Elise is a dedicated Paediatric Occupational Therapist with over a decade of experience supporting Autistic children and children with developmental delays, behavioural differences, and ADHD. She works from a strengths-based perspective, valuing each child’s unique abilities and using these as the foundation for growth, development, and meaningful change.

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Elise is passionate about helping children reach their individual goals—whether that involves supporting sensory processing to enhance participation and daily functioning, fostering social-emotional development, or building motor skills. She takes a holistic and compassionate approach, recognising the important role of relationships, environments, and nervous system regulation in a child’s development

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Grounded in sensory integration and relationship-based frameworks, Elise tailors her interventions to suit the individual needs of each child she works with. She understands the importance of creating a safe and nurturing environment, informed by trauma-sensitive practices, to support children in reaching their full potential and transform their journey. Elise values family perspectives and works as a partner in empowering children within their natural environments.

 

Elise has extensive training and is deeply committed to working collaboratively with families to create supportive, empowering pathways that lead to positive and lasting outcomes for children and those who care for them.

 

• Building Blocks for Sensory Integration Course by Sheila Frick

• Deoding Autism - From understanding neurobiology to choosing intervention strategies by Kim Barthel

• Sensory Defensiveness (Therapressure© Brushing Protocol) by Patricia and Julia Wilbarger

• Focus on Treatment workshop by Sheila Frick

• Therapeutic Listening© by Sheila Frick

• Clinical Dialogues with Mary Kawar

• Astronaut Training: A sound Activated Vestibular – Visual Protocol by Mary Kawar and Sheila Frick 

• Camp Jabiru Symposium 

• Picky Eaters Vs Problem Feeders: The SOS Approach to Feeding by Kay Toomey

• STEP-SI” Clinical Reasoning presented by Tracy Stackhouse

• The SpIRiT of Paediatrics Occupational Therapy by Tracy Stackhouse

• NDT from Head to Toe” by Lezlie Adler and Kate Bain

• A view from the Floor by Beth Beth Osten & Chithra Kathiresan. 

• Polyvagal Theory and Embodied Sensory-Motor-Relational Intervention - Tracy Stackhouse and Hannah Burke