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).




