meet Emma Stockings
Emma Stockings graduated as an Occupational Therapist from the University of Sydney in 2000. She is a very experienced occupational therapist with over 25 years of practice in a wide range of settings, locations and areas of interest – from hospitals, community to private practice; in rehabilitation, paediatrics, mental health, home modifications and equipment prescription. Emma's passion, however, is paediatric occupational therapy.
Emma is a local Canberran (well, she was born in Queanbeyan!) and has been living back in Canberra since 2003. This has enabled her to build a wide range of professional networks and relationships as well as sound knowledge of local services and how to access them.
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Emma is registered to practice as an Occupational Therapist through Allied Health Practitioners Registration Authority (AHPRA) and a member of her professional association Occupational Therapy Australia.
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Beyond her professional qualifications and aspirations for Three Bears Therapy, Emma is a busy mother of three – from 13 to 21 years old. All too familiar with the stresses of modern family life Emma makes full use of her own varied experience as a parent to add context to her work. When she is not busy wrangling her own three bears, Emma enjoys cooking, gardening and renovating projects!
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Emma strongly values evidence-based practice and regularly attends professional development opportunities. Some recent professional development completed by Emma includes:
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DIR Floortime Certificate of Proficiency
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DIR Floortime Basic Certificate
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The Alert program - “How Does your Engine Run?”
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Traffic Jam in My Brain – Gen Jereb
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Environmental Home Modifications
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OT for Children, Principles for Assessment and Intervention
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Social Thinking – Michelle Garcia Winner
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Making Sense of Mealtimes – Gillian Griffiths and Denise Stapleton
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Regulation from the Bottom up and Top Down – Star Institute
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Evidenced Based Treatment of SPD – Star Institute
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SOS Approach to Feeding - Kay Toomey
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Lego® Based Therapy - ceritified facilitator
Meet georgia
Georgia is a fourth and final year Bachelor of Occupational Therapy student at the University of Canberra. Georgia is an Allied Health Assistant (see more about AHA's here). Georgia has been with Three Bears Therapy since 2022. Georgia has completed two university placement so far. She traveled overseas to Tonga and worked with the local community in the rehabilitation hospital. She also worked on the South Coast completing developmental screening for preschool aged children.
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Georgia's passion is working with children of all ages to achieve new skills related to their interests. Georgia is a local Canberran, and when she's not working she enjoys travelling and playing netball.
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Meet Mackenzie
Mackenzie is a fourth and final year Bachelor of Occupational Therapy student at the University of Canberra. Mackenzie is an Allied Health Assistant and joined the Three Bears Therapy Team in 2024. Mackenzie has previously worked as an Allied Health Assistant in a paediatric private practice in Bega. Mackenzie has completed university placements in a paediatric setting in 2023 where she worked with children and teenagers with disabilities and developmental delays, and a community placement in 2024 where she worked with people with dementia and adults with intellectual disabilities.
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Mackenzie is originally from Cowra and outside of work loves playing netball and spending time with her dog.
Meet LouLou
Loulou is a 3 year old Australian Cobberdog. Loulou adores children of all ages, and makes them feel safe and relaxed. Loulou is available to attend any session after an initial assessment.
Loulou likes to show children her tricks. She has passed her initial obedience training and will be working towards her PAT training.
Our Three Bears Therapy Studio
Rock climbing wall and the lycra hammock swing.
The clinic space.
Learning is more than just practice - it has to be fun too!
Rock climbing wall and the lycra hammock swing.
Our studio is located in central Belconnen, in the suburb of Cook.
We run our sessions out of a purpose-designed studio. Where appropriate it may also be beneficial to conduct sessions in your home, or at your child’s school - we will plan this together.
Our standard hours of operation are currently: Monday - Thursday between 9am - 5pm.