Samantha Crane, Occupational Therapist at MindScope, professional headshot

Samantha Crane

Occupational Therapist and Inclusion Consultant
BSc (Occupational Therapy), BSc (Occupational Health & Safety)

Samantha has over 15 years of experience and personal insight navigating the assessment journey. Samantha’s work focuses on sensory processing and the brain-body connection, supporting emotional regulation, participation, and well-being across the lifespan.

Areas of interest

Samantha’s experience includes:

  • Sensory processing

  • Brain-body connection

  • Regulation and emotional wellbeing

  • Executive functioning and attention

Samantha integrates this knowledge to design highly individualised, regulation-first assessment experiences.

Professional background

Samantha is an occupational therapist with more than 15 years of experience and has worked extensively with neurodivergent individuals. Samantha’s lived experience as a parent to neurodivergent children informs her approach to assessment and practice.

Outside of work

Samantha enjoys working on her property with family, dog, and chickens. Samantha values the slower pace of rural life, connecting with nature, and creating grounded, sensory-rich spaces that reflect the same principles applied in her work.

Clinical approach and services

Samantha focuses on sensory processing differences that can be invisible yet profoundly impactful, influencing regulation, attention, executive functioning, social connection, and daily activities. Samantha designs semi-structured, person-led assessments that adapt to each individual’s nervous system, communication preferences, and pace, creating sensory-safe environments that enable authentic expression.

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