Let’s Eat

Dates and Locations

Ryde centre

Runs On	Time	Suitable For
03/10/2023 - 06/10/2023	9:00 am - 12:00 pm	8-13 years

Let’s Eat is an occupational therapy cooking program held in the Spring school holidays. The face to face group program is designed to teach participants how to safely and independently make simple and tasty meals.

Our occupational therapists will demonstrate how participants can cook using their current abilities, introduce new skills on task modification and use helpful assistive and adaptive equipment in the kitchen.

Cooking doesn’t just involve putting all the ingredients together. It also involves planning grocery list, budgeting and purchasing ingredients.

What are the outcomes?

Learn cooking skills and strategies to be more confident in the kitchen
Learn the basics of food preparation (opening jars, how to open cans, cutting, cracking eggs, opening packets)
Learn about a variety of assistive or adaptive equipment which can help with cooking
Learn about task analysis and how to modify task to support independence and success with cooking
Strengthening social participation and skills

Who is this program for?

Participants who have:
- Interest in cooking and being in the kitchen
- The ability to use two hands together or have the necessary support available to provide assistance with using two hand together (e.g. working towards using a knife and fork with support)
- The ability to listen and follow instructions (2 step instructions). This includes turn taking.

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This service is available at

Ryde centre

3A Smalls Rd, Ryde NSW 2112

0288783500

ask@cerebralpalsy.org.au

This service can be funded by your NDIS package

Capacity Building - Improved Social and Community Participation (Category 9)
Capacity Building - Improved Daily Living (Category 15)

Frequently asked questions

Who is eligible for the clinic

Infants 12 months or younger are eligible if they have the following:

Clinical history indicating risk for cerebral palsy

Risk factors include (but not limited to) prematurity, birth defects, genetic conditions, intrauterine growth restriction, hypoxia-ischaemia, seizures, neonatal stroke, infection

Abnormal neuroimaging-MRI or Cranial Ultrasound (CUS) indicative of possible motor impairment
Motor dysfunction

This might include abnormal General Movements, very low scores on standardised assessment (e.g. below 10th percentile on AIMS), poor head control after 3 months, hand asymmetry after 4 months, not able to take weight through feet after 5 months, not sitting at 9 months.

Priority will be given to infants who have not previously seen a neurologist.

What can a family expect when referred?

What happens if there is a diagnosis of cerebral palsy?

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