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Dimitrios Mylonadis

CEO & Clinic Director

Dimitrios Mylonadis is one of the UK’s leading specialists in Ayres Sensory Integration® therapy for children and young people. He is a HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist with over two decades of clinical experience, working exclusively with children and young people with neurodevelopmental differences.

 

Dimitrios trained in Occupational Therapy before undertaking extensive postgraduate study in Sensory Integration, completing Ayres SI® certification and going on to become a trainer and educator in the field.

 

He leads Hopscotch with a clear purpose: to offer genuinely specialist paediatric therapy in one place, combining the disciplines of Occupational Therapy, Speech & Language Therapy, and Sensory Integration under a single clinical roof.

Dimitrios' Clinical Expertise

  • Ayres Sensory Integration® (ASI®): assessment, diagnosis, and direct therapy.

  • Neurodevelopmental assessment and intervention across Autism, ADHD, DCD/Dyspraxia, Sensory Processing Differences, and complex developmental profiles.

  • EHCP assessment and statutory reporting: extensive experience with London boroughs and national Local Authorities.

  • Expert and medico-legal reporting for legal proceedings involving children and young people with developmental and sensory needs.

  • Clinical supervision and professional development for Occupational Therapists and allied health professionals.

Dimitrios' Training & Education

Dimitrios has been teaching Sensory Integration to occupational therapists across Europe for nearly twenty years. He has a longstanding relationship with continuing professional education in Greece, where he has trained cohorts of therapists in Ayres Sensory Integration® theory and practice since the early 2000s. He is committed to raising the standard of Sensory Integration practice internationally, and to ensuring that therapists working in this area have access to rigorous, evidence-based training.

Dimitrios' Clinical Approach

Dimitrios approaches every child/young person with fresh eyes. He does not take part in pre-assessment calls or preliminary briefings, preferring to come to every assessment entirely uninfluenced by prior commentary, so that his clinical observations are wholly objective and his findings are grounded solely in what he sees in the room. Parents consistently describe his assessments as thorough, perceptive, and unlike any previous evaluation their child has had.

Dimitrios' Expert Witness & Medico-Legal Work

Alongside his clinical leadership of Hopscotch, Dimitrios has acted as an expert witness in occupational therapy and paediatric medico-legal cases for over twenty years.

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Across two decades of practice, he has prepared expert reports and given evidence in SEND tribunals, EHCP appeals, and civil proceedings; providing clinical opinion that is rigorous, balanced, and grounded in current evidence. His expertise spans sensory integration, neurodevelopmental presentations, and the functional impact of difficulties on a child or young person's learning and daily life.

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Families, solicitors, and local authorities instructing Dimitrios can expect clinical evidence that is meticulously prepared, clearly presented, and held to the highest professional standards.

Dimitrios' Registrations & Affiliations

  • HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist.

  • Ayres Sensory Integration® Certified Therapist and Educator.

  • Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists.

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.

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