by Youth Living Skills | Sep 21, 2018 | Blog
The Occupational Therapy (OT) functional assessment At its core, OT serves to increase a person’s independence to enable them to participate socially within their community and complete tasks and vocations in their life that is meaningful to them. When a person has a...
by Youth Living Skills | Sep 15, 2018 | Blog
What are psychological assessments for children? In general, psychological assessments aim to explore an individual’s cognitive capacity, how they think and perceive thoughts, feelings and behaviours. These assessments usually involve the psychologist observing the...
by Youth Living Skills | Sep 4, 2018 | Blog
What do occupational therapists do? Occupational therapists (OT) help people grow their independence and skills to perform everyday tasks and activities that is important to the person. This can range from vocational “occupations” such as studying or pursuing a career...
by Youth Living Skills | Aug 28, 2018 | Blog
What is Occupational Therapy and how can it help children? Occupational Therapy (OT) is an individualised service that focuses on building children’s personal and life skills, so they can be more independent and have a better quality of life. OT aims to enhance...
by Youth Living Skills | Aug 23, 2018 | Blog
At its fundamental core, psychology is the scientific study of human behaviour and the mind. Psychologists often work with people to improve how they cope with and resolve problems or issues inducing behavioural or emotional problems. Psychologists work with people...
by Youth Living Skills | Aug 13, 2018 | Blog
Why social skills important for children? Children can commonly have difficulties with interacting with their peers and forming relationships. Social skills are integral to a child’s development as making and keeping friends often advances a child’s confidence,...
