Occupational Therapy | Down Syndrome Limerick

Jessica Kennedy is a Senior Paediatric Occupational Therapist who has worked in a range of settings across Australia and Ireland. She is an award winning Occupational Therapist who has been published on the Huffington Post & The Journal of Occupational Therapy Science.

Jess is the creator of My OT & Me, a site dedicated to offering individual client-centered interventions and accessible resources for parents and other professionals. She has completed further training in Sensory Integration, Feeding, Infant Massage and Special Yoga. Innovative and creative intervention is at the core of Jess’s practice, ensuring that parents feel like the experts in their child’s life and children reach their potential.

Occupational Therapy can help in the following areas:

Sensory Integration
Sensory Processing
Messy Play
Gross motor skills
Fine motor skills
Home and school-based interventions

Analysis, evaluation and selection of classroom equipment
Environment adaptations
Handwriting
Working on low muscle tone
Feeding
Toileting