Assessment, Treatment
and Intervention

“We experience life through our senses.”
Winnie Dunn

Assessment

Our assessment process is personalised to the specific aims and needs of each individual referral. We use a holistic approach, drawing from our skills and knowledge in a broad range of Occupational Therapy frameworks. Assessment may be required as a standalone, or a support element to existing therapeutic work.

We accept self-referrals, and referrals from Parents, Schools, Local Authorities, and wider Professionals. Fostering or Adoption specific referrals must be received from the commissioning Social Work Department.

Assessment approaches may include the following;

  • Sensory Integration and Sensory Processing assessments, including a combination of standardised measures and observations.
  • Sensory Attachment Intervention assessments, based on profiling and interviews initially, followed by direct assessment and observation​.
  • Functional Assessments for specific daily occupations, including the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS).
  • Eating and Mealtime observations​
  • Attachment-Informed Assessments including the Child Attachment & Play Assessment (CAPA), Marschak Interaction Method (MIM), Video Interactive Guidance (VIG)
Ask us about Assessment

Assessments may take place across a variety of settings; in the home, school, or other relevant location.

Sometimes with complex cases it is more appropriate to complete assessments indirectly, to reduce crowding of Professionals and services. The circumstances of each individual case will be considered at the point of accepting each referral.

Feedback from the assessments will be provided to all Key Adults and relevant Professionals involved. This might be using video footage and using written materials to support ongoing recommendations.

Treatment and Intervention

We offer a variety of treatment and intervention packages. These might take place in the home, nursery, school or college, or another appropriate setting.

Treatment and intervention packages may include;

  • Sensory Integration Therapy
  • Sensory Attachment Intervention
  •  The Just Right State (Child and Parent Protocol/ Adult Adolescent Protocol)
  • Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) Feeding
  • TalkTools™ Oral Placement Therapy
  • The Listening Program®
Ask us about Intervention

Typically, our intervention approaches are eclectic, combining the most useful and relevant aspects of different approaches in order to meet the specific needs of the child and their Key Adults.

Intervention will be implemented in a holistic and sequential manner. This means considering which approach would be most suitable to utilise developmentally. We also consider which elements of work need to be completed with the child or young person, and which with their parents or Key Adults. Therapy sessions are usually recorded using a camera to enable analysis and review.

What people have to say about us

"Fantastic experience - Emma has been very approachable ever since our first meeting. Her professionalism, as well as knowledge and its application to what our sons needs has been excellent. Sensory processing issues and sensory integration is complex but Emma has a brilliant way of getting this across in a way that is clear and understandable."
Parents of a child assessed for Sensory Integration difficulties
"I cannot emphasise enough how much we value Nick and Juniper Tree's input for the children and families we support. His support has kept complex children out of residential care and in foster care and schools find his work invaluable."
Team ManagerChildren & Family Support Team in the North of England
"Most importantly the children have all had positive experiences of working with Nick and Emma and have been open to the intervention despite generally carrying huge mistrust of adults. Foster carers and residential staff have all spoken positively of their engagement with the service and found the intervention of immense benefit to both the adults and children. I would highly recommend Juniper Tree Therapy for its comprehensive understanding of trauma, attachment and occupational therapy needs of children in care."
Guardian ad LitemWorking with Juniper Tree Therapy in Ireland
"We went for the follow up sessions with Joy and it was absolutely worth it. Joy was really supportive and quickly identified areas where we needed help. Now that we have finished therapy our son’s self esteem has improved and he is better able to tolerate situations that were previously challenging. I feel more confident as a parent and our relationship has improved."
VParent of 10 year old
"Kat did an assessment on our granddaughter and as a family we were extremely impressed. The report was very informative and in depth. After reading, we were also talked through it by Kat, making our understanding even greater and advising us on how to proceed forward. We cannot thank or recommend Kat and the team enough. They are amazing."
LynneGrandmother of S, Occupational Therapy and Sensory Assessment, October 2022