Elle is an Occupational Therapist from the United Kingdom. Australian-born Elle has grown up in the U.K. She graduated from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK with honours. Elle is a member of the British Association of Occupational Therapists (BAOT) as well as the Health Professions Council U.K.

Prior to joining the Dynamics team, Elle chose to complete an elective placement in New South Wales, Australia within the area of paediatrics. During her placement Elle worked in a variety of clinical areas with children ranging from the ages 0-17 years.

Whilst studying at University Elle worked as a ‘child minder’ for a family with two children. One of which had a variety of emotional and behavioural needs. This allowed Elle to develop skills and knowledge around working with children with similar traits and diagnosis.

Elle utilises an informal and interactive approach to allow sessions to be both engaging and enjoyable for the child. She believes in providing client centred sessions that involve working closely with families, teachers and others members of the team, allowing her to tailor her sessions to the individual child’s interests and needs.

Elle is passionate in regards to the topic of social inclusion and aims to maximise inclusion for children through her creative nature. Elle also believes in focusing on people’s quality of life and providing them with the means to increase this.

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.

Eunice has completed the professional training in behavioral therapy, awarded by the Autism Behavioral Intervention Association, Melbourne. This course has given her the practical skills and theoretical knowledge required to work as an Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA) therapist. Eunice is currently undergoing training in Child Centered Play Therapy, and is expected to complete this post graduate training in 2012.

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.

Michelle is an Occupational Therapist who grew up and studied in Perth, Australia. She has worked both in Singapore and Perth in private and community settings, particularly with children experiencing learning difficulties and mild developmental delay. In doing so, she focused on strengthening children’s fine motor and gross motor skills, visual perceptual skills, handwriting, and sensory processing skills.

Michelle believes in working closely with families, teachers and/or other therapists to provide therapy that is fun, engaging and meets the child’s individual interests and needs. She has also completed a Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Education in Perth that inspires her to integrate occupational therapy with learning and educational outcomes.

Nikki is a South African occupational therapist who earned her degree at the University of Cape Town. She is registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa.

Nikki’s experience in working in the South African context has exposed her to a broad range of practice settings, from a school-based practice, to hospitals, rehabilitation centres and community-based programmes.  It is this wealth of experience that she hopes will enrich her therapy sessions. She has fostered a real fascination with human development and, in particular, a passion for working with children.

She is committed to providing therapy that empowers clients to function independently in the world around them. She believes in working in collaboration with families and other team members. Nikki enjoys developing therapeutic relationships with clients, and looks forward to nurturing growth in creative ways.

Ruth is a Singaporean occupational therapist who received her training at the University of Sydney. Ruth has been working in Sydney since 2004.

She has worked with adults and children with various disabilities, learning difficulties, general developmental delay, low vision and autism and is passionate about every child achieving his/her fullest potential in life. She has worked in different types of settings with a varied clientele both in private practice, public hospital and community settings.

Susan Bhalla is an American certified and licensed Occupational Therapist, with a degree from the Occupational Therapy school at the University of New Hampshire. She has over 10 years of multi-cultural OT experience having worked in a range of countries including Jordan, the Philippines, the United States, and now Singapore.

Susan brings a wealth of experience from a variety of settings including school systems, private, and clinical settings. She has worked with infants and babies with global developmental delay and feeding disorders as well as children with physical disabilities (Cerebral Palsy, Downs, Muscular Dystrophy) and with students with learning disabilities, ADHD, ADD, OCD and Autism. She uses a combination of approaches such as NDT and sensory integration in her therapy sessions and is skilled at both assistive and adaptive technologies. In addition to her work with children, Susan conducts workshops and training courses for caregivers and teachers.

Being an occupational therapist is a life style and you try to empower your students to be as independent as possible in their daily life. By understanding the cultural dimensions of your students’ daily activities, you can have a positive and sustainable impact on their lives.

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 (License Number SIPT #8148). Yael has done numerous courses in Oral Motor therapy and Feeding including of TalkTools® (level 1 and 2), MORE (Motor Oral Respiratory and Eyes) program, IOSM (interactive oral sensory motor) and the SOS approach for Feeding. She is also trained in Samonas, Floortime, Wilbarger Thera-Pressure Protocol and administering ADOS (Autistic Diagnostic Observation Schedule).

Yael also specializes in going to school visits for her clients and making recommendations for adaptations within the classroom. This special support that she offers to her clients has make considerable difference in their coping ability within the school environment.

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 and many more.

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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