Everyday skills. Meaningful lives.
I’m Ian, an occupational therapist with a nursing background. I work with children, teens and adults to find what’s underneath the hard stuff, then build a plan that fits where you are at. This may be anything from neuro-sensory exercises to practical facilitation of a daily activity like building a website or maintaining a car.
NDIS (self- and plan-managed), Medicare referrals, private health and private clients.
Parramatta, Blacktown & the Hills. I come to you.
Three pathways, one trail
Most people come to me about something they can see: handwriting, reading, a ball that keeps getting dropped. Sometimes the answer is practising that skill directly. Sometimes something underneath needs work first. Often it’s both.
Everyone’s somewhere on the trail. We start where you are. IJ
Photo: Michael Pohl on Unsplash
Foundation: why a skill isn’t sticking
The neurodevelopmental layer underneath everyday skills: reflexes, balance, vision and body awareness. Worth looking at when plenty of practice hasn’t paid off.
Explore the Foundation pathway- Primitive reflex integration
- Vestibular assessment and recalibration
- Visual processing
- Ocular motor and visual tracking
- Somatosensory processing
- Left/right brain integration
Ability: building the skill itself
Direct, practical skill-building. Taught explicitly, practised in small steps, with strategies or technology where that’s the quickest route.
Explore the Ability pathway- Reading and spelling
- Handwriting and written work
- Concentration and finishing tasks
- Ball skills and movement
- Compensatory strategies
- Assistive technology
Occupation: the life the skills are for
Practical coaching for the things you actually want to do: running a home, using technology, getting work-ready.
Explore the Occupation pathway- Basic car care and maintenance
- Computers and technology
- AI-assisted web design
- Website hosting and management
- Digital healthcare and eMR careers
- Practical home and maintenance skills
Hi, I’m Ian.
I trained as a nurse before becoming an occupational therapist, and I’ve been a registered OT since 2014, across private practice, public health and digital health. I also completed advanced vestibular rehabilitation training at Emory University in Atlanta.
I started Coordinated OT because I believe skills can keep developing, even where it seems impossible. One of my clients, Holly, taught me that.
Read my story and meet HollyResearch, read honestly
Every approach on this site links to the studies behind it. I’ve also marked how strong that evidence is, including where it’s still early. You deserve to know the difference, and so does your GP or support coordinator.
Consistent findings across systematic reviews or meta-analyses of controlled trials.
Supportive studies and reviews, but fewer or smaller trials so far.
Promising early studies. The research is still young and some of it is debated.
Research that explains how the brain and body learn, rather than testing a therapy directly.
Professional frameworks describing what OT covers and when another profession leads.
If the evidence is thin, I’ll tell you, and we’ll lean on what’s proven. IJ
Getting started
Send an enquiry
Tell me what you’d like to be able to do. Tick “callback” if you’d rather talk.
We talk it through
I’ll reply as soon as I can. I’m often with a client, so it may not be straight away.
First appointment
An assessment and a program tailored to your goals, strengths and needs.
Mobile service across Parramatta, Blacktown and the Hills District. For children and young people, and for grown-ups too.