Introduction
My name is Jantien.Knoester and I am an occupational therapist, sensory integration therapist and educational psychologist. I work as an independent private consultant in the international school setting in the Netherlands. Over the years I obtained experience in rehabilitation centres, schools for children with special needs and family care centres. My practice offers occupational therapy, sensory integration therapy and educational psychology for children between the ages of 0-14 years with the following problems:
- Autism and autism related disorders
- Behavioural problems
- Developmental delays or developmental disabilities
- Dyspraxia
- Learning disorders
- Learning problems: for example reversals of
- letters or numbers or poor organisational skills
- Fine motor delays and poor eye-hand co-ordination: for example difficulty colouring in the lines, poor handwriting or poor pre writing skills
- Physical handicaps and gross motor delays
- Problems with focusing, concentration and paying attention
- Sensory information processing dysfunction: for example poor balance, over-reaction to light, touch, noise or movement
- Visual impairments