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Supporting Child Development and Advocating for those with Special Needs
Supporting Child Development and Advocating for those with Special Needs
Supporting Child Development and Advocating for those with Special Needs
Supporting Child Development and Advocating for those with Special Needs
ANTHEA BAILEY | HIGHLY SPECIALIST CHILDREN'S OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST | Serving Suffolk and Surrounding Areas
Expert Occupational Therapy for EHCP Appeals & Tribunals
How I Can Help
If you are appealing an EHCP decision or attending a SEND Tribunal, I provide independent occupational therapy assessments and expert witness support. My role is to clearly explain how your child’s needs affect their ability to access learning, participate in school life, and reach their potential.
Occupational Therapy assessment can provide deep insight into what can support your child to flourish. My work offers robust, evidence‑based recommendations to ensure a child’s needs are accurately represented.
I provide specialist support for Special Educational Needs Tribunal cases, including comprehensive reports and expert witness testimony. My assessments offer clear, evidence‑based insight into a child’s needs and the provision required for them to thrive.
Based in Suffolk, I travel across surrounding regions to complete assessments and attend hearings. Solicitors are welcome to contact me directly for Tribunal support.
I specialise in Autism, ADHD, sensory processing differences, Dyspraxia, Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, neurological conditions, developmental trauma, and a wide range of additional needs.
Expert Occupational Therapy for EHCP Appeals & Tribunals
How I Can Help
If you are appealing an EHCP decision or attending a SEND Tribunal, I provide independent occupational therapy assessments and expert witness support. My role is to clearly explain how your child’s needs affect their ability to access learning, participate in school life, and reach their potential.
Occupational Therapy assessment can provide deep insight into what can support your child to flourish. My work offers robust, evidence‑based recommendations to ensure a child’s needs are accurately represented.
I provide specialist support for Special Educational Needs Tribunal cases, including comprehensive reports and expert witness testimony. My assessments offer clear, evidence‑based insight into a child’s needs and the provision required for them to thrive.
Based in Suffolk, I travel across surrounding regions to complete assessments and attend hearings. Solicitors are welcome to contact me directly for Tribunal support.
I specialise in Autism, ADHD, sensory processing differences, Dyspraxia, Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, neurological conditions, developmental trauma, and a wide range of additional needs.
Every child deserves the right support to learn, participate and thrive.
My Tribunal Support Process
1. Initial Consultation
We start with a conversation about your concerns, your child’s current EHCP, and what support you’re hoping to secure through the appeal. This is your space to talk, ask questions, and feel heard.
2. Document Review
I carefully read through the EHCP, school reports, therapy notes and any previous assessments. This helps me spot what’s missing, what needs strengthening, and where further evidence will make the biggest difference.
3. Comprehensive OT Assessment
Your child is at the heart of this process. I carry out a holistic assessment that explores:
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Sensory processing
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Motor skills
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Emotional regulation
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Attention and focus
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Functional and independence skills
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Access to learning in real‑world environments
This gives us a clear, rounded understanding of their needs.
4. Expert Report
You receive a detailed, easy‑to‑understand, legally‑defensible report with specific and quantified recommendations. It’s written to support your Tribunal case and to clearly explain what your child needs to thrive.
5. Working With Your Legal Team
I liaise directly with your solicitor or advocate so that all evidence is aligned, consistent, and ready for the hearing. Everyone stays on the same page.
6. Expert Witness Attendance
I attend the hearing — online or in person — to provide professional testimony and answer Tribunal questions with clarity and confidence.
7. Post‑Tribunal Support
After the decision, I can help you understand the outcome, review the updated EHCP, or support the implementation of recommendations so your child receives the provision they deserve.
Contact for transparent and fair pricing.
Informing Strong, Evidence‑Based Advocacy Holistic Insight That Strengthens Your Case for the Right Support
What My Assessment Involves
I build a detailed, holistic picture of your child by gathering information from parents and carers, school staff and other professionals, standardised assessment tools, and direct observations in school and other environments.
School observations may explore:
• Attention and concentration
• Emotional regulation
• Transitions and changes in routine
• Peer relationships and social participation
• Executive functioning
• Demand avoidance
• Participation in classroom tasks, playtimes and school routines
I use creative, child‑friendly approaches to help children feel comfortable and understood.
Your child’s strengths and challenges deserve to be seen, heard and valued.
Initial Consultation
We start with a conversation about your concerns, your child’s current EHCP, and what support you’re hoping to secure through the appeal. This is your space to talk, ask questions, and feel heard.
If you’d like to arrange this first step, you can reach me easily using the contact form below.
Turning Insight Into Impact
After our initial conversation, I guide you through each stage with care and clarity.
Document Review
I carefully read through the EHCP, school reports, therapy notes, and any previous assessments. This helps me spot what’s missing, what needs strengthening, and where further evidence will make the biggest difference.
Comprehensive OT Assessment
Your child is at the heart of this process. I carry out a holistic assessment that explores:
-
Sensory processing
-
Motor skills
-
Emotional regulation
-
Attention and focus
-
Functional and independence skills
-
Access to learning in real-world environments
This gives us a clear, rounded understanding of their needs.
Expert Report
You receive a detailed, easy-to-understand, legally defensible report with specific and quantified recommendations. It’s written to support your Tribunal case and to clearly explain what your child needs to thrive.
Working With Your Legal Team
I liaise directly with your solicitor or advocate so that all evidence is aligned, consistent, and ready for the hearing. Everyone stays on the same page.
Expert Witness Attendance
I attend the hearing - online or in person - to provide professional testimony and answer Tribunal questions with clarity and confidence.
Post-Tribunal Support
After the decision, I help you understand the outcome, review the updated EHCP, and support the implementation of recommendations so your child receives the provision they deserve.
TESTIMONIALS
TRIBUNAL
"Anthea’s skill, determination, empathy and professionalism is simply incredible (more amazing words required!). She has changed the lives of our family for the better, forever. We cannot recommend her highly enough."
Family
"I find your reports and oral evidence to be thorough, balanced and entirely professional, always ensuring the needs of the child or young person you are assessing is at the forefront of your recommendations."
Barrister
"The parent was very staunch in her view that your report was exceptional, and I agreed!
Your report was extremely detailed and comprehensive. I was extremely impressed. I hope to work with you in the future and highlighted to the rest of the team that the report was of a very high standard."
Senior Education Solicitor
"Your reports are given great weight by the Tribunal."
Solicitor
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A Family‑Centred Approach
Parents know their children best. I work collaboratively with families, schools and professionals to develop meaningful goals that reflect what matters most. My practice honours each child’s lived experience, using tools such as MySET and Autism Level UP to ensure recommendations.
When we work together, children flourish.
My Story
I am a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist with 19 years’ experience, passionate about working in a relational way with children and their families - promoting growth and development in a deep and meaningful way – through play and joyful interactions and neurodiversity affirming approaches. I provide EHCP reports and Tribunal expert-witness services. Serving Suffolk and surrounding areas.
I am passionate about the privileged position of working with children and young people, enabling them to reach their maximum potential. Since graduating I have specialised in working with children, young people and their families. One of my highest compliments has been ‘you help children to shine’.
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I am a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist with 19 years’ experience, passionate about working in a relational way with children and their families - promoting growth and development in a deep and meaningful way – through play and joyful interactions and neurodiversity affirming approaches. I provide EHCP reports and Tribunal expert-witness services. Serving Suffolk and surrounding areas.
I am passionate about the privileged position of working with children and young people, enabling them to reach their maximum potential. Since graduating I have specialised in working with children, young people and their families. One of my highest compliments has been ‘you help children to shine’.
