Trafford Children’s Therapy is a combined physiotherapy and occupational therapy team. We provide high quality holistic therapy assessments, treatments, advice and care to babies, children and young people with complex and additional needs.
Our aim is to improve the child’s function in daily activities so they can achieve their full potential and stay healthy. We work closely with partner agencies to provide safe, coordinated interventions, which focus on the needs of the child and their family and keep waiting times to a minimum. We’re based at Sale Waterside but also work in a variety of settings including schools, nurseries, clinics and the child’s home.
Occupational therapists are specially trained to assess and provide advice and intervention, for children with a disability and children who experience difficulties with everyday tasks at home, school and during play.
Occupational therapists assist with:
- Specialist equipment
- Minor and major home adaptations
- Personal care skills
- Splinting for chronic conditions
- Developing coordination and fine motor skills
- Advice for schools to accommodate the child’s needs
- Sensory assessments
Occupational therapists are specially trained to assess and provide advice and intervention, for children with a disability and children who experience difficulties with everyday tasks at home, school and during play.
Our specialist occupational therapists have developed these documents to cover a range of functional difficulties your child may be having.
By working through these with your child, you can help to improve their skills in things like handwriting, ball skills, doing/undoing buttons, using cutlery etc.
Please read our introduction to advice sheets to help you make the most of these resources.
Early Years
- Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists – www.apcp.csp.org.uk/parent-leaflets
- Getting ready to look, listen and play
- Getting ready to move, sit and balance
- Getting ready to throw, catch and kick a ball
- Getting ready to write
- Hand skills
- Getting ready to use scissors
- Learning to dress
- Getting ready to use the toilet
- Learning to use a fork
- Learning to use a spoon
Primary
- Getting ready to pay attention
- Getting ready to sit
- Getting ready to work
- Positioning for optimal writing performance
- Getting ready to catch and throw
- Hand skills
- Cutting with scissors
- Cutlery skills
- Dressing skills
- Toileting
Secondary
- Transitioning to secondary school – information for parents
- Transitioning to secondary school – information for young people
- Getting ready to catch and throw
- Getting ready to sit
- Hand skills
- Positioning for optimal writing performance
Visual Perceptual Skills
- General
- Visual perceptual games
- Stages of visual motor integration
- Improving visual perceptual skills – under 5s
- Improving visual perceptual skills – primary school
- Improving visual perceptual skills – secondary school
General Strategies and Information
Contact information
Children’s Therapy Service – Occupational Therapy
1st Floor
Sale Waterside
Sale
M33 7ZF
Phone: 0161 912 4495
Email: mft.tctsnoreply@nhs.net
Opening hours
Monday to Sunday, 8:30am to 4:30pm.
Answer machine available outside the above hours.
Social Media
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TraffChildTherapy
Twitter: www.twitter.com/TraffordOTs
Documents for further information:
Discover a wealth of information on and gain insights into the Trafford Children’s Occupational Therapy team’s work, services, and recommendations on our Padlet Page.
This page is a valuable resource for parents, schools, and the community. Please scan the QR code or click the link to access a comprehensive guide to sensory processing and our team’s expertise.
Trafford Children’s Occupational Therapy Team Padlet Page
Padlet QR Code
We love to get your feedback.
If you have any worries or concerns about the service you are receiving please speak with your child’s therapist in the first instance. If your queries aren’t resolved then our team leader will be happy to help.
If you’re still unsatisfied then our patient advice and liaison service can help to raise this formally as a complaint. Click here to find out more.
If you think we’ve done a good job of looking after your child, then please let us know by contacting our compliments team. Click here to find out more.
You can also complete the Family and Friends Test here.
Service Information
Trafford Children’s Therapy is a combined physiotherapy and occupational therapy team. We provide high quality holistic therapy assessments, treatments, advice and care to babies, children and young people with complex and additional needs.
How to refer
We redesigned the way we accept occupational therapy referrals from Trafford schools and early years settings. You can find out more about these changes here: FAQ for school and early years setting referrals.
If the referral meets our service criteria, the case is either placed on our waiting list or allocated to an occupational therapist, depending on the level of risk. After the assessment we will offer programmes, therapy sessions, group sessions, equipment and adaptation provision, guidance to schools and work with other relevant services, as appropriate, to meet the child’s needs.
Referral methods:
- Self referral
- Health professional
- Social care professional
- SENCO
Phone: 0161 912 4495
Email: mft.tctsnoreply@nhs.net