Individual Therapist Profile: Vivienne Williams (Accredited Occupational Therapist)

Family background

  • 2 children – boy (born 2005) and girl (born 2002)

Special Achievements

  • Building Kids Matters OT

Graduated

  • University of Queensland, 1997

Work as an Occupational Therapist/ with children

  • Worked as an OT since 1998
  • Worked as an OT with children since 1999

Experience with children’s issues

  • Sensory Processing Difficulties
  • Learning Disabilities/ Dyslexia
  • Autism/ Aspergers syndrome
  • Developmental Delays
  • Attention Deficit Disorder
  • Motor coordination problems – gross and fine motor
  • Handwriting concerns
  • Multiple physical disabilities
  • Various syndromes

Ages that have worked with

  • 0-60 years, but mostly with 3-12 year olds.

Settings that worked in

  • Home
  • Schools
  • Therapy clinics
  • Medical room

Courses completed

  • Cognitive Orientation Occupational Performance workshop
  • Sensory Defensiveness -2 Advanced training
  • Advanced Clinical Reasoning: Integrating Sensory Integration Model with DIR/ Floor-time
  • Advanced Clinical Reasoning: DIR/Floortime
  • Visual Perception Intensive training
  • M.O.R.E. Integrating the mouth with sensory and postural functions
  • Sensory Defensiveness: A Comprehensive Treatment Approach, Posture, Gross Motor and Fine Motor Co-ordination
  • Getting Kids in Sync – Genevieve Jereb
  • Brain Gym
  • Introduction to Relationship Development Intervention
  • Triple P Positive Parenting Program – Level 4 Group,
  • Play Theory and Practice – Anita Bundy
  • Sensory Integration Treatment Course for Advanced Occupational Therapist
  • Sensory Integration and Praxis Course – Theory Component
  • Learn to Play – Karen Stagnetti

Work History

  • Toowoomba Locum Allied Health Service
  • MontroseAccess (Qld Society for Crippled Children)
  • Private Practice – Kid’s Matters Occupational Therapy

Areas of special Interest

  • Sensory Processing
  • Dyslexia/ learning difficulties
  • Emotional development
  • Play – gross motor, fine motor and imaginative

 ALL KIDS MATTERS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS ARE ENROLLED IN A FORMAL MENTORING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS UNDER KIDS MATTERS OT, WITH OTHER KIDS MATTERS STAFF.

 V IVIENNE WILLIAMS ALSO GETS FORMAL MENTORING BY KATHY WALMSLEY (DIR/ FLOOR-TIME MODEL) AND FIONA GRAHAM (CO-OP).