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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Sarah Newston Occupational Therapist


sarah@occtherapy4kids.co.nz

Sarah is an Occupational Therapist from Scotland.
She first met Fiona Lilley as a student when she came to New Zealand for a placement, and immediately fell in love with the country and the organisation. After graduating from Glasgow Caledonian University with a BSc Honours degree, Sarah worked in a busy hospital in central Scotland and gained a wide range of experience in various areas. However her passion has always been to help children build their confidence and achieve their full potential in school and beyond.

In her spare time she was providing private occupational therapy to children who were having difficulty with school work and handwriting, where the service was not easily available to them.
She has now come back to work with Fiona as a New Zealand registered Occupational Therapist, and is enjoying being able to do what she loves full time. .

   

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