Mrs Sindy Mathews Occupational Therapist
Overview
Sindy is passionate about helping children, their families, and teachers. She has gained experience working with children with various challenges, including ASD, ADHD, ODD, global development delay, cerebral palsy, and learning difficulties. Sindy is devoted to ensuring evidence-based practice.
Sindy enjoys working collaboratively with teachers and parents, sharing practical tools to empower children to thrive in school, at home and in the community. She is dedicated to supporting students in achieving their personal best.
Qualifications and Experience
Education
- BAppSC(OT)USYD
Accreditations
- National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT)
Certifications
- How Does Your Engine Run?: The Alert Program for Self-Regulation
- Getting It Write: The Occupational Therapy Role in Assessment and Intervention of Handwriting for Primary School Children
- Infant Development—What's Essential? Australian Bobath Neuro Developmental Therapy Association (Inc.)
- Handwriting Without Tears: A Multi-Sensory Approach to Handwriting
- Sensory Processing & Impact on Everyday Life -Winnie Dunn
- Circle of Security: Parenting Training
- Social Thinking: Strategies for working with both concrete learners and those with subtle but significant problems
- Collaborative and proactive solutions; Understanding and helping students with social, emotional, and behavioural challenges -Dr Ross Green
- Occupational Performance Coaching: Coaching parents to enable children's participation.
- Executive Functioning in School: Student With Learning Difficulties
Specialisation and Services
Area of Focus
- Paediatrics
Modalities
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness
Patient Focus
- Children
Languages Spoken
- French
Services
- School Visits