Individual Therapist Profile: Vivienne Williams (Accredited Occupational Therapist)

Background

Vivienne Williams is the principal OT and director of Kids Matters OT. She started the practice in 2005 and it has steadily grown since then. She has 2 children – boy (born 2005) and girl (born 2002). She graduated as an OT from the University of Queensland in 1997 and has worked with children since 1999.

Experience with children’s issues

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

Ages worked with

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

Settings worked in

  • Therapy clinics
  • Home
  • Schools

Courses completed

  • Picky Eaters vs Problem Feeders: The SOS Approach to Feeding
  • Brain-Based clinical applications to ASD, CAPD, ADHD and dyslexia
  • OT approaches with children and adolescents with ASD
  • The DIR/ Floortime Model introductory Training and mentoring
  • Cognitive Orientation Occupational Performance workshop
  • Sensory Defensiveness -2 Advanced training
  • Advanced Clinical Reasoning: Integrating Sensory Integration Model with DIR/ Floor-time (with Colleen Hacker)
  • Advanced Clinical Reasoning: Introduction to 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

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

Areas of special Interest

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