledge of evidence and strengths-based therapy, including neurodiversity-affirming practices and listening to Autistic voices.
Alice now runs a small business, Willow Therapy providing Paediatric Occupational Therapy in the South-East Suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria.
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Space Rocket Name Craft
Making a Space Rocket for kids to write their own name, practice cutting and also following a visual sequence to complete and plan a task. Working on executive functioning skills, fine motor and writing skills while integrating concepts and areas of interests about space.
PreK - 2nd
Earth Sciences, Writing
Sock Snowman
Sock Snowman Craft & Planning SheetsCreate adorable winter-themed “Sock Snowmen” with this easy, no-sew craft perfect for classrooms, therapy sessions, or holiday workshops! Students use a clean white sock filled with rice or stuffing, secured with rubber bands to form the head and body, then decorate their snowman with drawn-on features and a ribbon scarf. This resource also includes Visual Step-By-Step Guide and Sock Snowman Planning Sheets, designed to support executive functioning and pla
K - 8th
Measurement, Visual Arts
Emergency Services Pretend Play Scripts and Visuals
Learning through play about emergency services is a great way for children to become more familiar about safety awareness and how to seek help. Play can also help children cope and process similar experiences e.g. going to the doctors/hospital, seeing the vet when their pet was sick and/or experiencing car or fire accidents. Play visuals help children initiate and join pretend play ideas, supporting cooperative play with their friends. Pretend and imaginative play is an important skill for child
PreK - 2nd
Learning to Put on Gloves
Want to support kids putting on gloves? Maybe it's to be able to participate in sports independently, have fun in the snow or complete chores/work tasks like cleaning and cooking safely. This resource explores the following themes: - Making a Plan (breaking down the task into achievable steps using the CO-OP approach) - Forward and Backward Chaining - Ideas to make it fun to learn and get lots of practice and - Strategies for working on underlying fine motor skills. It also includes an editab
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Holidays Pretend Play Scripts and Visuals
Learning through play about holidays and festivities is a great way to help children cope and process upcoming transitions and changes in routines. Holidays can also be a shared interest or experience among children, as well as teach children about cultural differences. Play visuals help children initiate and join pretend play ideas, supporting cooperative play with their friends. Pretend and imaginative play is an important skill for children as it promotes language, creativity, planning/proble
PreK - 2nd
Glad Monster, Sad Monster Feelings Book
Read the book 'Glad Monster, Sad Monster' by Ed Emberley. Then have children create their own Glad Monster, Sad Monster Book. Remind children how each monster in the book talked about activities or events that made then feel a certain way. Children can pick which emotions they want to use for their book and then draw pictures of the monster as well as pictures of the things that make them feel that way. For example, children might pick the pink monster (loving), they would draw their "loving" mo
K - 6th
Social Emotional Learning, Writing
Ice-cream Name Craft and Graph
Make writing their own name fun using an ice-cream craft cutout, practice cutting and also following a visual sequence to complete and plan a task. Working on executive functioning skills, fine motor and writing skills while integrating shared interests of other students/family members. Consider also grading the activity e.g. cutting on thicker paper/cardboard or laminated sheets makes it easier. This can be extended from writing their own name in their favourite ice-cream flavours to interview
PreK - 2nd
Math, Writing
Home and Community Pretend Play Scripts and Visuals
Children love to recreate their experiences, as it solidifies their learning and understanding of the world around them. Learning through play is a great way for children to become more familiar and independent with daily routines. These home and community play visuals are a great starting point for developing children's pretend play skills as it draws on familiar daily scripts and experiences. The visuals help children initiate and join pretend play ideas, supporting cooperative play with their
PreK - 2nd
Goodbye Dummy - A Dinosaur Social Story
Dinosaur themed Social Story for saying goodbye to a dummy. Perfect for younger students or anyone that loves dinosaurs to support moving on from using a dummy to self-soothe. Download the pdf and print as a book and have them write in their own name in the spaces provided. To be used with velcro visuals of tools specific to child's needs and sensory preferences (last page of story).
PreK - 3rd
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After completing her Bachelor Degree in Occupational Therapy at Monash University in 2010, Alice has worked in several paediatric practice settings including school systems, early childhood intervention, community and private practice settings across South East Queensland, the United Kingdom and Melbourne.
Alice has worked extensively as a school-based therapist and advocates the importance of early intervention. Alice has a passion for working with children with early years development, neuro-divergent profiles (ADHD, Autism, PDA etc.) and supporting emotional regulation through understanding co-regulation, interoceptive awareness, sensory processing, collaborative and responsive approaches. She enjoys being creative while working on practical skills, empowering families and individuals to reach their potential and goals. Alice is committed to continually maintain up-to-date knowledge of evidence and strengths-based therapy, including neurodiversity-affirming practices and listening to Autistic voices.
Alice now runs a small business, Willow Therapy providing Paediatric Occupational Therapy in the South-East Suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria.
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