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Paediatric Occupational Therapist based in Orange servicing Australia
➡️ Providing neuroaffirming OT Assessment and Intervention
➡️ Workshops: Carers, Educators, allied Health
➡️ Mentoring: Paed OT’s
➡️ Consulting in Schools and Early Learning Centres

25/09/2026

MY WEEK AS A PAEDIATRIC OT ||

I absolutely love being a Paediatric OT!

Sharing some of the highs and lows and things that caught my attention this week including:
🌱 Neurological informed interventions take the prize again - achieving 19 ball bounces without practicing ball bouncing!
🌱Lost - pink Argyle diamond from wedding ring 😭
🌱 Attended a webinar: Using Life Story to support children and young people in out of home care. Fascinating!

What’s to hear the flavour of your week?

Michelle



ORANGE WAITLIST OPEN AGAIN || Michelle is opening the Orange waitlist for occupational therapy assessment and interventi...
24/09/2026

ORANGE WAITLIST OPEN AGAIN ||

Michelle is opening the Orange waitlist for occupational therapy assessment and intervention for children aged 0–12.

Michelle works with children and families in a neuro-affirming, relationship-based way, supporting:

🌱 Regulation and connection
🌱 Play and social connection
🌱 Sensory processing and movement
🌱 Learning and development
🌱 Everyday independence: sleep, feeding, toileting and dressing

To join the waitlist, register via our website: seedpaediatricservices.com
Or email [email protected]

18/09/2026

Sharing some of the highs, lows and things that caught my attention this week including:
🌱 My sparkly princess hair 👸🏼
🌱$22 fine due in 14 days 😬
🌱 Lived experience of dyslexia - tell me more please!
🌱 reading chapter 5 of How Emotions are Made, Lisa Feldman Barrett
🌱 reading for a second time a paper about the neurologically based sensory - movement differences that underpin Autism, wrapping my mind around the concept of ‘automatic proprioception’ discussed in the last DFX Learning Journey Community meeting 🧠🧐
🌱 Webinar - Using Life Story Work to Support Children and Young People in Out of Home Care. Fascinating!

Love to hear about your week





07/09/2026

BOOK REVIEW ||

Wired to Feel: Autism as a condition of sensory surplus. Sarah Bergenfield & Martha Sweezy

This book is still hot off the press, published just a few months ago. Have you read it yet? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Obviously my favourite word in the book was umwelt - what’s yours?

If you’d like to read along with us, our next book is How Emotions Are Made, Lisa Feldman Barrett, 2017. Aiming to finish by the first Friday of next month 📚





It’s Saturday morning. It’s been a tricky few weeks. You duck to town to pick up a few things. There’s a list but someho...
05/09/2026

It’s Saturday morning. It’s been a tricky few weeks. You duck to town to pick up a few things. There’s a list but somehow your car takes you to It’s vibing, Tegan Franks is painting live, De Salis offering w**e. You wander past all gorgeousness and suddenly a piece stops you in your tracks Yellow Bird by Claudio Kirac | Artist. It reminds you of your Grandmar and her beloved quirky Cockie. You kinda identify as a family of quirky create birds. You don’t know where you’ll hang it but that seems irrelevant. You call your sister Lucky44 to check if you’re being impulsive. Of course she says you can’t leave without it. Then you spend the rest of the weekend staring at it.

Happiest of spring days! The End 💛

21/08/2026

Michelle spent a full day with the incredible team of OTs, Speech Pathologists and Educators at Kool Katts, a dynamic and dedicated team she’s had the privilege of mentoring for over 2 years now.

They started the day with a deep dive into:

⭐️ The elements we curate that promote neuroplasticity: providing experiences that are the just right challenge prompting an adaptive response; and providing attuned serve-and-return interactions

⭐️ Developmental of Self regulation

⭐️ The science underlying regulation including Polyvagal Theory

⭐️ Attunement and sensory motor strategies that support regulation and movement towards readiness to engage and learn

The afternoon involved lots of hands on experiences in the clinic, which is always energising and fun!

It was also Kool Katts 9th anniversary- huge congratulations to you all for co-creating a dedicated and cohesive team.





08/08/2026

It’s happening!

Soph, Cory and I launched our little book club last night, 8pm Friday night (because that’s the kind of keen beans we are 😳).
We perused our shelves and pulled together a long list of books not yet devoured.
Our hope is that by meeting monthly we’ll keep those pages turning.

First on the list is Wired to Feel - Autism as a Condition of Sensory Surplus, Sarah Bergenfield and Martha Sweeney. Have you read it yet?




22/07/2026

LEARN WITH US ||

SEED has loved working collaboratively with Amy and the clever and dedicated team of educators and clinicians working at Forbes Pre School for over 10 years.
As always it’s an absolute honour and a hoot learning and playing together.

Contact Sarah or Michelle if you would like you team to engage in learning that’s informative, interactive and fun! We’d love to hear from you.

Sarah@seedpaediatricservices
Michelle@seedpaediatricservices





LEARN WITH US ||Michelle was honoured to share her knowledge of Sensory Integrative Processing and Child Development wit...
15/07/2026

LEARN WITH US ||

Michelle was honoured to share her knowledge of Sensory Integrative Processing and Child Development with over 60 parents yesterday. So much interest and so many fantastic questions!

Sincere thanks to Playgroup NSW for hosting the event and inviting SEED Paediatric Services to speak on a topic they’re passionate about and specialise in.

Topics covered:
⭐️ An introduction to Sensory Integrative Processing
⭐️ A deep dive into the 8 sensory systems
⭐️ Signs of differences in sensory processing
⭐️ Ways parents and carers can support their child at home

We’ll let you know as soon as Playgroup NSW publishes the recording on their website.

Contact either Sarah or Michelle if you would like this workshop delivered in your centre. We’d love to hear from you.

Sarah@seedpaediatricservices
Michelle@seedpaediatricservices





MENTORING PAEDIATRIC OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS ||A fortnightly mentoring session is now available as one lucky OT travels ...
10/07/2026

MENTORING PAEDIATRIC OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS ||

A fortnightly mentoring session is now available as one lucky OT travels around Australia with her family throughout term 3. What fun!!

If you’ve been listening to the and curious to have your own clinical conversation with me, let me know!

Appointment times are Friday AEST
1pm 24 July
11am 7 Aug
1pm 21 Aug
11am 4 Sept
1pm 18 Sept

Register your interest here:
https://www.seedpaediatricservices.com/workshops-training-and-ot-mentoring/ -mentor

I can’t wait to meet you where you’re at on your paed OT learning journey.

💛 These gorgeous dahlias were given to me by a clever and creative mum, totally deserving of a permanent spot here 💛

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