Occupational Therapy virtual advice sessions
We’ve improved our Occupational Therapy virtual services to offer more personalised and accessible support. Our goal is to provide parents, carers, and educational professionals with high-quality advice to help children and young people thrive.
How to access our services
To access support, please follow these steps:
- Attend the webinars we provide that match your child’s needs.
By doing so before submitting a request, we can use the advice session to give more tailored guidance. - Complete our online request form.
Each request should focus on one specific area of support. - Receive your session allocation.
Once we receive your request, we’ll review the information you’ve provided and then invite you to the most suitable support for your child.
Support sessions
We offer three types of support via MS Teams:
- Group sessions (1 hour) Collaborative learning sessions to share ideas, learn new strategies, and exchange best practices with others.
- Individual sessions (30 minutes) One-to-one consultations with a clinician to gain more specific advice.
- Signposting sessions (up to 30 minutes) – Guidance on accessing relevant resources and services.
Session information
- All virtual consultations take place via Microsoft Teams
- If you need support in different areas, you can make additional requests as required.
- Please note: The Occupational Therapy team will send you a summary of the topics and advice discussed after the session. Please take your own notes during the session to ensure you have all the information you need to begin using the advice right away.
Please fill out this request form to book an advice session for an early years 0-4 years old child
For educational staff: You will need to ensure you have consent from the child’s/young person’s parents/guardians prior to the session. Parents will be sent a copy of information discussed at the session and it will be documented in their clinical records.
Please note: Although you’ll get a short summary of the topics and advice discussed after the session, it’s a good idea to take your own notes during the session to make sure you’ve got all the information you need to begin using the advice right away.
Please fill out this request form to book an advice session for a school age 5-18 years child/young person
For educational staff: You will need to ensure you have consent from the child/young persons parents/guardians prior to the session. Parents will be sent a copy of information discussed at the session and it will be documented in their clinical records.
Please note: Although you’ll get a short summary of the topics and advice discussed after the session, it’s a good idea to take your own notes during the session to make sure you’ve got all the information you need to begin using the advice right away.
To book an advice session for a child / young person with universal needs please fill out this request form
These sessions help staff to support children/ young people with universal occupational therapy needs within your setting. This may be topics such as how to develop a fine motor group, how to implement sensory circuits, further clarification on topics covered in our webinars.
Children/ young people will remain anonymous.
If you have concerns about a specific child and you do not have parental consent, our Occupational Therapist can discuss them with you anonymously. Please note if children are discussed anonymously there will be no record in their clinical records of the conversation or report given.
Please note: Although you’ll get a short summary of the topics and advice discussed after the session, it’s a good idea to take your own notes during the session to make sure you’ve got all the information you need to begin using the advice right away.
Need help ?
If you have any questions about our advice sessions or you need help to complete the online request forms, please contact us via our BHT Therapy Link.
Our Children and Young People’s Integrated Therapy Link Workers will be happy to help you.