Meet the team
Our team are friendly, experienced & professional. We pride ourselves on providing comprehensive assessment services alongside fun & engaging therapy programmes tailored to the needs of the individual.
Anna Baker
Managing Director
Anna provides the strategic leadership to our team. She ensures our systems & day to day activities are running smoothly so you receive our best service, no exceptions. Clinically, as an occupational therapist, Anna draws on her 20 years of experience & works as part of our comprehensive assessment and therapy teams. She'll help you gain a better understanding of your child or young person's strengths & challenges while also providing strategies to support their wellbeing & development. Alongside her clinical work Anna is an experienced presenter & conference speaker known for her ability to break large concepts into practical strategies that can be used in the home, school & community.
Specialist Areas of Practice
- Assessment of Complex Education & Support Needs
- Developmental Trauma
- Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
- Sensory Processing
- Emotional Regulation
- Dyspraxia & gross motor
- Handwriting & fine motor
Anna's most frequently requested presentations include:
The Impact of Early Trauma on Learning & Behaviour
You’ll leave this presentation understanding the two most powerful things you can do to support the tamariki at your place and help them unlock their learning potential.
Making Sense of Sensory Processing
In this hands on workshop you’ll learn why sensory processing matters, how it can be derailed, and strategies you can use to support the children at your place.
Little People Big Emotions
This workshop is for anyone supporting tamariki under 7 years. It will help you understand how to support the emotional development of the little people at your place.
Be School Ready
This presentation is for the parents & caregivers of 3 & 4 year olds. It highlights how to develop the physical, social & cognitive skills that will help your child start school with a smile.
Qualifications & Memberships
- Bachelor of Occupational Therapy
- Postgraduate Certificate in Occupational Therapy (Developmental Trauma)
- Certificate in Specific Learning Disabilities
- Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics informed
- New Zealand Registered Occupational Therapist
- Member of Occupational Therapy New Zealand Whakaora Ngangahau Aotearoa
Anna is based in Dunedin.
Face to face & online services available.
Email: anna@rethink.net.nz