Profession
Practical tools for routines, task breakdown, energy management, sensory preferences and participation goals.
Occupational therapy is about doing the things that matter. These resources support everyday occupational practice: breaking tasks down, planning activity and energy, exploring sensory preferences, building habits and setting participation goals in real environments.
They are informal practice tools for collaborative goal setting and intervention. They are not standardised occupational therapy assessments.
Scope: Informal practice tools, not standardised occupational therapy assessments. Specialist content is flagged for review by an occupational therapist.
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For Occupational therapists
An OT-informed guide to making dressing easier, covering positioning, clothing choices, sequencing, aids and energy saving, with a planning table for individual strategies.
Dressing · Independent living
For Occupational therapists
Practical, low-cost fine motor activity ideas for families and educators, grouped by skill area, with a simple record of what the child enjoys.
Executive functioning · Fine motor skills
For Occupational therapists
A planning template for a gradual return to work, study or valued activity after illness, injury or a break, with a baseline, graded steps,…
Energy conservation · Return to work and activity
For Occupational therapists
A practical habit-building planner that links a small new routine to something the person already does every day, sets up the environment and tracks…
Daily routines · Habit development
For Occupational therapists
A classroom checklist of practical supports for students who find handwriting hard, from seating and paper position to spacing aids, practice and alternatives such…
Fine motor skills · Handwriting and written output
For Occupational therapists
A room-by-room checklist for identifying environmental barriers to everyday tasks and simple supports such as visual cues, storage, lighting and layout changes.
Home and environmental supports · Independent living
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For Occupational therapists
An OT template for analysing an activity's steps, physical, cognitive, sensory and social demands, the environment and opportunities to grade or adapt it to…
Activity analysis · Task sequencing
For Occupational therapists
A structured record for trialling assistive technology, covering the goal, item, setting, set-up, performance, the person's feedback, safety and recommendation.
Assistive technology
For Occupational therapists
An OT-informed menu of attention and focus strategies across the environment, the task and the body, with a planning table to trial strategies at…
Attention and focus · Classroom regulation
For Occupational therapists
An OT-informed guide to safer, more manageable showering and bathing, covering setup, equipment, energy, temperature safety, dignity and privacy, with a planning table.
Bathing and showering · Falls prevention
For Occupational therapists
An OT-informed plan for building confidence in community settings step by step, from easier to harder places, with strategies, supports and reflection after each…
Community confidence · Community participation
For Occupational therapists
An OT-informed plan for getting around the community safely with mobility, sensory or cognitive changes, covering routes, aids, rest points, accessible facilities and a…
Community participation · Falls prevention
Includes resources shared with other professions where they genuinely apply. Use the search and filters above to narrow things down.
146 resources
For Occupational therapists
An OT-informed overview of a job's physical, cognitive, sensory, social and environmental demands, compared with the person's current abilities to plan return to work…
Employment · Return to work and activity
For Allied health and multidisciplinary teams
A guide for multidisciplinary teams writing joint reports, covering purpose, audience, consent, structure, each discipline's contribution, plain language and review.
Documentation and record keeping · Interdisciplinary practice
For Allied health and multidisciplinary teams
A template for planning sessions delivered by two disciplines together, covering shared goals, each discipline's focus, roles, session flow, the client's preferences and review.
Co-treatment and joint sessions · Interdisciplinary practice
For Disability support workers
A visual guide to key kitchen safety habits, from handwashing and knife safety to stove and kettle safety, food storage and what to do…
Independent living · Kitchen and meal preparation
For Occupational therapists
An OT-informed guide to adapting kitchen tasks for safety and independence, covering positioning, equipment, organisation, energy and safety, with a task planning table.
Energy conservation · Independent living
For Occupational therapists
An explorer for discovering past, current and new leisure interests across categories, with ticks for done before, want to try and not for me,…
Community participation · Leisure and recreation
For Occupational therapists
A practical strategies menu for adults with ADHD covering remembering, getting started, staying on track, managing time and looking after wellbeing, with a personal…
ADHD · Executive functioning
For Disability support workers
Clear visual steps for making a simple sandwich, from washing hands to cleaning up, with space for the person's own filling choices and teaching…
Independent living · Task sequencing
For Occupational therapists
An OT-informed guide for families and carers on meaningful activities for people living with dementia, drawing on life history, abilities and interests, with adaptation…
Dementia · Life roles
For Occupational therapists
An OT-informed planner for choosing and setting up memory aids for everyday tasks, from calendars and checklists to phone reminders and routines, with a…
Executive functioning · Independent living
For Disability support workers
Visual practice with Australian coins and notes, simple paying and change scenarios, and tips for building confidence with money at the shops.
Budgeting and money · Independent living
For Disability support workers
A printable visual sequence for a morning routine with original symbols, blank cards for personal steps and guidance on teaching and fading support.
Daily routines · Visual schedules
For Educators and school support staff
Twelve classroom movement break cards with seated and standing options, plus a teacher guide on timing, inclusion and calm returns to learning.
Classroom regulation · Movement and activity
For Occupational therapists
A reflection on the roles that give life meaning, past, present and hoped for, such as worker, carer, friend and volunteer, to guide occupational…
Life roles · Participation goals
For Disability support workers
A planner for putting together a personal sensory kit with items that help the person feel calm or alert, where to keep it and…
Proactive support strategies · Sensory preferences
For Educators and school support staff
A student-friendly checklist for starting high school, covering getting there, timetables, lockers, finding help, making friends and managing worries.
School transitions · Transitions
For NDIS providers and support coordinators
A participant input template for provider progress reports, so the person's own views on goals, supports, what is working and what they want next…
Advocacy and self-advocacy · Participant voice
For Allied health and multidisciplinary teams
An orientation checklist for new allied health team members, covering welcome, systems, policies, clinical governance, caseload, supervision and wellbeing over the first weeks.
Clinical and professional supervision · Staff orientation
For Educators and school support staff
A student guide to effective note-taking, with a two-column notes template, abbreviation tips, mind map space and a quick review routine for after class.
Executive functioning · Study skills
For Occupational therapists
A visual wheel and table for reviewing the balance of self-care, work or study, rest, leisure, social and home activities, comparing current and preferred…
Occupational balance · Participation goals
For Educators and school support staff
A desk card for students to self-monitor whether they are on task at regular signals, with a simple tick grid, a goal and a…
Attention and focus · Classroom regulation
For Educators and school support staff
A student routine for learning online or from home, covering set-up, a daily timetable, breaks, staying on track, getting help and finishing the day.
Daily routines · Online learning
For Allied health and multidisciplinary teams
A template for planning how a service will measure outcomes, covering what matters to clients, choosing appropriate measures, timing, who collects data and how…
Outcome measurement · Progress review
For Occupational therapists
An OT-informed pacing plan for people with persistent pain or fatigue, covering boom and bust patterns, baselines, time-based pacing, gradual increases and planning rest.
Energy conservation · Pain and pacing
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