Lucy Bates Children's Occupational Therapist

30/07/2026

Any local SEN parents to Kidderminster fancy an afternoon of acceptance and fun go along to the neurodiversity league afternoon at The Park Gate in Kidderminster… looks like fun

Just a reminder... it's tomorrow!

If you're looking for a welcoming afternoon where nobody has to explain, apologise, or feel judged, we'd love to see you.

The Park Gate, Kidderminster (DY10 3PT)Tomorrow1pm–6pm

Our Neurodiversity League Family Fun Day is all about bringing families together in a safe, understanding environment. Whether your child is autistic, ADHD, has additional needs, or you're simply looking to meet other families who get it, you're more than welcome.

There'll be plenty of space for the kids to play, parents to chat, and hopefully make some new friends along the way.

Come for an hour or stay all afternoon.. there's no pressure, just acceptance.

Tag someone who should come along, and we'll see you tomorrow! 💙

28/07/2026

Another amazing day with Steph at Bringing together Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language therapy to work with children and families in a truly holistic way. Talking all things feeding, regulation, sleep, toileting and communication. Also my first ever reel!! Even therapists never stop learning! One more day left this summer but get in touch for more details of upcoming sessions..

22/07/2026

Lucy teamed up with Charlotte Charlotte Sireshuk today for a joint OT and Speech therapy session at a local village hall. As always great to work together to work on regulation, communication and play skills. Get in touch if you fancy joining us next time….

06/07/2026

Some lovely feedback to end the academic year! It’s amazing to see the progress our children and families have made and even nicer to get positive feedback from parents. We are lucky to love what we do but even nicer to know the difference we are making…

15/06/2026

Are you a Children’s OT working in Dudley, Worcestershire or Sandwell? Are you looking for more independent work on a associate basis? Lucy Bates Children’s OT collective are looking for associates to fulfil contracts in September. Come and join our supportive team working in specialist and mainstream schools and with individual clients. Email [email protected] for more details and to arrange an informal chat.

28/04/2026

Was great to be at Access Educational Provision today and deliver some training and results of a sensory audit.. great to be working with such a great group of people..

A fantastic training session today on The Sensory Classroom!

Huge thanks to Lucy Bates (OT) for delivering such an insightful and engaging session for our team. We’re really looking forward to working together.

13/04/2026

Back to school! Great morning today supporting staff at a specialist secondary school implement the DfE framework to support handwriting… Watch this space for more collaborations with this school supporting students with handwriting challenges…

13/04/2026

Back to school! This morning Lucy was at Sutton School in Dudley delivering handwriting training to support the school implement the new DfE framework on handwriting. Watch this space for an exciting collaboration with Sutton in the next few months.. do you need support with implementing this new framework in your school? Get in touch and we can help!

02/04/2026

Celebrating autism awareness day with a post from All on the board…

It's time Autism Awareness became Autism Acceptance.

09/03/2026

Over the last few weeks Lucy has been working with both Pens Meadow and Sutton specialist schools in Dudley to provide sensory boxes in each of the classrooms. The boxes are made up of a range of sensory supports, visuals, choice boards and how to use guides to support the regulation and engagement of pupils in the classrooms. If you’re interested in sourcing specialist OT support in your school or setting get in touch…