About • North Shore Occupational Therapy

About North Shore Occupational Therapy.

North Shore OT is a paediatric occupational therapy service located on the Lower North Shore of Sydney. Our clinic is located in Artarmon and provides a fantastic therapy space complete with sensory gym. We are passionate about helping children to meet their full potential!

North Shore Occupational Therapy provides services for kids who may experience difficulties with:

Sensory processing challenges
Self-regulation problems
Clumsiness or poor coordination
Weak core muscles
Poor upper body strength
Fine and gross motor delays
Having difficulty attending and focusing in school
Difficulty relating to peers or making friends
Poor eye-hand coordination
Short attention span
Problems with expressing feelings and emotions
Poor or limited eye contact
Tantrums, stubborn and uncooperative behavior
Tires easily or hyperactive
Poor posture
Disregard for safety
Lacks age appropriate skills (such as dressing, throwing/catching)
Difficulty with planning and sequencing play ideas and/or movements
Unintegrated primitive reflexes
Transitioning between activities and events
Sibling relationships
Play skills

The Team.

Janie Echt graduated from The University of Newcastle in 2003. From the very beginning she was passionate about working with children to help them to meet their fullest potential and has worked in Australia and the UK refining her skills over the last 15 years.

Janie has attended numerous post-graduate training courses to ensure she is providing the most effective treatment options to her clients.

Janie currently evaluates and treats children with sensory processing challenges, motor and coordination issues, autism spectrum disorder, visual-spatial issues and school readiness concerns.

Janie is a mum of three and truly understand that life gets busy and it can be challenging to balance everyday life stuff while trying to best meet your child/rens needs. She enjoys partnering with families to help them problem solve how to fit therapeutic strategies and interventions into their daily lives whilst minimising the overwhelm!

Guiding Principles.

Strong Foundations.

At North Shore OT our therapy is strongly guided by our belief in the strengths of a developmental approach to therapy. We support children to develop their skills in their everyday activities, school tasks and social and emotional development by identifying weaknesses and gaps in component areas lower down in the developmental pyramid and working with the children and families to strengthen these areas.

Joyful Connection.

Parents, carers and other family members are an integral part of our therapy sessions. Through coaching and education we strive to support parents and carers to deepen their connection with their child. And it is within the context of these relationships that much progress can be made.

Play-based Therapy.

At North Shore Occupational Therapy play is an integral part of all our treatment approaches. Occupational Therapists are skilled at choosing activities that are a just-right fit for the optimal challenge to a child's skills, and the very best therapy sessions are those in which the child doesn't even realise that they are working hard!

Want to know more?

We are happy to answer your questions and to have a chat about whether our services would be a good fit for your child. Send us a message via the button below and we'll give you a call within the next few days to discuss.