tShelley Birkett-Eyles, Director and founder of  Hemispheres Movement for Learning Ltd, is a specialist Occupational Therapist with over 16 years experience in the field of neurology and paediatrics.  Shelley is the only Occupational Therapist in England who is dual trained as a Consultant Educational Kinesiologist (Brain Gym ®), as well  as being qualified in the Spalding Method®, a highly successful, research based, literacy acquisition programme.

Hemispheres offers a unique approach to understanding your child’s difficulties.  By applying the latest research on how the brain and body work, we are able to identify the causes of your child’s difficulties.  We can then offer specific programmes of movement which will not only improve the way your child learns and thinks but also will affect the development and integration of language, speech, emotion, social interaction, attention and concentration.

Shelley heads up a team of registered Occupational Therapists, Therapy Assistants and Kinesiologists whilst working very closely with Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists and Consultant Paediatricians.

Qualifications:

• Shelley Birkett-Eyles Dip COT, Con EDUK, is a member of:
• The  Health Professions Council (HPC) (registration number OT20989)
• British Association of Occupational Therapists (BAOT)  (registration number  BT0205890)
• Educational Kinesiology Foundation UK (EDU K)  (registration number 0087)
• Occupational Therapist in Private Practice (OTIP)
• CRB Checked (disclosure number 001155440132)

She holds a certificate in the administration of the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS), and the School Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (School AMPS), post graduate training in the assessment and treatment of primitive and postural reflexes, application of Rhythmical Movement Training and the Spalding literacy programme. 

• Children of all ages and disabilities  (0-18 years)
• Co-ordination difficulties including joint laxity and hyper mobility
• Handwriting difficulties
• Dyspraxia
• Autism
• Dyslexia
• Attention and concentration difficulties
• Unspecified developmental delay from mild to severe

Hemispheres offers:

Assessment :   ‘identifying the root of the problem’

• Developmental

• Neurological

• Functional

• Handwriting

• Learning styles

Treatment:  ‘reaching the cause of the problem’

• Neurodevelopmental therapy

• Daily movement programmes

• Movements to improve handwriting, numeracy and literacy

• Support and advice to schools

• Groups

Services:  ‘how the programme is delivered’

• Individually tailored

• Weekly, fortnightly or monthly reviews

• Weekend clinics

• School and Nursery Visits