About Us
Bethany Clark
Bethany is the founder of Play for Life Occupational Therapy. Bethany graduated from Sydney University as an Occupational Therapist in 2009. Bethany has extensive experience working with children with disabilities, particularly cerebral palsy, autism, ADHD, developmental delay and very young children.
As a therapist from a neurodivergent family, Bethany is particularly interested in supporting neurodivergent children and their families.
Bethany has completed extensive professional development, including:
- DIR Floortime
- Co-Op
- Get Permission Feeding Approach
- SOS Feeding therapy
- Occupational Performance Coaching
- Seating & Positioning
- Neuro-affirming practice
- Autism Level UP
- Ready Rocket Resources
- and a range of other courses.
Bethany is committed to continual learning, with a current focus on neuro-affirming practice.
Bethany is passionate about family centred practice, working closely with families to embed therapy strategies into daily life.
Bethany works from a play based framework, and will follow your child's lead and interests to work towards goals, meaning sessions are always centred around play and having fun!
Bethany is trained in the ADOS and MIGDAS assessments for diagnosing autism. Bethany can complete these assessments, to support your doctor in making a diagnosis.