Meet the Specialists

Hasyimah (OT)

Hasyimah is an occupational therapist who graduated from the Singapore Institute of Technology in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy (with Honours). As part of her training, she gained experience in a variety of clinical settings, working in hospitals and the community.

 

For the past 5 years, Hasyimah has worked with children in special education schools and private practice. She has worked with children with various conditions such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), global developmental delay (GDD), Cerebral Palsy (CP), and various other disabilities, often with multiple comorbidities.

She has built up expertise in paediatric clinical care assessing & conducting interventions for handwriting difficulties, sensory processing needs, social skills, upper limb rehabilitation and specialised seating. She is also a certified supervisor for new therapists registering with AHPC.

 

Trainings:

  • Handwriting Assessment (K-5), by Handwriting Without Tears ®
  • Sensory Processing and Sensory Integration Dysfunction commonly found in Children with Special Needs
  • The Social World: Practical Vocabulary and Concepts for Teaching How it Works, by Social Thinking ®
  • Strategies and Concepts for How to Navigate to Regulate in the Social World, by Social Thinking ®
  • Implementing Social Thinking ® Schoolwide: Bringing the Concepts into Classrooms & Beyond
  • Exploring & Applying Psycho-Sensory Interventions in your practice: Trauma-Informed Practice, by Kim Barthel
  • Screens, Physical Play & Pretend Play: What is Going on?
  • SOS Approach to Feeding
  • Facilitating Language Communication Skills in Children with Developmental Delays (The Hanen Way)
  • Advanced Bimanual Therapy
  • Constraint Induced Therapy Training Program Refresher Course
  • Facilitating the Development of Upper Extremities in Pediatric Therapy
  • Upper Limb Neurorehabilitation – Managing Hypertonicity and Optimising Outcomes
  • Fundamental Principles of Seating & Positioning
  • AHPC Supervisor Training