About us

Fiona Lilley Occupational Therapist
Dip. O.T. (Derby U.K.) NZROT MNZAOT


fiona@occtherapy4kids.co.nz		 Fiona has been working as an occupational therapist for the last 25years. She has worked in the England and South Africa working with acute accident cases, head injuries, burns, and acute hand injury patients as well as with children with developmental delays and/or learning difficulties.

Then in 1986 she started her own private practice in South Africa working with children with developmental delays and/or learning difficulties.

After immigrating to New Zealand in 1991 with her family she worked in a physically disabled unit with children with developmental delays and/or learning difficulties plus physical disabilities.

In 1993 Fiona started the first of her businesses catering for children with developmental delays and/or learning difficulties.

Areas of special interest:

bullet Handwriting difficulties
bullet Visual perception difficulties
bullet Sensory integration
bullet Vision therapy

Fiona is a New Zealand Registered Occupational Therapist and a Member of the New Zealand Occupational Therapy Association.

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Wendy Godkin Specialist Teacher
Dip. in Teaching.


wendy@occtherapy4kids.co.nz		 Wendy is a Specialist Teacher in Reading, Spelling, Written Language and Maths.

She taught full time for 7 years after qualifying as a teacher working in all years of primary and intermediate schools and has also done part-time teaching doing teacher relief, special needs teaching and Reading Recovery.

Wendy has had a great deal of experience working in the 1:1 setting with children as she has been working in this area for the last 5 years.

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Helen Hodgkinson Occupational Therapist


Helen has had 20 years experience working as an Occupational Therapist in a variety of settings some of which include Wilson Centre for physically disabled, Wilson Home School, Central Child Development Team, Special Education Service, Starship Hospital, and is currently employed at a local Primary School.

Helen has always been very aware of the lack of government funded services to those children with learning disabilities and more recently has had the opportunity to run a perceptual motor programme at a local primary school. Working in a large Primary School has made it very clear of the need to make sure early foundation skills are very well developed before formal learning begins.

Special Interest
Perceptual/Motor development relating to foundations skills for formal learning.


 
   

 

 

 

 

Anne-Marie Scott-Donelan Occupational Therapist


Anne-Marie is a New Zealand Registered Occupational Therapist who graduated from AIT (now AUT) in 2000 with a BHSc(OT). I also have a previous qualification, BA(Sociology & Social Policy) from Victoria University of Wellington. Since graduating I have worked in a variety of settings providing occupational therapy including rehabilitation for adults and children who have sustained traumatic brain injury, a community mental health support service and community-based therapy programme for adults with cognitive disabilities. I developed a particular interest in assisting children with learning difficulties reach their potential following five years working with two Optometry practices providing vision therapy for children. She is working part-time for Occupational Therapy For Children in order to allow time with my husband and daughter.