Ask. Understand. Connect.
Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.
Dale Carnegie
I’m a paediatric occupational therapist with over ten years in practice. I work with neurodivergent children, and I coach the parents around them.
I look at the whole picture: the room, the routine, the adults and the child. Then I turn that understanding into practical tools a family can use on an ordinary Tuesday.
Parents don’t leave with a list of instructions. They leave knowing why their child experiences the day the way they do, and why each step helps. So when their child’s needs change, as they will, they know how to change with them.
The clinic · available now
This is the part of InTuneOT that exists today: Cathy’s private occupational therapy practice.
Sessions for the adults who are there every day. You bring the moments that are going wrong. You leave understanding why, and with something specific to try.
Cathy to confirm: which assessments she offers, for what ages, and what families receive afterwards.
Cathy to confirm: clinic location, areas covered, and whether sessions are in person, at home or online.
“I will be forever grateful to the early access we had to all of the information/practices/routines Cathy gave me. I have no doubt we wouldn’t be where we are today without her guidance and expertise.”
Send Cathy a short email. A sentence or two about what you’re looking for is enough.
Cathy replies Cathy to confirm: typical reply time and current availability.
You agree a first conversation and what happens next.
Meet Macy.
Her daughter Molly is three, with delayed communication and high sensory needs.
They’ve been on the Assessment of Need list for over a year.
Molly won’t get dressed. They’re late for preschool again.
Preschool calls. Molly hid under a table during the fire drill.
Molly is still awake and crying. Macy ran out of energy back at the dinner battle, and she’s out of ideas.
Four different answers.
Each one might be right for some child. Which one is right for Molly?
The legal limit for an Assessment of Need
6months
The average actual wait
24.3months
Children who have already waited longer than six months
23,282
Children waiting for first contact from a disability team
6,363
Over half, for more than a year.
Macy’s turn will come, and it will help. But Molly’s needs will keep changing for years.
Sources: HSE figures via parliamentary answers. Disability-team first contact, end-May 2026. Assessment of Need overdue applications, end-June 2026; average completion time for reports finished April to June 2026.
We are building an online service on Cathy’s method, so parents can get practical occupational therapy guidance on the night they need it.
An AI that sees the whole picture, grounded in your family’s context and Cathy’s clinical reasoning.
Tell it about your day in your own words. A generic chatbot answers with generic tips. This one already knows your child, so it can see one story behind three hard moments.
The why behind your child’s needs, and behind every step we suggest: read, watch or listen.
Instead of telling you what to do, it helps you see what your child might be feeling and why each step works, so you can make it your own.
It’s not what parents know, it’s what they know how to do: practical tools, and Cathy answering the questions parents ask most.
A visual story for the next fire drill. New games with the swing you already have. And every month, Cathy answers the questions parents vote for.
| What matters | Free AI | Search and parent groups | Irish charities | Private OT | InTuneOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| There at 8pm, when it’s hard | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Tailored to the whole family | Partly | Partly | No | Yes | Yes |
| Built on a practising OT’s method | No | No | Partly | Yes | Yes |
| Irish context: HSE, AON, schools | Partly | Partly | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| A named clinician accountable for it | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Be there when it opens.
Join the waiting listYou’ll get updates as the platform takes shape, and early access when it’s ready.
AI-assisted, OT-reviewed. Methodology by Cathy Bishop, OT (CORU).
InTuneOT is two people. They are a couple, and parents themselves.
Co-founder, clinical. CORU-registered paediatric occupational therapist with over a decade in practice. Her method and clinical judgement shape the clinic and the platform.
Co-founder, technical. Electrical engineer who has spent over ten years building learning platforms. He leads technology, product and operations.
cathy@intuneot.ie A sentence or two is enough for a first email. Please leave out medical details and reports; Cathy will explain how to share those safely.