Big things come from small changes
Highly specialist OT helping children and young people thrive through meaningful,
developmentally-informed support – at home, at school, and beyond.
Grounded in empathy, advocacy, and a child-centred approach
Welcome
I'm Carolyn Blake PG Dip MSc OT, a highly specialist paediatric occupational therapist based in South West London, supporting children and young people aged 3–19 with a range of needs including sensory processing, motor skills, emotional regulation, learning difficulties, learning disabilities, Autism, ADHD, and ARFID.
With experience across homes, schools, and community settings, I offer tailored assessments and interventions that evolve as children grow. Trained in DIR Floortime, I’m passionate about early support and advocating for each child’s unique needs - especially when they can’t always do that for themselves.
My approach
The word educe means “to draw out something latent or potential.”
It reflects a core belief behind everything I do: that each child holds their own strengths, stories, and capacity for growth. My approach is not about fixing, but about creating the conditions in which confidence, connection, and regulation can emerge. Whether I’m supporting a child directly or working alongside families and schools, I offer a calm, attuned presence that draws out what’s already within — with care, curiosity, and respect.
Every child has their own internal value systems (the importance they give to doing something) as well as their own interests. Together, these areas reflect a child’s motivation to engage in an activity or the level of effort they may put into achieving an ‘expected outcome’. At times, my role is to provide a lens through which to view the child’s inner world, to communicate these differences, and advocate for a child.
Behaviour is a form of communication
As a parent myself, I know how baffling a child’s behaviour can be, working out what is going on, why, and how to bring about change (if that is in the best interest of the child). It is important to look at and identify what a child’s actions and responses might be telling us about what is going on for them. Especially, as using eloquent verbal communication is something that takes us all a lifetime to develop.
As parents, as well as supporting with and managing behaviour, we have a unique position to support our child’s emotional regulation through these moments of intense emotions. Emotional literacy, regulation, and co-regulation by key adults is of great importance to develop a child’s own skills and understanding of how to manage these areas in the future.
