Sensational Kids Mayo appoints new senior occupational therapist
Jordan Cannon, a native of Limerick and now living in Mayo, has been appointed as a senior occupational therapist at Sensational Kids, Claremorris.
Sensational Kids is the award-winning social enterprise and charity dedicated to providing affordable and accessible developmental assessments and therapies to children and adolescents with additional needs.
Jordan will be based at Sensational Kids’ Connaught child development centre in Claremorris.
In her role as senior occupational therapist (OT), Jordan will focus on providing high-quality, evidence-based assessment and therapy intervention to children with a range of developmental and additional needs. Her role involves working closely with families, educators and Sensational Kids’ multidisciplinary team to create tailored individual therapy plans that support children in developing the skills they need for daily life, learning and play.
The centre in Claremorris currently houses a total of four staff specialising in occupational therapy and speech and language therapy.
Both occupational therapy and speech and language therapy services for children and adolescents are now open for bookings by calling (094_ 9357005 or emailing Claremorris@sensationalkids.ie.
Commenting on the appointment, Karen Leigh, founder and CEO of Sensational Kids, said: “I am delighted to welcome Jordan to our centre in Claremorris as senior occupational therapist. With a strong background in occupational therapy, Jordan brings a wealth of expertise in providing occupational therapy with complex disabilities and assessments for children with additional needs.
"Occupational therapy (OT) provides supportive intervention which assists children in being able to engage optimally and function independently within their varied daily environments, with their family members and their peers.
"Occupational therapy plays a vital role in the development of functional independence in children. OT helps children to develop the skills they need to perform their everyday ‘occupations’ of playing, learning, and engaging socially.
"At Sensational Kids, our wonderful team of occupational therapists can help children develop important skills to participate fully in daily living activities at home and at school. Research informs us that timely intervention allows for better outcomes for children of all abilities.”
Jordan Cannon said: “I’m delighted to join as senior occupational therapist at Sensational Kids. The work that Sensational Kids do is critical to all the children and families around the country who need help and support. I’m looking forward to having the opportunity to utilise the resources available in the Claremorris centre, such as in the sensory gyms.
"I value the opportunity to support children in meeting their goals in a child focused and family centred manner. I very much look forward to welcoming and supporting children and their families here in our Connaught centre.
"Every child deserves to be supported to become the best version of themselves that they can be. Timely intervention from impactful services when and where children need them is a key priority for Sensational Kids and one that I wholly support.”
Jordan graduated in 2016 with an MSc in Occupational Therapy from the University of Limerick. She has since worked in a variety of paediatric settings across both Ireland and Australia, including not for profit services and the CDNT. She has taught on the MSc in Occupational Therapy programme in the University of Limerick through her role as University Teacher in Occupational Therapy.
Jordan is a CORU registered occupational therapist and a member of the Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland (AOTI).