Free Therapy Handouts & Resources
The handouts we give clients, available to everyone. Written by our own clinicians, free to read, free to print, and free to pass on to a teacher, a grandparent or a support worker. No sign-up, no email address, no catch.
Read them here, or print them
Every handout is a full page you can read on a phone, and every one has a Print or save as PDF button at the top. Printing gives you a clean copy with the website navigation stripped out — the same sheet we would hand you in a session — and choosing "Save as PDF" in the print dialogue gives you a file to email or keep.
These are general information, not personal advice. They are a good starting point and a good thing to hand to somebody else; they are not an assessment of your child or of you. If something here does not fit, that is usually because your situation has a detail in it that a handout cannot know about — which is exactly what a free consultation is for.
All handouts
New handouts are added as we write them. If there is something you would find useful and it is not here, tell us — most of these exist because a client asked.
Building a Regulation Toolkit
A free occupational therapy handout on emotional regulation — the escalation curve, what works before, during and after a meltdown, and how to build a personal regulation toolkit for children and adults.
Learn moreBuilding Language in Everyday Routines
A free speech and language handout on building language at home — strategies that work during meals, bath, dressing and play, with no special materials and no set-aside practice time.
Learn moreEnergy Conservation & Pacing
A free occupational therapy handout on energy conservation and pacing for fatigue — the four Ps, the boom-and-bust cycle, activity budgeting and practical changes for chronic illness, long COVID and recovery.
Learn moreExecutive Function Toolkit
A free occupational therapy handout on executive function — why starting is the hard part, and practical systems for initiation, time, working memory, planning and follow-through.
Learn moreFalling Asleep Alone: The Handover Problem
A free occupational therapy handout on children who cannot fall asleep without someone there - the six places the bedtime handover breaks, how to fade your presence gradually, night waking, and the same problem in teenagers and adults.
Learn moreFine Motor Play Ideas by Age
A free occupational therapy handout of fine motor play ideas by age, from toddler to school age, with the milestones to expect and the everyday activities that build hand skills.
Learn moreGetting Started with AAC at Home
A free handout on starting with AAC at home — modelling without pressure, the myths about AAC and speech, what to do in the first month, and why a device gets abandoned.
Learn moreHandwriting Activities for Home
A free occupational therapy handout with practical handwriting activities for home — the skills underneath handwriting, pencil grasp, letter formation and fifteen activities that build the skill without a worksheet.
Learn moreHome Safety Checklist
A free occupational therapy home safety checklist for seniors and anyone at risk of falls — room by room, with the no-cost changes first and the signs that an assessment is needed.
Learn moreMaking a Visual Schedule That Works
A free handout on visual schedules — how to choose the right format, how many steps to use, where to put it, and the common mistakes that make a schedule get ignored.
Learn moreSensory Processing Through the Day
A free occupational therapy handout on sensory processing, organised by the parts of the day that go wrong - mornings, the after-school crash, mealtimes, bedtime and busy places - with what to change in each.
Learn moreSpeech Sound Development Milestones
A free speech and language handout on speech sound development — when each sound is expected, how much of a child's speech should be understood at each age, and when to seek an assessment.
Learn moreToe Walking: Telling the Four Kinds Apart
A free handout on toe walking in children - five observations you can make at home this week, the four different reasons behind it, how to tell them apart, and what not to do.
Learn moreWhy Behaviour Happens
A free behaviour support handout explaining the ABCs of behaviour — antecedent, behaviour, consequence — the four functions of behaviour, and how to work out what a behaviour is telling you.
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