Whether your child is navigating behavioural and coordination challenges, recovering from an injury, or struggling with balance and motor planning, there’s genuine possibility waiting to be unlocked. At The Timmermans Method clinics, we’ve seen children move from feeling frustrated and self-conscious about what their body can do to actively engaging with their peers and tackling physical challenges with confidence.
The difference? Their brain got what it actually needed to create real change.
WHO We Commonly Work With
When children reach school age, challenges often become clearer. Behaviour, learning, confidence, and social participation all depend on movement, balance, and the brain’s ability to plan and carry out actions. Our intensive therapy model gives their brain the concentrated work it needs to create meaningful improvements.
Children Requiring Clarification or a Second Opinion
Unclear Motor Delays With No Known Neurological Diagnosis - Some children fall behind their peers with no obvious reason. Our assessment helps identify the real movement impairments and provide a clear pathway forward.
Families Seeking a Functional Capacity Assessment - We provide comprehensive assessments that identify strengths, impairments, and targeted strategies to support mobility and independence.
Functional and Participation-Based Concerns
Difficulties Keeping Up with Classroom Routines - Movement challenges can show up as slumped posture at a desk, difficulty following movement sequences, or struggling with transitions.
Challenges With Sport and Playground Activities - Children who cannot coordinate their movements or balance effectively may avoid games, leading to reduced confidence and social withdrawal.
Sensory-Motor Difficulties Affecting Daily Independence - Some children struggle to dress, organise their body for tasks, or move safely through busy environments.
Rehabilitation After Injury or Surgery
Orthopaedic or Sports Injuries - Children recovering from fractures, sprains, or ligament injuries often need concentrated work to restore strength, balance, and confidence in movement.
Post-Surgical Rehabilitation - Whether orthopaedic or neurological, children benefit from intensive intervention to regain movement, rebuild pathways, and recover mobility faster and more safely.
Recovery After Concussion or Head Injury - Some children experience balance changes, dizziness, or slowed motor planning after a head injury. Intensive therapy supports their return to safe movement and daily activities.
Strength, Balance, and Mobility Concerns
Delayed Gross Motor Skills - Children may be behind peers in running, jumping, climbing, or participating in playground games. Intensive therapy builds strength, balance, and confidence to help them join in.
Poor Postural Control - Weak core and trunk control can make it difficult to sit upright in class, write at a desk, or move efficiently through the day.
Gait Difficulties - Children may walk on their toes, show uneven patterns, fatigue quickly, or experience reduced endurance. We work on strength, alignment, and controlled step patterns.
Hypertonia, Hypotonia, or Mixed Tone - Children with increased or decreased muscle tone often struggle with smooth, coordinated movement. We break down the movement challenges and rebuild them through targeted practice.
Behavioural and Motor Planning Challenges
Motor Planning Difficulties (Dyspraxia) - Children may know what they want to do, but their body struggles to organise the steps needed. This can make everyday tasks slow, tiring, or frustrating.
Coordination Challenges - Some children have difficulty timing, sequencing, or coordinating their movements, which impacts handwriting, running, jumping, and playing with peers.
Poor Static Balance and Slow Movement Control - Children who cannot hold positions still or move slowly with control may find it hard to sit upright in class, stand in line, balance on one foot, or keep up in sport.
Low Muscle Tone Affecting Movement and Posture - Low tone can make children feel floppy, weak, or easily fatigued, which reduces their confidence in joining activities or playing with others.
Reduced Engagement and Social Participation Linked to Motor Issues - Children who struggle with movement often avoid playground games and group activities, which can affect their confidence and friendships.
Developmental and Neurological Conditions
Cerebral Palsy (GMFCS I to III) - Children may walk independently or with aids but still experience challenges with balance, coordination, endurance, and controlled movement. Intensive therapy helps refine skills, improve mobility, and build confidence across school activities.
Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) - Children with DCD may appear clumsy, uncoordinated, or slower to pick up new motor skills. Targeted intensity helps them learn movements more efficiently.
Genetic or Chromosomal Conditions - Conditions like Down syndrome, Kabuki syndrome, Angelman syndrome, or Syngap syndrome often include movement and balance difficulties. We focus on strengthening pathways for stability, walking, and functional independence.
Autism with Motor or Sensory Movement Challenges - Some children experience difficulties coordinating their body, planning actions, or maintaining postural control. Intensive work supports better regulation, participation, and functional movement.
Neuroplasticity in Children Aged 5-12
When your child engages in intensive, challenging movement practice, their brain physically strengthens the neural connections controlling that movement, making new capabilities automatic and stable. This window is especially valuable because their brain is still highly responsive to concentrated effort. Change happens faster and more efficiently than it will later in adolescence.
The key is intensity: gentle, occasional practice helps maintain what they’ve already learned, but real breakthrough progress requires the kind of focused work that signals to their brain that change is necessary and important. Right now, at this age, your child’s brain is primed to develop movement capabilities they haven’t yet shown you are possible.
Our Three-Step Intensive Therapy Approach
Holistic Assessment & Planning
We evaluate your child's current abilities, understand their unique challenges, and identify exactly where concentrated support will create the most meaningful change. We're not looking for labels; we're looking for what your child can build towards and how their brain learns best.
Concentrated Therapy Sessions
Your child receives the intensity their developing brain needs. We use proven methods including the TheraSuit approach, customised to your child's sensory-motor needs. You're involved every step of the way. We teach you the strategies, the techniques, and the thinking behind our work so you can support your child's progress at home.
Ongoing Support & Training
Change happens both in the clinic and at home. We provide follow-up sessions and parent education to help you translate what your child has learned into real-world function. We teach you to be a world-class therapy assistant for your own child, because families who remain engaged see the greatest transformation.
Additional Support Options
Hydrotherapy Sessions: Water creates a unique environment for movement development. Hydrotherapy reduces pressure on joints whilst promoting recovery and building strength, making it ideal for children recovering from injury or those who benefit from alternative movement contexts alongside their primary programme.
Power Plate Workshops: We run expert-led Power Plate workshops designed specifically for parents and therapists supporting school-aged children. These practical, engaging sessions teach you how to use Power Plate technology to complement your child’s movement development, whether you attend at our clinic or we come to a venue near you.
Family Education Sessions: Understanding the ‘why’ behind what we’re doing changes everything. We offer sessions where we explain how your child’s brain is adapting, what intensity does, and how you can recognise and support the progress happening. Informed families become active participants, not just observers.
Home Programme Guidance: Your involvement at home is where real progress gets cemented. We train you to understand exactly what movements your child is learning and how to reinforce them in everyday contexts, so the gains they make in our clinic translate into lasting change in their daily life.
Your Child Is Ready for More
Whether you’re seeking a comprehensive intensive programme, a second opinion, a functional assessment, or ongoing support, we’re here to help.