Julia Wishart
Julia received her Bachelor of Occupational Therapy with Honours from Deakin University. Julia has a special interest in working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and fine motor skills, having completed her honour’s research on the underlying skills of handwriting. Julia has completed many training programs to further her knowledge such as Zones of Regulation, integrating sensory and attachment approaches, and STAR sensory processing, regulation and relationship.
Outside of work, Julia enjoys spending time with her dogs, pet lambs and goats, and completing art projects.
Julia has two articles published in international journals exploring the topic of handwriting
- The association between measures of visual perception, visual-motor integration, and in-hand manipulation skills of school-age children and their manuscript handwriting speed – British Journal of Occupational Therapy
- The visual perception, visual-motor integration (VMI) and in-hand manipulation (IHM) skills of children ages six to eight years: Are they associated with manuscript handwriting legibility? – Australian Occupational Therapy Journal