Our Child Development Centre, located in Kildare Town is a premier Child Development Centre offering accessible and affordable early intervention services for children and adolescents of all ages, and all abilities, including those with additional needs such as Autism Spectrum Disorders, ADHD, DCD, Down Syndrome, Sensory Processing Disorders and many other developmental delays and conditions. Sensational Kids child development services are provided to families of all means, and are supported by grants, fundraising, donations and proceeds from our training workshops and child development store, so that we can provide an eminent service that is accessible to all. Fitted with €40,000 worth of specialist sensory resources, our Kildare facility provides a family centred environment designed to facilitate maximum outcomes for children including Large Sensory Integration Gym Sensory Room Individual Private Consultation Rooms Private Play Therapy Room Family Waiting Rooms         Services Available at Sensational Kids, Kildare   Occupational […]

Our Child Development Centre, located in Claremorris, County Mayo,  a premier custom built Child Development Centre offering accessible and affordable early intervention services for children and adolescents of all ages, and all abilities, including those with additional needs such as Autism Spectrum Disorders, ADHD, DCD, Down Syndrome, Sensory Processing Disorders and many other developmental delays and conditions. Sensational Kids child development services are provided to families of all means, and are supported by grants, fundraising, donations and proceeds from our training workshops and child development store, so that we can provide an eminent service that is accessible to all. Fitted with €40,000+ worth of specialist sensory resources, our Mayo child development centre in Claremorris provides a family centred custom built environment designed by an architect to facilitate maximum outcomes for children. Facilities include Large Sensory Integration Gym Sensory Room Individual Private Consultation Rooms Private Speech & Language Therapy Rooms Family […]

Located in the centre of Clones, County Monaghan, our custom-built clinic offers access to individual assessment or therapeutic intervention as well as education and training services from our paediatric occupational therapy team. Sensational Kids Child Development Centre, located in Clones, County Monaghan is  a premier custom built Child Development Centre offering accessible, affordable and timely intervention services for children and adolescents of all ages, and all abilities, including those with additional needs such as Autism Spectrum Disorders, ADHD, DCD, Down Syndrome, Sensory Processing Disorders and many other developmental delays and conditions. Sensational Kids child development services are provided to families of all means, and are supported by grants, fundraising, donations and proceeds from our training workshops and child development store, so that we can provide an eminent service that is accessible to all.   Child Development Centre, Clones, Co Monaghan   Fitted with specialist sensory integration resources, our Monaghan Child […]

Our 10,000 square feet Child Development Centre in Clonakilty, County Cork is a premier Child Development Centre offering accessible and affordable early intervention services for children and adolescents of all ages, and all abilities, including those with additional needs such as Autism Spectrum Disorders, ADHD, DCD, Down Syndrome, Sensory Processing Disorders and many other developmental delays and conditions. Sensational Kids child development services are provided to families of all means, and are supported by grants, fundraising, donations and proceeds from our training workshops and child development store, so that we can provide an eminent service that is accessible to all. Fitted with €40,000+ worth of specialist sensory resources, our Cork facility provides a family centred environment designed to facilitate maximum outcomes for children. Facilities include Large Sensory Integration Gyms Sensory Room Individual Private Consultation Rooms Private Play Therapy Room Family Waiting Room     Services Available at Sensational Kids, West […]

A Brand New Way to Receive Sensational Kids Services Our innovative Online Care therapeutic supports leverage video conference technology to allow you to connect remotely with one of our healthcare professionals, regardless of where you’re located. Access to therapy supports for a child or adolescent can make all the difference in the world, which is why Sensational Kids is innovating to improve access to services and to look after our vulnerable children and adolescents, when clinic based services are unavailable. You can now connect with us remotely for online therapy.  From Monday 23rd March, all of our occupational therapy, speech & language therapy and play therapy sessions will be moving to online video calls using a secure healthcare video conferencing system. You can also request for a therapist to call you over the phone. Our Virtual Care services are easy to use, private, and most of all convenient. Removes accessibility […]

Welcome to Speech and Language Therapy at Sensational Kids   Are you concerned about your child’s speech? Are you concerned about your child’s ability to communicate in their use and understanding of words? Are you concerned about how your child pronounces some or all of their sounds?   If so, our Speech & Language Therapy team can help. Sensational Kids offers a blended model of online and/or in-person speech & language therapy supports for your child.   Check out our speech and language milestones information chart  below to help you determine if your child needs speech & language intervention.     Speech & Language Milestones Chart   By Age Speech and Language Skill Milestone Refer if 1 year   Your child should be using gestures, pointing, understand cause and effect, imitate sounds, be saying their first words, and be communicating with intent   Your child doesn’t cry, babble or pay […]

Does your child need help to reach their full potential? Our Occupational Therapy Team at Sensational Kids helps children and adolescents of all abilities to maximise their potential through intervention to help them develop the necessary skills to participate fully in daily activities at home and at school. Maximising Potential Occupational Therapy for children at Sensational Kids helps children and adolescents of all abilities to maximise their potential. Following the individual assessment, the child’s goals are agreed and intervention is implemented through individual sessions. Occupational Therapy plays a vital role in making each child independent in the following areas: • Self-Help Skills • Gross Motor Skills • Visual Motor and Visual Perceptual Skills • Fine Motor Coordination • Sensory- Motor Processing • Activities of Daily Living (such as eating and dressing) Occupational therapists are concerned with developing the skills and underlying abilities children need to perform their main everyday ‘occupations’ of playing, learning and […]

How do I know if my child needs an Educational Psychological Assessment? An Educational Psychological Assessment may be required if your child is struggling to keep up in school. An educational psychological assessment is required to determine a child’s needs for additional resources in school such as assistive technology, special needs assistants, resource hours, or for accommodations during exams in secondary school. An educational psychologist assesses a child’s IQ and cognitive (intellectual) functioning. An educational psychological assessment is the assessment required to determine if your child has dyslexia. Educational Psychological Assessments are also required to assist occupational therapists to confirm a diagnosis of dyspraxia / DCD (developmental co-ordination disorder). How long does the assessment take? The assessment session varies in length, but on average it takes 2 hours as it is quite comprehensive.  A detailed written report is supplied a few weeks after the assessment, which contains relevant history, test […]

What is Hippotherapy? Due to the impacts of Covid-19 on our service capacity, our Hippotherapy Services have been discontinued during the pandemic  Hippotherapy comes from the Greek word hippos meaning horse. As per the American Hippotherapy Association: “The term hippotherapy refers to how occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech-language therapy professionals use evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning in the purposeful manipulation of equine movement to engage sensory, neuromotor, and cognitive systems to achieve functional outcomes. In conjunction with the affordances of the equine environment and other treatment strategies, hippotherapy is part of a client’s integrated plan of care.” In simpler terms; At Sensational Kids our specially-trained occupational therapists in the skilled use of hippotherapy; apply the movement, rhythm, and repetition of the horse and the equestrian environment as a treatment strategy to help children achieve their individual therapeutic goals. Hippotherapy is aligned with a medical model to address medical needs of clients, […]