Thrive Occupational Therapy Mudgee

🥚 Happy Easter 🥚

Have fun, relax, stay safe and eat lots of chocolate. Our favourites are Cadbury solid eggs - how about you?

🌻 Emotions 🌻

Self regulation is a common goal we work towards with families. This information is so important to consider when setting realistic goals for children.

Before this: co-regulation, co-regulation, co-regulation.

A typical 5 year old can only self regulate (manage big, difficult feelings independently), at most, 20% of the time. A typical 15 year old still needs us to completely calm them or co regulate (where you support them in calming) a whopping 40% of the time. An adult who has been fully supported to calm appropriately throughout their childhood can only expect to self regulate 90% of the time. Are our expectations of our children and young people too high?

🌻 Welcome to the Thrive OT team Chelsea! 🌻

Hi to all the kids and families in Mudgee! My name is Chelsea and I have just started working at Thrive OT as a new graduate OT, after having recently graduated from Charles Sturt University, Albury.

I am from Tullamore, NSW where I grew up on my family farm. I have a big passion for working in rural communities and delivering occupational therapy services to areas where it is in high demand.

I love working with kids as I feel I can make a big difference in their lives, which is incredibly rewarding! I also love building connections with the children and their family and assisting them to achieve their goals.

I already feel so welcomed by the Mudgee community and am so excited to be working here!