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Liora Ben Shabat
Bachelor of Occupational Therapy
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Liora is an Occupational Therapist with over 30 years of experience. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel.
She is formally trained in Sensory Integration (SI) and Neuro-Developmental Treatment (NDT).
Liora brings with her a wealth of experience from a variety of school-based, hospital-based, and private clinical settings. During her career she has worked with children with a variety of difficulties, and in particular ADHD, Autism, Sensory Integration Dysfunction, Cerebral Palsy, Visual-Motor difficulties, Global Development Delay, PDD-NOS, Intellectual difficulties, cooridnation difficulties and handwriting difficulties.
She is also one of the only Occupational Therapists in Singapore with extensive experience working with infants and babies with developmental delays and other disorders. Liora is highly professional and highly devoted to her work. Liora brings to Dynamics Therapy Centre for Kids a high level of knowledge as well as creativity, and her experience inspires confidence in parents.
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Marilyn Cheah
Bachelor of Occupational Therapy
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Marilyn is an Occupational Therapist who trained at the Otago Polytechnic in Dunedin, New Zealand. Marilyn also has a diploma in Counselling and Communications from the Australian College of Applied Psychology.
Prior to joining Dynamics, Marilyn worked in Canada in a private practice, going into schools and also seeing clients in the clinic. She has worked with a range of children who have been diagnosed with various exceptionalities e.g. Visual Impairment, ADD/ADHD, Autism, Learning Disabilities… Marilyn also developed recommendations / accommodations for both home and school use to ensure that skills worked on during therapy were carried over into both the home and school setting. Over the summer holidays, Marilyn also organized and ran Handwriting Camps.
Marilyn is passionate about working with children to help them achieve their highest potential and strives to use creative and holistic methods to get there.
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Winston Lam
B.Sc (Hons.) Occupational Therapy
UK
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Winston is a Singaporean Occupational Therapist. He has graduated with a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Occupational Therapy from Nothumbria University, Newcastle in the United Kingdom. He also has a Diploma in Nursing from the Nanyang Polytechnic and served as a medic in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). Winston brings to Dynamics a high level of professionalism blended with a heartfelt desire to make a positive change in children’s lives.
At Dynamics, Winston works with children with ADD/ADHD, Autism, GDD, coordination difficulties and handwriting difficulties. As a male therapist, he is able to bond well with boys, and to bring the best out of them. He also believes in working closely with parents, teachers, and other professionals.
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Eunice Lim
M.A. (Public Affairs)
B. Health Sciences (Occupational Therapy)
Australia
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Eunice is a Singaporean Occupational Therapist. She has graduated from the University of Sydney in Australia. Eunice has worked in a variety of settings both in Australia and in Singapore.
She has extensive experience working with children with GDD, Autism, and Sensory integration difficulties. She has a strong passion for working with children and with their families.
Eunice is certified the administration of the SIPT (Sensory Integration and Praxis Test). She has also undergone training in SAMONAS (music therapy) and Therapeutic Listening.
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Cally Preiss
B.Sc. (Occupational Therapy)
South Africa
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Cally is a South African Occupational Therapist. Cally studied Occupational Therapy at the University of Cape Town, where she graduated with a Bachelor's degree. She has professional experience both in a hospital setting and in private practice. Cally has worked with children with a wide variety of learning disabilities and barriers to learning. More specifically, she has worked with children with cerebral palsy, intellectual imprement, developmental delays, learning disorders, perceptual deficits, behavioural problems and attention difficulties.
In Dynamics Therapy Centre for Kids, Cally is working mostly with children facing difficulties in the areas of sensory-motor, fine-motor, and visual perception development.
Cally is passionate about helping people and empowering them towards maximum quality of life. She is a people's-person and is able to create good rapport both with children and their parents.
Cally's mother tongue is English.
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Yael Sasson
Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (B.OT) , B.A.(Psychology)
RDI® Certified
SIPT Certified
Israel
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Yael is an Occupational Therapist. She holds a B.OT. degree as well as a B.A. in Psychology from the Tel-Aviv University in Israel.
Yael is trained in Sensory Integration (SI), having attended post-graduate courses both in Israel and in the USA, and is SIPT certified by Sensory Integration International (SIPT #8148). She is also trained in Samonas, TalkTools® (level 1 and 2), MORE (Motor Oral Resepiratory and Eyes) program, IOSM (interactive oral sensory motor), Floortime, and administering ADOS (Autistic Diagnostic Observation Schedule).
She is a certified Relationship Development Intervention (RDI®) Consultant, and has completed her training at Connections Center in Houston, Texas.
Yael worked in Sheeba hospital in Israel, and then joined Child Guidance Clinic (CGC) in Singapore. In CGC, Yael created the Occupational Therapy service and designed the Sensory Integration (SI) gym. Yael has extensive experience working with children having various developmental delays such as ASD, ADHD, selective mutism, coordination problems, sensory processing disorder (SPD), dyspraxia, visual-motor dysfunction, and handwriting difficulties.
Yael has made numerous presentations in professional forums such as the Asia Pacific Occupational Therapy Congress (APOTC), and NHG Annual Scientific Congress. She is frequently invited as a guest speaker at schools and local VWOs. Yael has also been an Occupational Therapy consultant for some of the local special schools and VWOs.
Yael brings to Dynamics Therapy Centre for Kids a high level of professionalism and integrity together with a commitment to helping children. In her work she makes sure to balance between therapy goals and the child having fun.
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Philippa Gregory
BA (Hons.) Communication Arts
MSc Occupational Therapy
UK
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Philippa is an Occupational Therapist from England. She holds a first class honours degree in Communication Arts from the University of Leeds and a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from Leeds Metropolitan University.
Prior to completing her training as an Occupational Therapist she worked as a teaching assistant providing educational support to primary and secondary aged children with special educational needs. She has also worked as a counsellor and drama tutor with children in an American summer camp and has worked in a voluntary capacity supporting children with anti-social behaviour orders.
Her experience in Occupational Therapy has been diverse. Prior to joining ‘Dynamics’ she was employed in a psychiatric hospital in the UK working with adults experiencing mental ill health and learning disabilities. Philippa approaches her work in a flexible, empathetic and professional way. She is committed to occupationally-focused and client-centred practice where the client’s needs and interests develop the foundations for intervention. She is enthusiastic about what occupational therapy can offer and is inspired by making a positive difference in children’s lives.
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