About us

Our approaches

Sensory integration therapy
Perceptual motor development
Neuro-development
Cognitive orientation to occupational performance (CO-OP)
SOS feeding approach.
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Meet the team:

Emtia - Founder

Emtia has been working in the UK with children for close to 30 years. She adores working with children and enjoys creating magic moments of enjoyment and achievement. Children learn when they have fun. Emtia draws on her experience of parenting her children, to understand and support other parents. She loves working with children in all types of settings to master and achieve.

Bronwyn

Bronwyn Lewis-Saunders recently joined Leaps and Bounds. Bronwyn and Emtia were colleagues in Richmond NHS, and after many successful years in private practice in South Africa, she returned to the UK . She is a mother of two teenage boys and will be working full-time.

Bronwyn brings extensive experience across all key treatment areas we offer particularly sensory integration, along with a wealth of knowledge from her years in private practice. Her previous practice in South Africa tried their best to keep her—testament to her exceptional skills and reputation.

Jennie

Jennie brings a wealth of experience from her previous roles in the NHS, Social Services, and the charity sector as an Occupational Therapist. Since June, she has been training alongside me as part of her return-to-practice journey, and has received her HCPC registration, and started in January.

Jennie is not only a highly skilled professional but also a mother of three, including a teenager with special needs and an EHCP. Her deep understanding of parenting and her ability to support families is exceptional. She excels at collaboration and building therapeutic relationships with teachers, parents, and children. Passionate about education and child well-being. Currently, she is also contributing to our Sensory Parenting for Sensory Children course.

Qualifications and training - Emtia

Emtia regularly undergoes recognised courses in best practice and assessment techniques. Her recent training includes:

Bobath Introduction (for children with cerebral palsy)
Sensory integration I- IV
Paediatric assessment module
ADHD training
Sensory modulation disorders
The Chailey approach for postural management
Neuroscience
Strategies towards success in autism
Paediatric treatment module
Assessment of motor and process skills (AMPS)
Alert programme (for optimal state of alertness) “How does your engine run?”
Zones of regulation programme
Sensory integration and praxis test (SIPT)
Sensory integration and neuro developmental techniques
Cognitive orientation to occupational performance (CO-OP)
SOS feeding.
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Emtia is qualified to administer a large range of standardised assessments including the sensory integration and praxis test (SIPT)and assessment of motor and process skills (AMPS).

Professional memberships:

Health Professionals Council (OT 28538)
Sensory Integration Network (543089)

Qualifications and training - Bronwyn

Assessment of school Motor and Process Skills (AMPS) certification, 2009.
Advanced Therapeutic Listening certification, 2011.
Sensory Integration and Praxis Test Certification SIPT (South African Institute for Sensory Integration) 2011.
Evaluation in Ayres Sensory Integration Test ( EASI) Certification- Administration and
Interpretation , CLASI/ SAISI 2024
Ayres Sensory Integration Fidelity Measure (ASI) 2025

Qualifications and training - Jennie

Clinical Reasoning experience

Sensory Strategies training certificates

Handwriting and motor skills training.

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