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Greenway Occupational TherapyBrisbane northside · Paediatric & adult OT

Paediatric occupational therapy

Paediatric OT for developmental coordination disorder (DCD)

For children whose motor coordination is meaningfully behind peers - handwriting, sport, self-care - and where that gap is affecting confidence and participation.

What DCD looks like in practice

DCD is often missed for years. Families describe a child who 'tries hard but can't keep up' - slow with handwriting, avoids sport, struggles with cutlery, fumbles with buttons or laces.

By the time families reach OT the participation impact is usually broader than the motor difficulty itself: the child is opting out, anxious, or has been labelled lazy.

Approach

Goal-led, task-specific practice - typically using a CO-OP-informed approach where the child is part of the problem-solving. Generic 'gross motor' programs aren't usually what's needed.

Where handwriting is the bottleneck I will work toward functional written output and, when appropriate, recommend keyboard skills as a parallel track.

Working with schools

Classroom strategies for handwriting, fatigue, and self-paced output. Most of the gain for DCD comes from making the school environment match the child's actual capacity, not from after-school therapy alone.