Our Staff
Kathy Walmsley
Bachelor of Applied Science in Occupational Therapy 1983
Graduate Certificate in Community Counselling, 1993
DIR® Certificate 2006
DIR® Institute Facilitator
Kathy has a wide range of experience over a 24 year period. She has lived, worked, and traveled abroad extensively, most recently spending 4 years in the USA where she trained with the Interdisciplinary Council on Development and Learning Disorders (www.icdl.com) gaining experience and mentorship from leaders in the field of developmental disabilities such as Dr Serena Wieder, PhD. Kathy is the owner and director of SCOTS having started this practice in 2003.
Kathy has a passion for assisting families of children with developmental disabilities to maximize their child’s potential development using a relationship and play based developmental approach. After many years in study and mentorship Kathy received her DIR® certificate in 2006 and is currently a facilitator and Trainer in the DIR® Institute training program.
Kathy is involved in tutoring/supervision of other professional staff undertaking DIR® Certificate training both within Australia and also in the Asian region. She facilitates a floor time parent support group, and runs both parent and professional training group programs at an introductory level. Particular areas of interest include working with children with complex sensory processing dysfunction, parent coaching, and using small group therapy to enhance peer play development.
Yvonne Buters
Bachelor of Applied Science in Occupational Therapy 1983
DIR® Level B 2005
Yvonne has 24 years of experience as an Occupational therapist working in a wider range of clinical areas including neurology, home visiting, aged care and in her primary area of interest of paediatrics. She is an Interactive metronome trainer and Therapeutic Listening, and Listening program provider, and has experience working within the school system with school age children with developmental disabilities.
Yvonne attended the ICDL summer institute in the U.S.A. in 2005 and has 4 years experience with incorporating her occupational therapy expertise into a developmentally based, relationship focused model. She is skilled in using Floortime™ as an intervention tool to facilitate development. Yvonne’s particular passion is working with children with developmental and learning disabilities, and she uses semi structured therapy techniques in addition to floor time to enhance development.
Sharon Campbell
Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy 2002
Master of Occupational Therapy 2007
Sharon is a physiotherapist, having graduated from Curtin University in 2002. She has also completed her Masters in Occupational Therapy in December 2007, and as such has two qualifications and is registered to practice as both an Occupational Therapist and as a Physiotherapist.
Sharon has worked in a variety of environments with children with developmental disabilities, including school and community based settings. She recently spent two years working as a volunteer in a Childrens Home in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where her role included supporting local staff in their care-giving duties, as well as direct work with children who had or were at risk of developing a disability. Sharon has a keen interest in working with families of children who are experiencing developmental challenges. She began her work with the developmental relationship-based model when she was in Bosnia and has expanded on that experience in her work with families in their homes in Perth, Western Australia.
Sharon has a broad range of skills from the combined areas of occupational therapy and physiotherapy, which she applies within a developmental relationship-based model in her work with families and children in both a home and clinical setting. She has trained in DIR® / Floortime™ and receives weekly supervision and tutoring both individually as well as in a group setting. Sharon has assisted for two consecutive years with a Floortime™ based intensive group program. She is trained in Therapeutic Listening and is also an Interactive Metronome Trainer.
Outside of work Sharon enjoys the company of her friends and family. She likes to seek out new experience, her most recent being a tandem sky dive from 14,000 feet, a very intense sensory experience! She also enjoys traveling and learning about the varied and diverse ways of life that exist within out world.