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Manchester Occupational Therapy Services Ltd Manchester Occupational Therapy Services helps children, young people and adults live full, meaningful lives.

Provide personalised assessments and support to boost independence, confidence and everyday functioning across Greater Manchester and Cheshire.

08/10/2026

Say hello to some of the MOTS Team 💚

Answering some questions and busting some all important myths about the OT world 👀

We have some exciting news to share 💚Manchester Occupational Therapy Services is now listed on the Brain Injury Group Se...
23/09/2026

We have some exciting news to share 💚

Manchester Occupational Therapy Services is now listed on the Brain Injury Group Service Directory.

Supporting someone following a brain injury can involve many different challenges, from managing everyday activities and routines to fatigue, mobility, returning to work or education and becoming independent.

Our Occupational Therapy team works with children, young people and adults to understand what matters most to them and provide practical, individualised assessment and rehabilitation.

We’re really pleased that people affected by brain injury, their families and the professionals supporting them can now find out more about our services through Brain Injury Group

Take a look at our listing below;
https://braininjurygroup.co.uk/service-directory/manchester-occupational-therapy-services/

A lot of parents get in touch in September, and a great many of them open with the same sentence: I do not really know w...
15/09/2026

A lot of parents get in touch in September, and a great many of them open with the same sentence: I do not really know what happens next.

So here is what an Occupational Therapy assessment actually looks like.

It starts with a conversation with you. Before anyone meets your child, we talk to you, usually by phone, about a typical day. Getting dressed, mealtimes, sleep, homework, the school run, the parts that cause friction.

Then we meet your child somewhere that makes sense. Home, our clinic in Stockport, or school - wherever we are most likely to see how they function rather than how they perform in an unfamiliar room.

We use a mix of standardised assessments and informal observation, and where it is useful and agreed with you, we speak to the people around them.

Afterwards you receive a written report with our findings in plain language with strategies you can use and recommendations for what might help next.

There is no obligation to go any further afterwards. Plenty of families come away with a clearer picture and a few practical changes, and that is a perfectly good outcome.

If September has brought a worry into focus, we are happy to talk it through before you commit to anything. Call 0161 532 2524 or visit www.manchester-occupational-therapy-services.co.uk

Most falls at home are not dramatic. They happen on familiar ground, doing something ordinary, often in the few metres b...
14/09/2026

Most falls at home are not dramatic. They happen on familiar ground, doing something ordinary, often in the few metres between the front door and the kitchen.

When an Occupational Therapist walks through someone's home, we are not ticking hazards off a checklist. We are watching how that particular person actually moves through the space, and noticing where it gets harder.

In a hallway, that usually means:

Lighting. Can it be switched on from both ends, and is it bright enough at the point where the floor level changes?

Flooring. Rugs that slide, thresholds between rooms, and the strip of carpet at the bottom of the stairs where people turn.

Something to hold. Whether there is anything at the right height at the point where someone naturally reaches out (which is not always where a rail was easiest to fit).

Small changes in the right places can make a real difference to how confident someone feels moving around their own home.

If you are worried about a parent, a partner or yourself, we would be glad to talk about what might help them keep hold of, or regain their independence.

Call 0161 532 2524 or visit www.manchester-occupational-therapy-services.co.uk

For a neurodivergent child or a child with additional needs, school lunch can be a particularly challenging part of the ...
11/09/2026

For a neurodivergent child or a child with additional needs, school lunch can be a particularly challenging part of the day, and it's not something that gets talked about a lot.

Imagine it - thirty minutes. A hall full of noise. A queue. Packaging to open, a tray to carry, cutlery to manage, smells that may be overwhelming, friends to talk to, and a bell that goes before you have finished.

For plenty of children it is fine. For some it is the point in the day where everything stacks up, and what comes home is a lunchbox that has barely been touched.

Four things worth checking:

Can they actually open it? Yoghurt lids, cling film, crisp packets and screw-top bottles all need hand strength and coordination. Practise at home, or send things already opened.

Is there enough time? Some children need the food that is quickest to eat rather than the food that is most balanced. That trade is usually worth making.

Is it the room rather than the food? Noise, smell and crowding do more damage at lunchtime than most people realise. Many schools will find a quieter space if asked.

Can they manage the tray and the queue? Carrying a full tray across a busy hall while keeping your place in a line is a real motor planning task.

A barely eaten lunchbox is information, we can help you use it to get to the bottom of your child's issues with mealtimes.

Call 0161 532 2524 or visit www.manchester-occupational-therapy-services.co.uk to talk about how we can help gain confidence and manage at lunch.

Your child was fine at school. Then they got in the car and fell apart.If you are a few days into term, you may be seein...
09/09/2026

Your child was fine at school. Then they got in the car and fell apart.

If you are a few days into term, you may be seeing it already. A polite, coping, holding-it-together child at the school gate, and a completely different child ten minutes later at home.

It has a name. After-school restraint collapse. And it is usually not a sign that something has gone wrong. It is a sign of how much effort went into holding the day together.

School asks a great deal. Sitting still, following instructions, managing noise and movement and other people, coping with change, and doing all of it while learning something. For a child who finds any part of that effortful, staying regulated for six hours takes everything they have. Home is the first place it is safe to stop.

The first few weeks of a new school year are often the hardest, because everything is unfamiliar at once... new room, new teacher, new expectations, new route.

Every child is different and this will not be the whole picture for everyone.

Does this sound like your afternoons at the moment? Tell us how it looks in your house — it helps other parents to know they are not the only ones.

Fatigue after illness, injury, a stroke or a brain injury does not respond to willpower. Pushing hard on a good day usua...
01/09/2026

Fatigue after illness, injury, a stroke or a brain injury does not respond to willpower.
Pushing hard on a good day usually means paying for it across the next three. That pattern, sometimes described as boom and bust, is one of the most common things we help people unpick.

Occupational Therapy tends to approach it through three ideas:

Pacing. Planning. Prioritising. See the attached slides for the breakdown of what each of these phases look like.

It is less about doing less, and more about spending the energy you have on the things that count.

If the autumn restart is already feeling like more than there is fuel for, we would be glad to talk about what might help.

Call 0161 532 2524 or visit www.manchester-occupational-therapy-services.co.uk

For all the children either going back to school or starting this week and next... we're all wishing you the very best o...
31/08/2026

For all the children either going back to school or starting this week and next... we're all wishing you the very best of luck here at Manchester Occupational Therapy Services ⭐

If you hold a Disabled Person's Travel Pass in Greater Manchester, you can now use it on Bee Network buses at any time o...
25/08/2026

If you hold a Disabled Person's Travel Pass in Greater Manchester, you can now use it on Bee Network buses at any time of day 🐝

The 9.30am restriction was removed permanently on 1 March 2026. It sounds like a small administrative change. In practice it is not.

Before, a free journey meant waiting until mid-morning. That ruled out an early hospital appointment, a work shift, a college start, a school run. Anyone who needed to travel before half past nine either paid, or did not go.

The rest of England is due to follow in April 2027, when the time restrictions are removed nationally. Greater Manchester is ahead on this one ⭐

Why would an Occupational Therapist post about a bus pass? Because getting somewhere is an everyday activity like any other, and it is one of the first things to shrink after an injury, a stroke or a change in health. We work with people on the practical side of it: planning journeys around energy levels, building up to a route in stages, working out what to do when the bus is full or the stop has moved, and rebuilding the confidence to try at all.

Eligibility and applications go through Transport for Greater Manchester. We can help with these too.

If getting out and about has recently become harder, for you or for someone you care for, we would be glad to talk it through. Call 0161 532 2524 or visit www.manchester-occupational-therapy-services.co.uk⭐

The uniform is often the first hurdle of the school day, and this can cause the overwhelm that sets the tone for their i...
24/08/2026

The uniform is often the first hurdle of the school day, and this can cause the overwhelm that sets the tone for their important day or learning, social interaction and play.

Labels that scratch. Seams that sit across the toes. A collar that feels tight. Shoes that are stiff and unfamiliar after six weeks of crocs. For a child who is sensitive to touch, none of this is fussiness. It is genuinely uncomfortable, and it can set the tone for the whole morning.

The week before term is a good time for a dress rehearsal. Not the full uniform for a full day, just short, low-pressure tries while there is no clock running.

Scroll through the photos to see what we suggest to help ease your child in.

If your child is struggling with sensory difficulties such as these, get in touch with us for a free 20 minute consultation on how occupational therapy can help:

Call 0161 532 2524 or visit www.manchester-occupational-therapy-services.co.uk

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Broadstone Mill, 3rd Floor
Reddish
SK57DL

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Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

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