Occupational Therapy Service

The Secretariat for Catholic Education (SFCE) provides school-based Occupational Therapy (OT) services to the children attending Church Schools. The therapist carries out consultation therapy with Learning Support Educators (LSEs) and teachers, assisted by Heads of Department for Inclusion, Inclusion Coordinators (INCOs), and School Leadership Teams (SLTs) in schools.

OT is a service that strives to succeed by prioritising each individual student’s attainment of utmost independence. Through OT, children are provided with recommendations that will enable them to be functionally independent in the following areas:

• Self-help skills e.g. eating, toileting, grooming, taking care of themselves and personal belongings etc.
• Access to curriculum e.g. participation, handwriting, attention and alert strategies, and organisational skills.
• Meaningful interactions with peers e.g. learn how to play with others, turn taking in games etc.
• Classroom strategies to address needs of students with attention difficulties.
• Assessments for eligibility of access arrangement for the exam periods for children who have history of coordination difficulties, physical impairments, or other difficulties that may be assessed by OT.